Ghosted by an old friend
“…personal contact was a vital element in general practice from the beginning. By 1959 50% of people in England regarded their GP as a personal friend.”
Review of Ophthalmic Managed Clinical Networks (MCNs) in Staffordshire and Shropshire
The aim of the MCNs is to bring together primary care optometrists with local ophthalmologists within a geographical area. This is a review Strategy Unit were commissioned by NHS England to work with a medical retina MCN in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin and a glaucoma MCN in Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent, to review their work so far and look at the opportunities the networks present.
Lessons, Evaluation and Learning from the Dudley MCP
Learning from Dudley MCP
Let’s face the music and (not) dance
David Frith leads our strategy consultancy work with NHS and third sector organisations.
Lessons from the Vanguard: Procurement
Do you like to integrate horizontally or vertically? NHS positions examined
Our latest research paper explores the impact of the different options for integration implemented as a result of the Transforming Community Services policy in 2010. This accompanying commentary reflects on potential implications for the current policy drive towards Integrated Care Systems.
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.