Clinical Workforce Scenarios for the Black Country

The future is highly uncertain.

Let’s face the music and (not) dance

David Frith leads our strategy consultancy work with NHS and third sector organisations.

Tools & templates: Problem structuring

Problem trees and driver diagrams can help you to understand the causes and effects of your problem.

The Potential Economic Impact of Virtual Outpatient Appointments in the West Midlands: A scoping study

The Strategy Unit was recently approached to examine the case for a shift from traditional outpatient services to the use of virtual a

Pre-mortem

The pre-mortem technique was developed by Klein (2007) using ‘prospective hindsight’ to identify risks at the outset of a project.

Tools & templates: Other points of view

Use Edward deBono’s ‘Six Thinking Hats’ or consider a wider point of view, to approach a problem or potential solution from different perspectives.

Lessons from the Vanguard: Procurement

Tools & templates: Breaking the rules

Generate new ideas to solve a problem – by identifying the underlying assumptions, unwritten rules and thinking that maintain the status quo.

Tools & Templates: Five Whys

Keep asking ‘why’ to peel back the layers of your problem, until you identify a potential root cause.

Scenario planning – an antidote to the false certainties of forecasts and grand plans

The resurgence of uncertainty

Scenario planning – an antidote to the false certainties of forecasts and grand plans

The resurgence of uncertainty

Dudley MCP Scenario Analysis

Dudley is one of fourteen vanguard sites nationally developing the Multispecialty Community Provider (MCP) care model.

Scoping study: the economics of caring

There is a clear moral case for supporting unpaid carers.

Artificial Intelligence and the NHS

This is a note of an interview with Matt Fenech of Future Advocacy