The Treasury fights back (Roger Steer, 25 November 2020)

Summary

It was little noticed but the Chancellor in his Spending review on 25 November announced revisions to the Green Book, the Treasury rules for evaluating the costs and benefits of public investments.

In this article, Roger Steer takes a look at this re-write of the Treasury rules. The Treasury highlight a string of the common failings in business cases, which those that examine NHS business cases will long recognise. However, this is yet another example of where patient safety doesn't appear in business cases...