How will the Formula be adjusted for unmet needs?
A workshop was held in January 2006 to provide an opportunity for the three Boards to share knowledge and experience from the pilots with each other. The Boards have been asked to provide an interim report on progress in September 2006 to feed into NRAC’s consideration of the issue of unmet need for the final report. However, the final evaluation stage of the pilots will not be completed until late 2007. That will be too late to feed into the work of NRAC. However, any relevant results from the pilots will be reported to NRAC during 2006-07 and will be incorporated in the committee’s final report, together with any recommendations for future work. Alongside this, further work on formulaic methods for adjusting for unmet need with the improved allocation formula will be considered. 7.
