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Blog post 25/09/2025

Expectations: The hidden driver of healthcare demand

How well do we understand changing expectations and implications for the NHS?

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Blog post 21/06/2023

What’s philosophy got to do with evidence reviews?

Ever wondered how to make better use of evidence in decision-making? Follow our latest blog series to find out more about how our Evidence and Knowledge Mobilisation team can help you to make sense of and use evidence from research and practice.

Blog post 21/04/2023

Could a peer review methodology help drive continual learning within and across local systems?

In this blog Karen describes how peer review methodologies are being used to support learning in Long COVID services.

Report 30/01/2023

Emergency department acuity measurement and process: quick scoping review​

​​This review was commissioned to inform NHS England’s Acuity Standardisation Project which aims to agree a standardised method of allocating acuity category (a triage method) for Emergency Departments (EDs) and Urgent Treatment Centres (UTCs). ​

Blog post 13/05/2022

Urgent Community Response – What Works?

The Strategy Unit, with our partners Ipsos, has been commissioned by NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSEI) to provide a long-term national evaluation of the Urgent Community Response programme rolled-out across England. The programme aims to shift resources to home and community-based services as part of the NHS commitment to providing the right care, to the right people, at the right time. And there are a range of outputs from the early work that provide learning for local systems as they develop their services.

Report 15/10/2021

Strategy Unit devises a new method for classifying outpatient appointments

The number of outpatient attendances in England is now approaching 100 million each year.

14/10/2021

A new resource to support analysis of outpatient services: Classifying activity by function

 

06/10/2021

INSIGHT 2021: Insight to Action. What Works?

It has been estimated that it can take up to 17 years to translate evidence into practice – how can we change that?

11/06/2021

Learning the lessons of Long Covid in real time

Round table event, 12 July

Report 22/04/2021

Reviewing the evidence on digital inclusion

Digital technology is a significant part of our daily&nb

Report 20/04/2021

Evidence review: Early diagnosis of cancer

Detecting cancers early is essential to saving lives and reducing the need for invasive treatments.

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Blog post 19/10/2020

Making sense of evidence

It's time to celebrate World Evidence-Based Healthcare (EBHC)  Day.  In a world dominated by COVID-19 and the associated infodemic, this day arguably has more resonance. Closer to home, EBHC Day also coincides with our Insight 2020 festival and the launch of the Midlands Decision Support network.  What better opportunity to ask, 'what does evidence-informed decision making actually mean'?

Guide 09/12/2019

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

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

Report 05/11/2019

Exploring Mental Health Inpatient Capacity

This report explores the pressures on inpatient mental health services across Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships in England, drawing on a wide range of datasets, published research and interviews with staff working on mental health services. The report was commissioned by and includes a response from the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

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Report 01/02/2019

New care models - what's the evidence

High level findings from a series of evidence reviews on new care models.

Blog post 13/07/2018

Integrating health and care services - what works? It’s complicated…

Coinciding nicely with the NHS 70th Birthday celebrations and the parallel discussions of ‘where next and how to do it better’ for the NHS, last we

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Blog post 19/03/2018

What works for primary care led integration?

We recently shared highlights from our realist synthesis on primary care-led integrated models, at the Health Policy and Planning Network workshop. Take a look at our presentation for a flavour of our findings ahead of publication later in the summer.

26/08/2017

Can a new model of integrated care improve resilience?

The Strategy Unit has recently completed a £116,000 research project that will inform the development of new care models central to the NHS Fi

Report 01/10/2016

Referral management: rapid evidence scan

Aiming to inform the design of a new primary care-led model of care, this report summarises evidence on referral management.

Report 01/05/2016

Integrated care: rapid evidence scan

Exploring what integration can mean in different contexts, we have summarised evidence on effectiveness and cost effectiveness of integrated care, alongside lessons for implementation and considerations for measurement and evaluation.

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