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Reducing Stroke Deaths without Increasing Costs - Case Study

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South Central show that you can reduce stroke deaths by up to 18% with very little cost impact

In South Central England, PCTs needed to test the impact of moving to the NICE and National Stroke Strategy best practice pathway for emergency stroke care. The new pathway would give patients quick access to early treatment and better rehabilitation support but what would the resource and cost implications

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O.R.52 Operational Research Conference 7-9th September

SIMUL8 Corporation attend the OR52 conference in London every year, and this year is no exception. In fact, it’s not just our CEO who will be presenting SIMUL8 at the conference, Sally Brailsford will also be speaking about her evaluation of SIMUL8′s Scenario Generator software. Sally evaluated the software with a team of colleagues from MASHnet (The UK Network for Modelling & Simulation), having been commissioned by the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement. I’ve included the abstract for her talk below – if you’re in the UK, check it out:

Scenario Generator Determines Impact of NHS Cuts

As thousands of jobs are cut within NHS Scotland, SIMUL8 Corporation demonstrate how Scenario Generator software has helped over 85% of PCT’s in England ensure that their remaining staff is not burdened with ‘excessive workloads’.

Scotland’s Health Secretary, Nicola Sturgeon, meets NHS board heads and the BMA this week to examine the impact of the reduced staffing levels announced in June this year. Ms Sturgeon told the Press Association that:

“It is my job to ensure the NHS delivers the best quality of care, manages the financial challenges facing it and takes the right decisions now to secure services in the future.”

SIMUL8 invited to speak at UK ‘Healthcare Capacity Planning Conference’

Claire Cordeaux, Lead for Healthcare at SIMUL8 Corporation, has been invited to speak at the ‘Transforming Capacity Planning (A European and Local Comparison) Conference’ on the 27th July.

The Conference invites academics to join with expert industrialist supporters to define a future direction for healthcare capacity planning and is being chaired by the ‘Health and Care Infrastructure Research and Innovation Centre’ (HaCIRIC).

Will GPs be using simulation to make commissioning decisions?

With the announcement that GPs are to get more control over healthcare budget spending, SIMUL8 Corporation believes that GPs will find simulation software helpful in enabling them to commission services, and is offering GPs access to simulation software and free training.