NHS Institute for Innovation - Scenario Generator

Scenario Generator is the first and only simulation software tool for strategic planning that enables design and simulation of care pathways within whole health and social care systems. This supports strategic decision-making and the planning, commissioning and design of new models of care.

Scenario Generator has been developed through a public-private partnership between SIMUL8 Corporation, the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement and a number of NHS Partners in the UK.

The ability of Scenario Generator to simulate existing and new models of healthcare has significant potential to improve strategic decision-making. Simulating models of healthcare is vitally important in helping the NHS make better informed, strategic decisions about the future of the healthcare system.  

The Benefits

Simulating existing and new models of healthcare has significant benefit and is helping NHS organizations to:

1. Model service configuration of a health system as a set of care pathways
2. Develop and test scenarios that reflect changes in population, health prevalence, services, capacity and models of care
3. Identify flow, capacity, transaction times and cost across whole system
4. Highlight interactions between pathways
5. Accurately anticipate and confidently plan for the impact of changing demands
6. Design more effective care pathways.

Applications

Scenario Generator is used successfully to:

1. Test assumptions in PCT strategic plans
2. Model impact of changing population
3. Assess feasibility of new models of care
4. Support workforce planning.

How does Scenario Generator Work?

Scenario Generator has been developed with healthcare staff in mind and can be used by commissioners, service planners and clinical teams. It is an easy-to-use, yet powerful, pathway modeling tool. 

The tool allows users to explore the behavior of scenarios and examine the impact on the whole healthcare system in terms of flow, capacity, queues and cost. This encourages a better understanding of consequences of strategic plans under consideration.

Case Studies

		East Riding of Yorkshire PCT Modeling existing and proposed activity and costs arising from falls in current health care provision Learn More >
		Skills for Health Using productivity and efficiency service improvements to plan the workforce Learn More >

Further Reading

• Lord Darzi’s NHS Next Stage Review
• The King’s Fund ‘Shifting the Balance of Care to Local Settings: The SeeSaw Report’

Contact Us
For further information, contact SIMUL8 Corporation on:

UK: +44 141 552 6888
Europe: +44 870 850 8886
US: (800) 547 6024
healthcare@SIMUL8.com