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Report 16/06/2025

Virtual wards: Patient and unpaid carer experiences of ‘hospital at home’ care

Our evaluation of patient and carer experiences of virtual wards found widespread benefits and highlights areas for improvements parti

23/04/2025

“Champion, challenge, collaborate.”

Being commissioned by the Mayor of London to produce independent reviews of proposals for major service change, affecting Londoners, perfectly aligns with our commitment to help the health and care system make better decisions and ultimately achieve benefits for population health and wellbeing. 

Blog post 16/01/2025

The merry-go-round of evaluation recommendations

A blog series and short reports sharing how to design projects to best support evaluation.

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Report 22/03/2023

The NHS as an anchor institution: addressing fuel poverty

The number of households in fuel poverty in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent (SSoT) is higher than the national average. As anchor institutions, NHS organisations can use their assets to influence the health and wellbeing of their local communities. The Strategy Unit was asked by the Midlands NHS Greening Board to evaluate a cross-sector initiative in SSoT to help alleviate fuel poverty using savings generated through solar panels on NHS buildings. The project is called Keep Warm, Keep Well.

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Report 21/03/2023

ICS intelligence functions – a toolkit to support the implementation of NHSE guidance

In 2020, NHSE

30/03/2022

‘Developing your ICS Intelligence Functions’: A Free Webinar Series

What is an ‘Intelligence Function’? What value can they add to decision making? How can they be configured and who needs to be involved? What lessons can be drawn from current practice?

Report 23/03/2022

We don’t just need to hear ‘you are more affected’ - what’s the action?

The experience of minority ethnic people symptomatic for COVID-19 in the first UK wave of the pandemic.

Report 28/10/2021

Advancing the analytical capability of the NHS and its ICS partners

The Strategy Unit were asked by the Strategy and Development Team in the Directorate of the Chief Data and Analytics Officer, NHSE/I, to make recommendations for advancing analytical capability across the health and care workforce.

Report 27/07/2021

Inequities in children and young people’s mental health services

Good mental health during early years and childhood has a great bearing on health throughout life.

Report 08/02/2021

Learning from lockdown: support for people experiencing homelessness

There are few clearer measures of societal health than homelessness.

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.

Long read 29/09/2019

Lessons, Evaluation and Learning from the Dudley MCP

Learning from Dudley MCP

17/09/2018

Evaluation of the Dudley New Care Models Programme

The Strategy Unit led the evaluation of the Dudley Vanguard programme. This is the final system-wide report from that work.

Report 17/09/2018

Evaluation of the Dudley New Care Models Programme

This is the final system-wide report from the evaluation.

18/08/2017

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.

18/08/2017

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.

Report 25/07/2017

Scoping the Strategic Analytical Requirements for Clinical Neurosciences in England

Neurosciences encompasses a large number of services and interventions, delivered to individuals with a wide range of conditions by numerous provid

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Report 07/10/2008

Heart Failure Targeted Funding Programme 2023/24 Evaluation

Our evaluation explores how targeted NHS funding has shaped heart failure services across England and what can be learned for future programmes.

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