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Blog post 03/08/2026

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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News 29/06/2026

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

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Blog post 09/01/2026

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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Report 21/10/2025

10-Year Productivity Forecast for the English NHS: An Expert Elicitation Study

Expert elicitation exercise commissioned by and in collaboration with the Health Foundation has produced forecasts of NHS productivity rates over the next 10 years.

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Blog post 20/10/2025

The Strategy Unit contribution to neighbourhood health

Our role in supporting the national effort to turn the vision of neighbourhood health into action by providing evidence, analysis and insight.

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Report 16/10/2025

Heart Failure Targeted Funding Programme 2023/24 Evaluation

The Heart Failure Targeted Funding Programme was an NHS England initiative to improve access to heart failure specialists in the commu

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Blog post 24/09/2025

A missing element in ‘shifting care’

Our Director, Peter Spilsbury, outlines the scale of the task when it comes to making ‘the shift from hospital to community’.

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