Empowering public health workers and analysts to practise Population Health Management

Population Health Management (PHM) is a valuable technique and key priority for Ireland's HSE as part of their drive to improve delivery of services to its population. It can be used across complex health and ...

Independently reviewing the evaluation of a new diabetes tool

When the NHS is approached with a new tool which can improve diabetic eye screening, how can it be sure that the tool will live up to its creator's claims? The Health Economics Unit was ...

Understanding the costs and benefits of interventions in cervical cancer

NHS London are investing in strategies aimed at increasing uptake of cervical cancer screening and HPV vaccination, but they needed the evidence to show the impact that these services will have. The organisation commissioned the ...

Working with specialists to improve epilepsy care for children

Epilepsy is the most common long term neurological condition of childhood affecting an estimated 112,000 children and young people (CYP) in the UK. Not only does epilepsy have an impact on a person’s physical and ...

Helping a complex healthcare system unlock insights to improve care

Gloucestershire Integrated Care System (ICS) knew that data was the key to better decision-making and improved healthcare outcomes. They have a wealth of information spread across different organisations, and a unified strategy would help maximise ...

The Power of Conversation in a Diverse World

Being inclusive isn't just about having the right policies in place and treating people equally, it's about pro-actively educating people and driving understanding of others. The Health Economics Unit (HEU), in partnership with the wider ...

Measuring the cost of end of life care in the UK

Around 650,000 adults die each year in the UK, with one in six dying in poverty. We know that the care and support people receive from publicly funded services greatly influences the quality of their last ...

Evaluating Inequalities in Colorectal Cancer Care

Around 5 million people live in the East Midlands, but are they all receiving the same standard of cancer detection and treatment? With such a huge population, stretched over five Integrated Care Systems, how do healthcare ...

Using evaluations to improve population health in Sandwell

Ranked second-lowest in the country on the 2022 'cost-of-living vulnerability index' Sandwell, in the West Midlands, has one of the highest levels of deprivation across England. With residents described as being worse off than in other ...

Modelling Urgent and Emergency Care flow in the NHS

What is the optimum design for a hospital's emergency department? How do you make the most of limited resources while facing huge demand? The Health Economics Unit was asked to help hospital trusts better understand ...

Evaluating the impact and cost benefits of NHS 111

Evaluating the NHS's 111 service for the first time - helping NHS England to understand whether it offers value for money, and how it might be systematically improved.

Modelling gambling harm across Great Britain

Gambling harm has a significant health, financial and societal impact. However, the prevalence of gambling harm in the UK is not well understood, with different sources giving different estimates, making it difficult to plan and ...

Enhancing care planning and management through demand and capacity modelling

Discover how combining large-scale engagement and complex data analysis enabled impactful future planning across multiple hospital trust specialties and directorates.

Empowering health and care workers to practise Population Health Management

Population Health Management (PHM) is a valuable technique and key priority for the NHS. It can be used across complex health and care systems to maximise health from available resources and address inequalities in a ...

Measuring value in identifying and treating patients with Atrial Fibrillation

Atrial fibrillation (AF) costs the NHS more than £2.2bn every year, and is responsible for approximately 20% of all strokes. With around 2% of the population affected by this disease, how can healthcare decision makers choose the ...

Bringing together people and analytics to make impactful changes

When healthcare pathways cross multiple organisations, how do we identify the most impactful places to direct resources? The Smarter Spending in Population Health (SSPH) programme, brings together stakeholders from across systems and inputs their insights ...

Improving Population Health Management through bespoke training

As NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) ICS went through a restructuring, it recognised the opportunity to improve interaction between analysts and decision makers to better deliver Population Health Management (PHM). ICS leaders ...

Informing better healthcare policy for an ageing population

With an ageing population in the UK, healthcare providers are increasingly having to plan and deliver care and treatments for elderly patients with multiple ongoing conditions. But which patient groups are most at risk? How ...

Generating insights on the evolution of HIV care with the Terrence Higgins Trust

How do you analyse and understand eight years of valuable HIV online forum history while preserving the anonymity of the online members? The Health Economics Unit worked with Terrence Higgins Trust (a British charity that ...

Developing new cancer endpoints to improve patient care

The Health Economics Unit collaborated with Janssen, The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) and DATA-CAN: The Health Data Research UK Hub for Cancer to understand not only if cancer treatments work to save ...

Using MCDA to evaluate robotic surgery in the NHS

The Health Economics Unit was funded by the Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU) to explore the use of multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) to evaluate the economic implications of robotic surgery in the NHS, ...

Economic Modelling for Peripheral Arterial Disease in England and Wales

Peripheral arterial disease is a common condition, affecting around 20% of people over 60, where a build-up of fatty deposits in the arteries restricts blood supply to leg muscles. Chronic limb threatening ischaemia (CLTI) is a severe ...

Management and Supervision Tool (MaST) in the community mental health service at Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Introduction and aims The Health Economics Unit was asked by the Innovation Agency North West Coast to evaluate the use of the Management and Supervision Tool (MaST) in the community mental health service at Mersey ...

Developing a dashboard to help drive improvement in cancer screening in the Midlands

The NHS Long Term Plan sets out ambitious targets for cancer care, intended to drive an improvement in cancer survival rates and increase early diagnosis. Across England there are 21 Cancer Alliances, which bring together clinical ...

Assessing the budget impact of toric lens surgery in the NHS

A toric lens is a type of intraocular contact lens (IOL) that can be implanted during cataract surgery to improve long distance vision and correct astigmatism, reducing a patient’s reliance on glasses. HEU was ...

Using a population health management tool to improve health outcomes for patients

Data analysts for Herefordshire & Worcestershire General Practice recognised they did not have a good way of understanding the population or who or what sits within it. Since October 2021, they have been working with executive ...