The Planning and Budget Management Center, formerly known as the “Policy and Planning Unit,” was officially established on July 18, 2005. It first began operations on December 1, 2006, in the old medical records building (Building 13) next to the current Office of Quality Development or the Quality Development Center. Initially, it had two personnel with the purpose of evaluating situations, organizing activities, creating operational plans, monitoring progress, and preparing reports according to the hospital’s strategic plan. Additionally, it was responsible for disseminating information and coordinating both internally and externally under the supervision of the Assistant Director for Strategy and Quality Development.

          In 2015, a request was made to change the unit’s name from “Policy and Planning Unit” to “Policy and Planning Analysis Group” due to confusion caused by the hospital’s organizational structure. After discussions with the Deputy Director for Strategy and Quality Development, who supervised the Policy and Planning Unit at that time, it was agreed to rename it to “Policy and Planning Analysis Group” to reduce confusion among personnel in various hospital departments, including the Faculty of Medicine at Chulalongkorn University.

          In 2018, the Chulalongkorn Hospital Administrative Committee, in its 4/2018 meeting, resolved to change the status and name from “Policy and Planning Analysis Group” to “Planning and Budget Management Center” due to changes in the nature of work and responsibilities as mandated by the Thai Red Cross Society and the Budget Bureau, which required complete compliance with government procedures. Additionally, the center is responsible for managing the annual operational plan, strategic plan, performance indicators for budgeting, monitoring expenditure and performance based on indicators, as well as project-related tasks.

Organizational Chart of the Planning and Budget Management Center

Vision

There is continuous development of work to achieve effective and efficient outcomes.

Obligation

1. Participate in the preparation of strategic plans and budget plans for submission to the Thai Red Cross Society.
2. Coordinate preparation of budgetary requests from the Hospital’s internal and external work units.
3. Develop an efficient budgetary request preparation system.
4. Conduct follow up on the outcome of budget plans.

Support Activities

1. Prepare the Hospital’s annual budget plans.
2. Set up guidelines for the preparation of annual budgetary requests.
3. Participate in the preparation of the Hospital’s annual operating plan (strategic plan) budgets for submission to the Thai Red Cross Society.
4. Collect budgetary requests from all work units in the Hospital.
5. Participate in the budget consideration and summarize the outcomes of the annual budget allocation consideration.
6. Inform all work units about the budget allocation consideration outcomes.
7. Inspect budget disbursement.
8. Encourage timely spending of government-allocated budgets within the period prescribed by the government.
9. Monitor outcomes of the annual budget allocation and conduct performance evaluation of the Hospital’s work units.