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The health and social care landscape is changing fast.
Care locations are moving. Mental healthcare is becoming more prevalent and pressing. New treatments are raising issues around the economics of care. Health inequality, access to care and backlogs have been laid bare by Covid-19.
All healthcare bodies need to think about how the sector is going to work over the coming decades. That includes:
When it comes to transforming health and care systems, we’re at the forefront of thinking.
We advise trusts, commissions, national bodies and governments.
Our work:
Successful transformation of services is a combination of economic, institutional, legal and cultural factors. We work with others to build models of health and care delivery that meet the needs of patients and the public.
Health and social care outcomes are driven by many factors, not least the dedication of the people who work in the sector. Economic regulation is one tool that can help them deliver better results: to channel money where it’s most needed, to reward high quality and to help make difficult decisions about priorities.
Health and social care has unique regulatory characteristics, including the complexity of the conditions, treatments and payment systems. Our knowledge of regulatory best practice, both in healthcare and in other sectors, is second to none.
Our work:
As well as our work in the UK, we’ve worked on healthcare regulation across Europe, most recently for the French healthcare regulator.
We evaluate policies, pilots and trials. With our deep understanding of the health and social care sector, we’re able to deliver thorough and practical advice to government, regulators, independent sector reviewers, commissioners and providers.
Our work:
The Accelerated Access Collaborative (AAC) and the Beneficial Changes Network (BCN) teams at NHS England and NHS Improvement commissioned Frontier Economics, along with Kaleidoscope Health and Care and Rand Europe, to identify which potentially beneficial interventions, technologies and tools deployed during the pandemic could yield lasting benefits in future.
Read the case studyForecasting demand for A&E
We looked at the factors driving demand for A&E, from the availability of GPs to the quality of local primary care, to help the NHS better deliver this vital service.
Read the case studyHelping the Department of Health with strategic modelling.
We helped the Department of Health to analyse a wide range of issues to help it better plan reforms, make spending decisions and innovate. This included issues relating to GP contracts, dentistry services, public health issues (such as diabetes, obesity and smoking), and better understanding the financial status of providers.
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