MAN Huddle: Introducing the Strategy Unit Demand Model - 04.09.25

MAN Huddle 04/09/25
Topic: Introducing the Strategy Unit Demand Model: sizing hospitals & shifting care closer to home
With Chris Beeley, Head of Data Science, The Strategy Unit

Introducing the Strategy Unit Demand Model: an award-winning, open-source tool developed with the New Hospital Programme, already recognised nationally with the Florence Nightingale Award.

Led by Chris Beeley, Head of Data Science ise joined by other colleagues in the Strategy Unit, to show how the model tackles some of health & care’s most important challenges:

• Sizing new hospitals so they are fit for purpose
• Supporting the ‘left shift’ by identifying care that could be prevented or delivered in homes and communities
• Building a picture of people at risk of preventable conditions, enabling early intervention

During the session we will explore:
• Why the model was created and its journey so far
• What makes it different
• How it helps size new hospitals appropriately
• How it identifies care that could be prevented or delivered in homes or communities
• How it builds a picture of people at risk of preventable conditions - supporting early intervention
• Case studies and insights so far
• How you can get involved in shaping and applying the model

For analysts, leaders, and decision-makers, this is an opportunity to understand more about the Demand Model and how it provides a robust, system-wide view of demand - and how you can be part of shaping its development.