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Clean empty bed in a hospital ,Patient bed in hospital,Empty hospital bed 03/08/2026
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The hidden challenge at the heart of the 10-year plan

A new tool exploring why hospital bed pressure is increasing and what this could mean for future NHS capacity planning.

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Improving the experience of waiting: the evidence behind new NHS minimum standards

New NHS patient experience minimum standards aim to improve how people experience waiting for elective care

red and blue ribbon twirls 10/06/2026
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Improving perioperative flow: using simulation to understand elective care pathways

Why are operations still being cancelled on the day of surgery, despite long waiting lists and high demand? The answer often lies not in a single point of failure, but in how the perioperative pathway functions as a whole.

Dr Lucy Morgan smiling in front of a board of mathematical equations. Text reads “Inside the Algorithm with Dr Lucy Morgan, live 6th May" 05/05/2026
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Why NHS models should be built to be reused

Our Head of Simulation, Dr Lucy Morgan, recently appeared on the new podcast Inside the Algorithm, hosted by Cambridg

picture of kidneys in a persons bare hands 09/01/2026
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Planning for rising renal demand: simulating capacity across the care system

Demand for kidney replacement therapy is rising, and current capacity will not be sufficient over the next decade. This work uses simulation modelling to help systems understand future pressures and test potential responses.

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Beating the backlog: Meeting the waiting list challenge

The NHS waiting list in England must halve to reach waiting time targets.

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