Keep up to date with our latest news and blogs.  As part of our commitment to openness and transparency, we also share recent feedback from our clients and our monthly feedback scores.

 10/09/2020
News Primary Care | Secondary care | Service configuration | Service improvement

INSIGHT 2020

Now taking registrations of interest for our free, online 6-week festival: 

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03/03/2020
Blog post Service improvement

Key opportunities for eye health and well being

Eye health and sight loss services have historically had a lower profile in service provision compared to many other specialities. There is a view that the importance of eye health has been underrepresented in many Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP) plans.

09/12/2019
News Integrated Care | Service improvement

Measuring what matters in systems – A call for person-centred intelligence

The Strategy Unit and Ipsos MORI launch guide to implementing Person-Centred Intelligence.

03/12/2019
Feedback from clients Service improvement

"...an excellent way of encouraging health and care professionals to think about and challenge each other on the future"

"The Strategy Unit scenario planning was an excellent way of encouraging health and care professionals to think about and challenge e

 10/10/2019
Blog post Mental health services

World Mental Health Day - Insights from our Guest Blog Series

On World Mental Health Day 2019, we bring to a close the Strategy Unit’s guest blog series which explored the overlap between mental and physical health.

01/08/2019
Feedback from clients Service improvement

"...interesting and just invaluable for our afternoon thinking"

"The way the scenario workshop was structured really stood out for me.

 13/05/2019
News Mental health services

When mental illness and physical illness overlap

A series of guest blogs from Professor Sir Muir Gray, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health FT Medical Director - Dr Hilary Grant, Health Foundation Chief Executive - Jennifer Dixon, Mind's Director of External Relations - Sophie Corlett, GP & Clinical Director - Dr Paul Turner, and Diabetes UK - Colette Marshall.

14/03/2019
Feedback from clients Integrated Care | Service improvement

The Neighbourhood Network Feedback

We have received some fantastic feedback from those who attended our "Science of Improvement" workshop led by our very own Professor Mohammed A Mohammed on Wednesday 27th February 2019. 

13/03/2019
Blog post Mental health services | Primary Care

The body keeps the score (do we?)

In this fifth guest blog, in our series of viewpoints on the physical and clinical mental health divide, Dr Paul Turner, General Practitioner at Karis Medical Centre, Birmingham and Joint Clinical Director for Mental Health, NHSE West Midlands Clinical Network describes the cost of untreated complexity.

06/02/2019
Blog post Mental health services

They don’t believe you

Continuing our mental and physical health guest blog series, Sophie Corlett the Director of External Relations at Mind provides some perspectives from people with physical ailments who are users of mental health services.

10/10/2018
Blog post Mental health services

Warp and weft – recognising that physical and mental health are interwoven - By Professor Sir Muir Gray

On World Mental Health Day, we’re delighted to present a guest blog by Professor Sir Muir Gray, the first in a new series of commi

13/07/2018
News Service improvement

Brief reflections on Dudley's journey as a Vanguard

With the end of the New Care Models programme there is an opportunity to reflect on what has been learnt at local level.

04/07/2018
Blog post Mental health services

Mental Health and integration: Cinderella or the Ugly Sisters?

Introduction

20/03/2018
News Service improvement

Sharing learning from Dudley Vanguard

In 2015, Dudley embarked on an ambitious journey to transform its health and social care services.

09/11/2017
News Secondary care | Service improvement

Strategy Unit work helping make the case for increased NHS funding

We were pleased to hear Simon Stevens referring to the conclusions of our project in his speech this week setting out the

26/09/2017
Feedback from clients Mental health services | Secondary care

"This report is vitally important to us and a powerful call to action" - Mental Health Report

"I have quoted the headlines from this remarkable report at two board meetings over the last two days and the response has been ident

18/08/2017
Blog post Primary Care | Service improvement

Innovation In Dudley: The Enabling Practice To Improve And Change Programme (Epic)

The Strategy Unit has been working with GP practices in Dudley for the last three years to support service improvement in Primary Care.