In-year benefits and the 10 Year Plan for the NHS

Imagine my surprise on joining NHS England to discover that it had a secret sugar addiction. Not the kind that you might find in staff vending machine, but the kind of sugary hit that comes for craving in-year benefits. “What are in-year benefits?” I hear you say. To answer that question, we must enter the wonderful world of public sector programme management. Forgive me, while we take a brief…