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205 Education NMH Annual Rep t | 2020 T he Operational Readiness (OR) Programme has had a very productive year, with the NMH moving into a new planning stage, Operational Readiness. The OR programme was established in 2019, including a NMH Programme Management Office (PMO) and Pillar structures (see below). This group has worked with St Vincent's University Hospital, HSE Estates and Accenture staff, to complete the Final Business Case (FBC) for the project. The FBC was approved by the Project Board in May 2020 and submitted for approval to the HSE in June achieving a major milestone in NMH's move to Elm Park. Early in 2020, the NMH was faced with the COVID-19 pandemic. The operational changes implemented by the NMH in response to COVID-19 were considerable and undertaken rapidly and effectively by the NMH team. The challenges experienced in implementation of social distancing and patients requiring isolation for the proposed co-location to St Vincent's University Hospital on the Elm Park Campus have demonstrated the requirement for the new hospital. During this time the NMH PMO and Pillar staff were redeployed providing support to other NMH department's in the response to COVID-19. In December 2020, Pauline Treanor, Programme Manager departed NMH having completed Phase 1 of the Operational Readiness work. The team wish to thank Pauline for all her work, dedication and knowledge on this phase and wish her the best for the future. The Operational Readiness Programme has made substantive progress completing phase 1 of the programme. The following activities were completed with inputs from the Pillars: • Final Business Case completed and submitted for approval process. • Operational Readiness Workforce Plan and knowledge transfer completed. Development Project Office: