News Evaluation and impact assessment | Policy
Menopause and the NHS workforce
Now with the World Menopause Day 2022 update. What is it like to experience menopause as an NHS employee? And what is its impact on both the individuals and the organisations they work for?
News Elective care | Inequalities | Policy | Strategy Development
Helping ICSs to reduce inequalities in access to planned care
Are there inequalities in access to planned care? If so, what are they? Which groups ‘gain’ and which groups suffer? And what could be done to address any inequalities? In pursuing their objective of reducing inequalities, what could Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) do? What strategies and approaches are likely to be successful?
News Futures thinking
‘Might’ is right
A good idea can be ruined by over-selling.
News Better use of analysis | Futures thinking | Learning and development
Decision makers can make much better use of analysis
Part of the Strategy Unit mission is to improve the use of analysis in decision making. Current use is, to employ a euphemism, variable.
News Better use of analysis | Inequalities | Learning and development | Policy
Insight 2021
The Midlands Decision Support Network in association with The Strategy Unit hosted INSIGHT 2021 our annual festival of learning and sharing events for the NHS, local government and other partners across health and care (4th – 15th October).
News Evaluation and impact assessment | Inequalities | Policy
The Strategy Unit and Ipsos MORI partnership
We are delighted to announce our partnership with Ipsos MORI, a leader in social research and evaluation.
Feedback from clients
"...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
Feedback from clients
"...interesting and just invaluable for our afternoon thinking"
"The way the scenario workshop was structured really stood out for me.
Feedback from clients
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.
News Learning and development | Policy
What can the NHS learn from the EU
What could NHS policy makers learn from the European Union?
News Evaluation and impact assessment | Learning and development | Policy | Primary, community and social care services
Sharing learning from Dudley Vanguard
In 2015, Dudley embarked on an ambitious journey to transform its health and social care services.
News Finance and payments | Learning and development | Policy
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