Insight to action blog #3: It's a community effort

There are many challenges in translating the findings from insights into action.

Insight to action blog #2: Conversations between decision makers and analysts

The quality of the analyst-decision maker relationship really matters when it comes to the translation of insights to action.

Insight to action blog #1: From translation to application

“Solving complex problems requires new approaches to problem solving…To do this, organisations and communities need to become skilled in mobilising

Menopause and the NHS workforce

The impact of the menopause on the NHS workforce. The Strategy Unit and Health Economics Unit report on their mixed methods findings.

Leadership training and support for organisational development: an offer from the Strategy Unit

The Strategy Unit has long been known for the quality of its analytical work, and the clear, critical thi

Insight to action blogs - a series of blogs from Lucy Hawkins

“Solving complex problems requires new approaches to problem solving…To do this, organisations and communities need to become skilled in mobilising

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.

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.

Strategy Unit devises a new method for classifying outpatient appointments

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

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

Learning the lessons of Long Covid in real time

Round table event, 12 July

Reviewing the evidence on digital inclusion

Digital technology is a significant part of our daily&nb

Evidence review: Early diagnosis of cancer

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

How do we develop analysts as leaders? Early thoughts from our ‘leadership for analysts’ programme

“What is an analyst?” 

How can analysis help clinicians improve services? Interview with Dr Anna Lock

Dr Anna Lock, Justine Wiltshire and Lucy Hawkins reflect on the Strategy Unit's innovative end of life care analysis. How can this work help clinicians to improve services?

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'?

How can we learn from changes in practice under COVID-19

During the COVID-19 pandemic we have seen rapid changes in ways of working.

Midlands Population Health Management Academy

The Midlands Population Health Management Academy was part of a programme of support, commissioned by NHS

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

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