Reducing elective care waiting lists remains one of the most pressing challenges facing the NHS. With more than seven million people currently waiting for treatment in England, there is growing recognition that addressing the backlog requires more than additional capacity alone. It demands better use of data, new ways of working, and stronger collaboration across organisations and disciplines.

Understanding what it takes to deliver culturally responsive dementia care.

Why are operations still being cancelled on the day of surgery, despite long waiting lists and high demand? The answer often lies not in a single point of failure, but in how the perioperative pathway functions as a whole.

Failure demand is described as the additional work created when services fail to meet people’s needs effectively the first time – and is rife across the NHS.  

Guest blog by Jacob Lant, Chief Executive, National Voices

Can data on discharge times help us to improve hospital flow?

This blog describes the headline findings from the first phase of the national evaluation of the Core20PLUS5 approach

Our Head of Simulation, Dr Lucy Morgan, recently appeared on the new podcast Inside the Algorithm, hosted by Cambridge Spark, to discuss two areas of work at the Strategy Unit: a kidney replacement therapy model and the modelling the national waiting list.