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Thinking Differently Series

Better decisions start
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Our Thinking Differently webinar series convenes leading NHS executives, clinicians and data experts to tackle healthcare's toughest operational challenges. 75 minutes. Practical insight.

Why Thinking Differently?

The NHS doesn't lack data. It lacks the decision architecture to act on it. Thinking Differently exists to close that gap.

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The NHS Consultant. Optimising Value

How can NHS trusts unlock trapped value in their consultant workforce? Practical insight on rostering intelligence, job planning, and Decision Intelligence approaches to workforce optimisation.

12:30 – 13:45 (UK)
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Beyond the Hospital Gate: Building Health Systems That Start with People

How can the NHS move beyond institutional models to build care around communities? Practical insight on localising services, strengthening place-based health systems, and designing care around where people actually live.

12:30 – 13:45 (UK)
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Every Thinking Differently session, available on demand. Each replay includes key takeaways and links to related insight in The Hub.

Strasys Thinking Differently webinar on maternity services
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Maternity · 2025

Solving the maternity services crisis: The case for a Chief Triangulation Officer

Balancing data, gut instinct and anecdote in maternity governance. Why boards need a new role to triangulate competing signals.

Dr Andy Heeps Dr Andy Heeps, CEO UH Sussex
Strasys Thinking Differently webinar on children and young people
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Children & Young People · 2025

Invest in children. It's the best investment a nation can make

How rewiring NHS services around childhood can improve lives and create lasting value for populations.

Professor Steve Turner Prof Steve Turner, President RCPCH
Strasys Thinking Differently webinar on NHS innovation and finance
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Innovation · 2025

When there is no more money, true innovation happens

Why financial constraints are forcing the NHS to think differently, and how data-driven innovation is unlocking trapped value.

Sally Gainsbury Sally Gainsbury, Nuffield Trust
Strasys Thinking Differently webinar on health systems
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Health Systems · 2025

A healthcare model that once worked is now broken. It's time for a new approach

How to make health systems work: practical examples of leveraging data to drive system-wide innovation and integrated care.

Kevin Lavery Kevin Lavery, CEO NHS LSC ICB
Strasys Thinking Differently webinar on data innovation
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Data & AI · 2024

Revolutionising healthcare decision-making through data innovation

How leaders can leverage AI and data science as an essential capability to improve board-to-frontline decision-making.

David Flory CBE David Flory CBE, Chair UHLG
Strasys Thinking Differently webinar on health inequalities
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Health Inequalities · 2024

What can the NHS really do to address health inequalities?

Practical methods for narrowing health disparities. Debating the wider determinants including education, economics, environment and culture.

Dr Arif Rajpura Dr Arif Rajpura, DPH Blackpool
Strasys Thinking Differently webinar on workforce productivity
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Workforce · 2024

Improving workforce productivity by better understanding staff needs

Rethinking the £20m productivity opportunity. Why current workforce planning is activity-driven and unconnected, and what to do about it.

Dame Jo Williams Dame Jo Williams, Chair Alder Hey
Strasys Thinking Differently webinar on reimagining productivity
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Productivity · 2024

Reimagining productivity in healthcare to unlock trapped value

Featuring Prof Sir Muir Gray. Moving the conversation from cost reduction to improving value through better use of data and evidence.

Prof Sir Muir Gray Prof Sir Muir Gray

Our Community Contributors

NHS trust chairs, ICB leaders, clinical directors and independent experts who bring lived experience to every session.

Prof Sir Muir Gray

Prof Sir Muir Gray

Emeritus Fellow, Oxford

Dame Jo Williams

Dame Jo Williams

Chair, Alder Hey NHS FT

David Flory CBE

David Flory CBE

Chair, UHLG

Kevin Lavery

Kevin Lavery

CEO, NHS LSC ICB

James Sumner

James Sumner

CEO, UHLG

Patti Harvey

Patti Harvey

Fmr SVP, Kaiser Permanente

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Frequently Asked Questions

Thinking Differently is a free webinar series convened by Strasys, bringing together leading NHS executives, clinicians, and data experts to tackle healthcare's most complex operational challenges. Each 75-minute session focuses on practical, evidence-led solutions, from workforce productivity and health inequalities to data-driven decision-making and maternity services reform. All sessions are recorded and available as replays.

Strasys events feature a mix of NHS Trust CEOs, ICB leaders, clinical directors, and independent experts alongside Strasys's own leadership team including Dr Nadeem Moghal (Chief Medical & Innovation Officer) and Mark Jennings (Chief Solutions & Services Officer). Past speakers have included Prof Sir Muir Gray, Dame Jo Williams (Chair, Alder Hey Children's NHS FT), David Flory CBE (Chair, UHLG), and Kevin Lavery (CEO, NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB).

Yes. All Strasys Thinking Differently webinars are free to attend. Registration is via Eventbrite. Each session runs for approximately 75 minutes and all events are recorded so you can watch the replay if you cannot attend live.

Decision Intelligence is the discipline of converting healthcare data into executive action. Rather than producing dashboards or reports that sit unused, Decision Intelligence connects analytics, AI, clinical expertise, and behavioural science to help NHS leadership teams make better decisions about workforce, services, and resource allocation, with measurable impact on patient outcomes and financial sustainability.

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