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28 March 2025
Balancing childcare and healthcare: the challenges and successes of returning from maternity leave
After having a baby daughter, Health Economics Unit Lead Health Economist Lisa Cummins took a year of maternity leave. A year after her return to work, Lisa reflects on the […]
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5 March 2025
Understanding Population Health Management as a beginner
Population Health Management (PHM) is something everyone working in healthcare should be aware of. Its principles and techniques are driving significant improvements in a system under pressure. But what does […]
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14 February 2025
How many analysts does it take to change a system?
In the face of the Health Secretary’s ‘war on overspending‘ healthcare analytics and health economics can show where redistribution of budget can make huge impacts on systems under pressure. But […]
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31 January 2025
Left shift, right funds? The battle to move NHS money where it matters
Shifting care from hospitals to the community is not a new ambition for the NHS, but with the Health Secretary outlining plans to build a “new neighbourhood health service”, how […]
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29 January 2025
That’s when good neighbourhoods become good Population Health Management
What is the ideal population size for applying effective Population Health Management (PHM)? Following the publication of a new paper from the Health Economic Unit’s collaborators at the World Health […]
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6 November 2024
What is PHM? Baby don’t hurt me
With a health system increasingly under pressure for immediate improvements, how do we find time for valuable Population Health Management (PHM) analysis to generate impactful impacts for the long term? […]
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29 October 2024
Bringing experts together to understand the future of Population Health Management
As the UK government looks to define the next 10 years of health and care, how can we better understand the need of our population? How can we understand where […]
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18 October 2024
Is there really only one way to become an analyst?
Is it ever too late to become an analyst? Are analytical skills all that you need? Is there only one career path to getting there? The brilliant Sophie Hodges joined […]
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8 August 2024
Preserving information from a vital HIV support community
The Health Economics Unit was proud to have their work with the Terrence Higgins Trust featured at AIDS 2024, the 25th annual AIDS conference, in July. Lead Client Service Manager […]
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25 July 2024
Sharing our impactful work at HACA 2024
Just one year after its inception, the Health and Care Analytics conference (HACA) has become an essential opportunity to share outstanding work, hear from brilliant speakers and meet incredible people […]
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12 July 2024
Sharing our Population Health Management expertise internationally
As one of the leading theorists and practitioners of Population Health Management in the UK, the Health Economics Unit’s Andi Orlowski was invited by the World Health Organization(WHO)to share his […]
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9 July 2024
At the Health Economics Unit collaboration is one of our core values, and one loud and proud example of this is our team band, The HEUristics. Covering songs ranging from […]
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3 July 2024
Marching for equality at Pride in London
Inclusivity and equality are core to our ways of working at the Health Economics Unit, and we don’t just talk the talk, we walk the walk – quite literally last […]
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21 June 2024
Bringing together experts to better understand Impactibility
Used correctly Impactibilty is a hugely impactful population health management technique, with potential to reduce health inequalities and lower the risk of poor outcomes for patients. As it has gone […]
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12 June 2024
Join our passionate team – Senior Data Engineer opportunity
Are you a data engineer with a passion for making a difference in healthcare? Here at the Health Economics Unit (HEU) we’re looking for outstanding individuals to join our brilliant […]
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6 June 2024
Why we support Pride at the Health Economics Unit
This Pride Month members of the Health Economics Unit (HEU) team will be joining marchers in London for the second year running, coming together to celebrate LGBTQ+ culture and demonstrate […]
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17 May 2024
Calculating the date of your death is not your average school maths lesson, but when Health Economics Unit Director Andi Orlowski was invited to give a talk to London students, […]
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26 April 2024
What we learned at the Digital Healthcare Show
The Health Economics Unit team was excited to be invited to present our work and insights at the Digital Healthcare Show, but what did we learn while we were there? […]
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19 April 2024
Join the HEU team at the Digital Healthcare Show
At the Health Economics Unit we are passionate about driving change in healthcare through digital tech, data, innovation and transformation. That is why we’re excited to be sharing our work, […]
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3 January 2024
New Years Opportunities with the Health Economics Unit
Join the Health Economics Unit as a temporary contractor or full time team member. See the latest opportunities here.
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20 July 2023
Registrations open for award-shortlisted Population Health Management training
Registration is now open for three free training courses offering a comprehensive introduction to Population Health Management (PHM) and health economics and evaluation. With training options available for both absolute […]
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30 June 2023
In Conversation With… podcast Pride special
The Health Economics Unit are proud supporters of Pride, and we work as a team to encourage diversity, equality and inclusiveness in all that we do. In the run up […]
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12 April 2023
Speakers announced for first Health and Care Analytics conference
We’re excited to reveal the first expert speakers who will be appearing at July’s national Health and Care Analytics conference. Including leading figures from the UK’s response to the Coronavirus […]
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4 April 2023
Online training collaboration nominated for prestigious award
The Health Economics Unit and the Midlands Decision Support Network are proud to be shortlisted for an HSJ Digital Award for their Population Health Management online training. The HSJ Digital […]
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3 April 2023
Smarter Spending in Population Health: A first year of insights
The Smarter Spending in Population Health (SSPH) programme puts healthcare analytics into the hands of the people delivering and receiving treatment and services, empowering them to make impactful changes. After […]
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13 March 2023
Integrated Care Systems- the Great Expectation?
In this guest blog post, Sally Markwell, senior lecturer within the Oxford School of Nursing and Midwifery (Oxford Brookes University), explores how working together across Integrated Care Systems moves us […]
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6 March 2023
Evaluating robotic surgery in the NHS
With advancements in technology offering increasingly versatile options for use of robotic surgery in the NHS, it’s important that we understand the potential impact these techniques could have for the […]
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3 March 2023
Join our team – Lead Health Economist
***READVERTISEMENT*** We are looking for someone that is passionate, kind and enthusiastic about using data to transform healthcare to join us as a Lead Health Economist (Band 8a). Applications are now […]
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23 January 2023
***READVERTISED*** The application process has closed. We are currently reviewing applications. We are hiring a passionate and forward-thinking Lead Health Economist (Band 8a) for a fixed-term contract to 1 April […]
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20 January 2023
Helping analysts to drive better decisions
Equipped with a range of tools and techniques, an analyst can support better decision making, and ultimately drive better health outcomes… But how do we achieve this? As part of […]
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20 January 2023
HEU online training series – Health Economics
As part of the Health Economics Unit’s recent training programme on population health management with Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) we ran several interactive online sessions on the […]
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17 January 2023
The role of health economics and a framework for resource allocation in PHM
The Health Economics Unit, in partnership with the Midlands Decision Support Network, have been working with the team at Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) on Population Health Management […]
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22 November 2022
Population health management: How systems work together
This online training session during day 3 of Insight 2022 brings together Population Health Management experts Andi Orlowski, of the Health Economics Unit, and Sally Markwell of Oxford Brookes, to look at the underlying […]
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7 November 2022
Primary Care Networks (PCNs) hold some of the richest data in health and care which can tell us a great deal about our local populations and their needs. However, faced […]
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21 October 2022
Two participants from the 10,000 Black Interns programme speak about their time working at the Health Economics Unit during 2022. Students Aderayo Onipede and Victor Eze-Ukaegbu spent the summer working […]
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17 October 2022
With the launch of the Population Health Data and Analytics Centre of Excellence (PHDA CoE), AnalystX* has created the first comprehensive curriculum for health and care data professionals and analysts […]
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13 October 2022
We are hiring a creative and passionate Lead Data Scientist (Band 8a) The application deadline is currently 31 October 2022. You’ll have experience working in a big data environment, deploying […]
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16 June 2022
HEU’s Jack Ettinger to speak at the HIMSS European Health Conference
Jack Ettinger, Senior Health Economist at the Health Economics Unit (HEU), will be speaking and joining a panel discussion at the HIMSS European Health Conference and Exhibition in Helsinki, Finland, […]
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15 June 2022
AphA mentorship programme aims to strengthen analyst community
Launched in April 2021, the Association of Professional Healthcare Analysts’ (AphA) mentorship programme is designed to connect mentors and mentees across the NHS and public sector. Aligning to AphA’s professionalisation […]
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16 May 2022
Why population health is the future
The Health Economics Unit’s director, Andi Orlowski, recently spoke at the Pulse PCN London forum about how primary care networks (PCNs) can use their deep understanding of local populations to […]
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30 March 2022
In our ever-pulsating digital world, it feels like there is infinite shelf space for more and more content. In this blog Matt Grek explains the Health Economics Unit approach to […]
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23 February 2022
Data linkage: the missing link for population health management
A new ‘Guide to data linkage’ has been published by NHS England, aimed at anyone involved in the planning and delivery of health and care, from GP practices and secondary […]
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7 February 2022
Andi Orlowski becomes AphA president
Announcing the appointment of Andi Orlowski as President of the Association of professional healthcare analysts (AphA) for the period January 2022 to December 2022. Andi, who formally took the post […]
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21 January 2022
Population Health Finance: Why allocative efficiency should be embedded in NHS finance processes
One of the key principles in economics is scarcity. There is not enough resource to meet all needs. As healthcare professionals, we can all recognise this theory. Given scarcity exists […]
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14 January 2022
Bridging the Impactibility Gap: New Review Published
The Health Economics Unit (HEU) has published a new BMJ Open paper exploring how Impactibility can bridge the gap in population health management. The paper details a systematic review of […]
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5 January 2022
HEU hiring Senior Health Economist
This vacancy has now closed. Thanks to all who expressed an interest in our Senior Health Economist role. More information about how to join us. We are the Health Economics […]
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27 December 2021
This vacancy has now closed. Thanks to all who expressed an interest in our Chief Analyst role. More information about how to join us. ***We were hiring for a brand […]
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21 December 2021
NECCTAR – a year of making a difference in critical care
As the North East London Critical Care Transfer And Retrieval (NECCTAR) Service approaches the end of its first year of operation, the country is once again facing a COVID level […]
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16 December 2021
Levelling up for the future: the impact of COVID on cancer care
Andi Orlowski, Director at the Health Economics Unit (HEU), and his colleague Heather Humphreys joined DATA-CAN’s James Peach, Deborah Lancaster (former Head of Market Access, Novartis UK) and Heather Moses […]
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13 December 2021
PULSE PCN insights Winter 2021
In April 2021 PULSE magazine launched PULSE PCN as a the new hub containing information for primary care network clinical directors. They’ve just interviewed Andi Orlowski for the Winter 2021 […]
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