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The ‘new’ rhetoric for #NHS reform seems to have settled on three bylines: - Cure to prevent - Acute to community - Analogue to digital The rhetoric is not new. The government is new. The leadership thinking…? #Productivity is the problem Working harder is not the solution We need a #paradigm shift to meet needs An essay connecting some dots, trying to break the productivity fever…

How to improve workforce wellbeing and productivity in a healthcare system with competing priorities and limited resources?    By using data to help leaders think differently to develop radical people strategies and methods and make better decisions to address the unique needs of their workforce.    Thank you to HPMA Healthcare People Management Association for hosting a webinar with Naeem Younis, STRASYS founder and CEO, Melissa Swindell, CPO, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, and Heather Barnett, CPO, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.     Read more here to discover the key takeaways, practical insights and real-world success stories. https://lnkd.in/eyk7riRx   #ThinkingDifferently #WorkforceTransformation #DecisionIntelligence #” 

Thrilled to be finalists with our partner Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust at the HPMA Healthcare People Management Association 2024 awards in Belfast. We were recognised for our radical work on using data and analytics in workforce transformation to improve decisions, actions and performance. At STRASYS we are a little different. We have to be if we are to address the complex challenges in healthcare. The Alder Hey leadership wanted to think differently about workforce planning. Regardless of the competing priorities they demonstrated real courage to think differently and push ahead. Together, we created an innovative approach to discover the human stories behind the workforce. What motivates them, their needs and their frustrations. With this intelligence better plans were created, different board agendas connected and difficult decisions made. A year on, retention rates are up, sickness down and staff engagement significantly higher. A particularly proud moment is how the team have continued to build the capability in using data to drive better decision making. A step towards becoming a learning organisation. Looking forward there is so much potential in the NHS to think differently about workforce, data and analytics to release the trapped value in the system. Billions. With this small step, I am hoping for the wider healthcare to adopt this approach, together with Alder Hey and our NHS partners, to deliver a greater impact for the most valuable resource, the staff. Thank you to HPMA team for a wonderful event and Bevan Brittan LLP for sponsoring our award category. Congratulations to all the winners. #Strasys, NHS England #thinkingdifferently

Great fun and energy from our Team Day this week. Reflecting on our work and impact in helping our partners in #healthcare and looking forward to supporting them in building thriving communities. With data and analytics at the core to help leaders make more confident decisions. Our growing team was joined by our international colleagues. Dr Nadeem Moghal, Chief Medical and Innovation Officer, at STRASYS, shares his reflections. https://lnkd.in/eQXTeCWs #TeamStrasys #ThinkingDifferently #HealthcareInnovation

With the political party conferences in full swing, the debate around NHS funding and social care reform is intensifying. One clear message is that healthcare inequalities in England are growing. Disparities in access and outcomes are leaving too many behind, particularly in underserved communities.    At STRASYS, we believe that tackling these gaps requires a new approach. Naeem Younis, CEO and Founder, Strasys, delves into how healthcare providers can help address these gaps and drive real, sustainable impact. https://lnkd.in/e82nK_jF Learn more about the Strasys IPSC Equalities framework and join the discussion on how can we build a fairer healthcare system. #healthinequalities #healthcare #publichealth #workforcediversity #NHS

Reflections on a day at the Labour Party Conference. The themes of #prevention, #publichealth, #children and #community came across very strongly, things that have been said before, but maybe this time the messages are being heard. STRASYS Dr Nadeem Moghal

Tackling health inequalities is complex and demands significant time, investment, and dedication to the well-being of both staff and patients.    As part of the STRASYS #ThinkingDifferently webinar series, experts in our recent webinar discussed how to narrow health #inequalities through new perspectives.     Key Takeaways:    - Leaders should understand their workforce, be curious about what matters to them, and prioritise local recruitment.    - It’s an invitation to be a participant in what happens in the community. Presence and participation in local issues are crucial; plans and strategies come later. - Stay relentlessly curious and listen. Even if it was invented before, invent it again in the interests of the communities we serve. - Adopt a person-centred approach, ensuring integration is handled by agencies rather than leaving it to individuals. We should consider the whole person and their needs, not just professional requirements. - If we don’t understand the needs of the citizen, patient and the family, then we are failing as professionals and the idea of siloes should not hinder addressing the needs of the citizen.    Read the full story here: https://lnkd.in/efRSrtBj   Dr Nadeem Moghal, Samira Ben Omar, Maggie Oldham, Arif Rajpura, Ajit Abraham #healthinequalities #healthcare #publichealth #workforcediversity #healthcareaccess #equity #socialjustice #holisticcare #communityengagement

Highlight of the week That’s easy. The King's Fund annual conference. There is a way out for the NHS. Things #healthcare never mattered more and the programme was brilliantly set out to push through to the future and the positive. Some might say the highlight was the Prime Minster and entourage slipping into the agenda with the Darzi report. The NHS is critically ill. We knew that. Let’s wait for the policy and actions… or can we influence government thinking? My people highlight was Chris van Tulleken - he is going to quote me on some real world data. He will change the world by building a movement and being brilliantly strategic with the change needed that explains why I am fat… My professional highlight was being on the panel thanks to Rukshana Kapasi and Barnardo's, discussing the needs and future for children and young people, describing the work we at STRASYS achieved with Alder Hey Children's Hospital Nationally, there is one policy worth implementing to the full which is thoroughly evidence based - Sure Start. The work of Tessa Jowel and Gordon Brown. The interventions and support for 0-5 year olds all those years ago are reaping benefits in health and education outcomes today. Jess Jowel is now working to bring energy back to her mother’s legacy that has left a positive impact on the lives of so many children and families. Dear The Labour Party government - just do it. The final plenary was arguably the most stark where the OBR data brought to sharp focus the risk to the nation if we don’t address the supply side (productivity) and demand side (health of the nation). We will, if we carry on as we are now, be spending unimaginable amounts of money on the NHS. My neighbouring delegate turned to me and said - “I am leaving the country after hearing that”. A young GP. We have the worst cardiac, stroke, and cancer outcomes - at the wrong end of the OECD league tables - despite spending more and more, employing more and more. Deploying more and more innovative ideas. Surely the answer lies in how we deploy and use our resources. We have to challenge the current #businessmodels of the DGH and - don’t beat me up - even general practice. Right now we are not meeting #patient and #population needs. We are failing the tax payer. We are then failing everyone. It is #reform. Reform of the business models that then reallocate and make better use of resources to meet needs. I am staying. We at STRASYS have work to do with #NHS leaders. Sarah Woolnough Rebecca Gorringe

The #NHS is critically sick Lord Darzi has set out his diagnosis of what ails the NHS. Those working in it, for it, and rely on it, can see feel and hear all that the report has set out. Warts and all with refreshingly honest language. The challenge is the treatment plan. The government has two levers. Policy and money. The three key areas that have quickly become the political rhetoric out of the report are a mix of hope, need and reform. 1. Analogue to #digital (hope) That will excite all those with futurist in their bios. Especially the Ai bits. No one will argue the need to modernise the infrastructure to enable digital things to happen. Meanwhile I get a text for my appointment that suits the hospital, but also after the date has passed by. Meanwhile South Korea and Taiwan move to 6G. 2. #Prevention (need) If it’s primary prevention and about #inequalities then social policies that are as transformative as Atlee will be needed. The NHS will play at the margins based on its current business model. 3. #Community not acute sector (reform) Follow the money. CEOs leading the acute sector know how much waste and trapped value is bounded in their buildings. We can show them evidence based business model shifts that shifts work to meet evidenced needs out of their buildings. The decision is theirs. But. They need the ‘accountability industry’ at the centre to not come in the way. As stated in the report. Also - stop appointing more and more ologists because an ologist says so. That should be a system population needs based investment. At STRASYS we are expert on the reform and evidence based allocation of resources to meet evidenced patient and population needs. I would of course say that. But I have lived and analysed way too many NHS provider strategies to know why we are stuck and understand what it means to think and act differently. It takes leadership, courage and decision making.

The NHS at a Crossroads. As the new government settles in the NHS faces unprecedented challenges, but also incredible opportunities for transformation. Dr Nadeem Moghal, STRASYS Chief Medical and Innovation officers explores in his latest article on how we can harness change to build a more resilient and equitable healthcare system.   Read the thought provoking article here.   https://lnkd.in/eRnrVJZ2    #NHS #healthcare #transformation #innovation #equity #resilience