Planning and Managing Resources

This article discusses resource planning and management in healthcare, with a focus on expanding ICU during COVID-19. It explores different funding sources and project management techniques, including Six Sigma. The case study is based on North Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust in London.

Planing and Managing
Resources

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Question 1........................................................................................................................................3
a) Whilst considering the best service user outcomes, discuss how to utilise the concept of
resource planning to free-up enough resources for the expansion of the ICU............................3
b) Analyse at least three different sources of funding to be explored for effectively making
resources available for the expansion of the ICU.......................................................................5
Question 2........................................................................................................................................7
Critically discuss the concept of Project Management in relation to how it may contribute to
the effective management of resources, to free-up resources for the expansion of the ICU in a
short-, medium- and long- term..................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Resource Planning means that process which leads upon making identification done through
allocating different business resource required to be used within particular project. It helps in
ensuring over using resources in more effective manner. The main aim of resource planning
deals over maximizing resources in such manner that its develops efficiency in completing task
more effectively. Through resource planing health care sector made positive approach towards
pandemic situation making impact of COVID reduced. Scope of resource planing is wider since
it directly impacts functioning of healthcare. In this file the hospital that has been taken is North
Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust founded in the year 1910 and operates within London. The file
based upon two questions first questions has two parts related over free-up enough resources and
y make resources available for hospital expansion. Second part deal with effective management
of resources, to free-up resources for medium and long term use.
MAIN BODY
Question 1
a) Whilst considering the best service user outcomes, discuss how to utilise the concept of
resource planning to free-up enough resources for the expansion of the ICU.
The concept of resource planning in relation to health care is based upon those process
which helps in defining about resources and procedures required to be followed within
healthcare to attain professionalism within the sector (Polancos, 2018). The motive behind
resource planning in the sector of healthcare has helped in identify about requirements of
resources which makes patient's care and welfare introduced more effectively. It helps in making
goals and objectives achieved more effectively that has been set by an hospital like North
Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust. Through resource and planning facilities has been provided by
the hospital in the time of COVID 19. It has made various issues to be solved more effectively
by using appropriate resources making problem related to ICU deal more effectively. Also it
helped in taking right action which made resource availability possible during the time of peak of
COVID. Through resource planning better facilities were provided to patients infected form the
COVID 19. The concept of resource planning has helped in making reflecting about frequency
which is present within country. Also it has been dealing with various facilities related to
arranging resources for ICU making it safe for COVID patients and non COVID patience. The

term has been used in order to develop different perspective making design for managing ICU
during COVID. In relation over North Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust resource planning makes
needs of patience understood during COVID 19 which made ICU to be converted in special
wards which made dealing possible with rising cases of COVID 19. This made staff, doctors,
nurses and workforce work with more caution towards COVID patient. It has made allocation
and anticipation don about the resources to be used by the hospital for converting ICU into
COVID ward. There are various steps required to be followed by managers of North Middlesex
Hospital NHS Trust for resource planning discussed as follows:
Analysis Plans and Objectives
This is the first step which has been used in order to make basic plans about availability
of resources and equipments needed within the COVID wards. It helps in making goals to be
specified for manager of hospital. Through making plans resources are arranged on time as per
the condition arise due to COVID within hospitals. Also analysing objectives makes situation of
COVID 19 understood better by managers of North Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust.
Management of resources
It is second step which has been used for managing of resources in more effective manner
which helps in making task completed without any problem(Li, Wang and Pei, 2021). It helps in
creating COVID wards with better facilities and helps in converting ICU into COVID wards to
deal with sever COVID cases.
Establishing action plan
This is one of the most effective step which makes proper structure to be developed in
relation over making ICU changed into COVID ward. Also through action plan better treatment
provided to COVID patience.
There are certain important resources which requires to be used by North Middlesex
Hospital NHS Trust which are explained as follows:
Material resources
These resources are based over arranging materials like sanitizer, vaccines, medicine and
other important things to be used by COVID patience. Also these resources helps manager in
proving treatment as per NHS guidelines for COVID.

Staff as resources
The resource is base over employee and staff working within North Middlesex Hospital
NHS Trust should be focused upon wearing PPE kits which makes them less vulnerable to
COVID 19. Also it is managers responsibility for making sure that these kits are available on
time to employees and staff members(Kushwaha, Yadav and Prasad, 2018). These are most
vulnerable resources that has been used for making any kind of work done within time specified
for it. In relation to expansion of ICU over COVID 19, the resource is used for making separate
arrangement for COVID patient.
It helps in making expansion of ICU done by following COVID protocol which makes
critical cases to be handled with more effectiveness. Also through resource planning all resources
are managed successfully. Also by using these resources manager of North Middlesex Hospital
is able to work upon strategies making resources to be used in more effective manner which
makes task of expansing the ICU gets completed more effectively. Through implementing
resource planning hospital is able to make optimum utilization of its resources possible making
needs of its patient fulfilled making better outcomes achieved within an organization. The
method that has been explained above helps in managing resource with proper discipline and
order.
b) Analyse at least three different sources of funding to be explored for effectively making
resources available for the expansion of the ICU.
Funds are most important factors that has been used in order to make financial stability
created within a project started by an organization(Schreyer, 2019). It helps in developing budget
by keeping in mind optimum utilization of resources. The factor has helped in making different
kinds of financial aspect maintained more effectively. There are three important financial
resources which has to be used by North Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust for making ICU
expansion done in relation to COVID 19 has been explained as follows:
Government Funding
This is one of the most important source which is used for arranging funds from
government financial institutions. It is referred as financial assistance that is provided with the
help of loan granted by local government, loan on grantee, property, cooperative agreement, food
commodities, direct appropriation and various other modes of funding is done. Through
government funding all business operating within public sector is able to arrange money at right

time. It helps manager of North Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust to take loans form secure means
which is used for expanding ICU by providing money to renovate it as per COVID guidelines.
Crowd Funding
This is another important source used for funds development within an organization.
Through these perspective business get more benefits as it makes business awareness created in
market. As per this funds are arranged with the help of conducting program in relation to public
welfare. Also such funding makes an organization generate funds for future purpose. Crowd
Funding makes North Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust to arrange funds in emergency purpose.
Funds are arranged by the hospital through conducting program in relation to COVID 19
awareness which makes funds to be arranged in faster and better manner. Crowd funding make
hospital get connected to individual and provide them health care making brand image of
hospital formed effectively.
Credit Unions
Banks deal with cold, hard numbers, which is why so many entrepreneurs get the cold
shoulder. “Banks don’t invest in ideas. They want a product and a business,” says Evans.
Alternatively, look to credit unions, which actually outperformed all the banks when it came to
meeting the financing needs of small- and mid-size businesses. This helps health care sector for
arranging funds by taking loan. Loans are provided by checking all legal documents of an health
care facility. This helps North Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust in attaining large funds which are
needed for arranging resources more effectively.
These resources has been used in order to make funds arranged by creating financial
assistance for North Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust (Rahayu, Ridwan and Saputra, 2019). The
source used to develop ICU and expand it into COVID 19 wards making COVID patient attain
proper care. Also through financial resource more and better equipments can be purchased which
makes health worker's to be protected from spread of COVID. Also through creating financial
stability budget can be formed by making proper analysis over resources required to make
expansion of ICU done more effectively. North Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust through financial
resource is focused upon making better facilities with latest equipments provided. Also the funds
that has been collected is used by NHS to fight against COVID 19 which makes budget formed
with positive approach making ICU expansion done without any problem. After analysing the

above funding methods it has been marked out that since NHS trust has tie up with North
Middlesex Hospital making government funding to be most important option for raising funds as
it helps in arranging huge amount at a time. Also this is free money which is considered as its
primary advantage which makes loans to be granted without any issue. The loans are not
required to be repaid and the owners to surrender any equity in the business. It helps in making
ideas developed over making project provided over public services which makes stimulation of
economy done more effectively. It helps in making hospital attain support over critical recovery
initiatives, innovative research, and many other programs. Such funding has been used for
making business used in order to make design done with purpose of making finds arranged
within time. As long as the funds are used for the required purpose they are considered legal.
Due to these advantages funds are arranged more effectively which makes North Middlesex
Hospital deal with emerging cases of COVID 19.
Question 2
Critically discuss the concept of Project Management in relation to how it may contribute to the
effective management of resources, to free-up resources for the expansion of the ICU in a
short-, medium- and long- term.
Project management means those process which has been used in order to develop
various methods, skills, knowledge and experience making specific objectives in relation over
project making agreement parameters used making product to be delivered with timescale and
budget. The purpose of project management makes plan developed making managing of project
successfully which makes goals accomplished in more effective way(Rodriguez, Molina-Castillo
and Svensson, 2019). Through such management identifying and managing risk in relation to
resources, budgeting and communication with various other factors impacting business more
effectively. There are various steps which has been used in relation to project planing which are
used for developing project more effectively. These steps are, initiation is the steps makes
evaluation of project idea done which is important part of project making project completed
more effectively. In the step scope of project has been used for developing various aspects
making desired outcomes achieved in more effective manner. This step has been used for
making project developed with its basics. Second step is planning which is used for making

roadmap prepared for the project which make framework formed more effectively. Under this
step three main aspects are covered that is setting concrete goals and objectives, estimating costs
and defining scope and key deliverables. The project plan helps in making information to be
procured regarding resources as well as how to produce quality output handle risks and
unforeseen circumstances, communicate within your team and with external stakeholders, and
more. Ideally, it also contains a clear timeline of what needs to happen when. A great way to do
this is by creating milestones: high-level goals with clear end dates. Then comes execution which
is used in order to make plan to be executed more effectively making project completed with
more effectiveness by using resources in wise manner. Also monitoring and controlling is
applied making project to be completed within no time. In the end control and closer is applied
more effectively (Chakraborty and Biswas, 2020). Project management requires to be used by
North Middlesex Hospital in order to understand about the rise in cases of COVID and number
of patients entering on daily basis within hospital. It also makes symptoms of COVID
understood more effectively that helps in creating ICU as separate ward in order to deal with
more patients required to be admitted within hospital. Then project management makes North
Middlesex Hospital develop better research facility helping in expanding ICU and creating
protection against COVID 19. In order to understand this in more depth SIX sigma has been used
as follows:
Six Sigma:
This is an cognitive content which has been founded by Bill Smith in 1980. It involves
methods and mechanism helping in raising transaction and procedure. There are two types of
methods which are involved in making transaction and procedure related to project like
expansion of ICU develop more effectively. As per this there are two types of methods that has
been analysed over six sigma by using two things which are DMADV and DMAIC.
DMAIC is the process that helps in making project develop satisfaction which has been
used for making resources arranged in more effective manner. Through this certain perspective
like measure, examine, modify and control developed within making it more successful in
nature. The other aspect of DMADV makes analysis developed through innovates procedure
over commodity presented within project. It makes five state of project to be marked out that is
based over define, measure, analyse, design and validate making project to be completed.
Further, in relation to the ICU expansion project it has been discussed as follows:

Define: This is the process which has been used in order to make needs and wants satisfied more
effectively making examination done about the estimation of resources required for it. This
makes managers to be used upon various strategies helping in fulfilling demand of project.
Measure: As per this process manager of the project ICU expansion should be concentrated over
introducing and assembling services which leads upon developing project in more effective
means it is used within particular section. This makes ICU expansion project manager to find out
various remedies with quality of services.
Analyse:
As per the process it makes concerning about estimating issues which difficulties within
operations of management. The manager of ICU expansion project requires to make promotion
done over effective strategies making issues managed in more effective manner. This helps in
increasing the impact of project as per present condition as per plan of action.
Design: The manager of project makes effective strategies used in relation over plan of action
making services promoted more effectively which makes facilities in relation upon resources in
more effective manner. In relation to this various kinds of aspects in relation to collection of
resources has been done more effectively(Tavana, Hajipour and Oveisi, 2020). It helps in making
benefits achieved more effectively for making competitive benefits achieved.
Verify: This process makes manager of ICU project follow various kinds of arrangements
making services to be reported with demand and necessity over visitors. This is important
providing services making demand fulfilled.
The limitation of six sigma over project which is considered as Six Sigma inspecting over
business process which makes generating about empirical data. This creates those aspects which
helps in dealing over issues existing within product. It makes problem creating over improving
process leading increasing its costs. This helps in making project to be completing in more
affective manner.
Through using six sigma ICU protected is completed in more effective manner and all
aspects in relation to it has been covered more effectively making all kinds of perspective used in
more effective manner. Through six sigma various kinds of aspects has been covered in making
all kinds of aspects dealing with various aspects in more effective manner. It helps in creating
proper structure which makes ICU converted within COVDI wards for changeling large cases

making COVID 19 patient deal in more effective manner. This project uses various resources
which has been managed within the help of six sigma which makes project to be completed in
more effective manner.
CONCLUSION
From the above discussion it can be marked out that resource and planning means process
which has been used in order to make development done over various aspects related to project.
This process helps in shaping project with more consistency. Also makes its elements covered
with more effectiveness. In this file things covered is based upon planning resources which has
been used in making optimum utilization of resources possible while making project complete
more effectively. Also six sigma has been used in order to understand about project in detail
making it more successful in nature.

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