HSEs Five Policy Tests

HSE Five Policy Tests

Politics

1. What's the point?

Politics

• Are you clear what you are really trying to achieve?

• Are you clear what Government Policy is?

• Do you have a convincing rationale for why it’s right to act?

Delivery

5. What does success look like?

• How will you know it has worked?

• Will you know when to stop if it is not working?

• How will you share lessons learnt?

Politics

2. What's it got to do with us?

Politics

• Are you absolutely clear that this if for HSE to lead on?

• What do the people who matter think?

Evidence

4. Have you been predictable?

3. What makes you the expert?

• Have you been imaginative enough/are staying in your comfort zone?

• Have you built on what’s worked in the past and learned from what didn’t?

• Have you considered more radical and innovative ideas….including doing nothing?

Evidence

• Are you confident that you are providing world leading policy advice based on the very latest thinking including the latest policy thinking and techniques?

• What does the evidence say?

• Have you consulted the right experts - internally & externally?