An overview of medicines repurposing, the challenges of generating evidence, and how actuarial analysis can support value‑based decision‑making.
GAD's workforce projection tool turns HR data into clear, auditable projections, helping public sector organisations identify key skill gaps, model scenarios, and giving senior leaders confidence to answer workforce questions and support business planning.
Not only has healthy life expectancy in the UK continued to decrease, the gap between HLE and life expectancy has widened, especially for women. This blog explores reasons why women may be living such a large proportion of their lives in poor health.
HLE and QALYs both measure quality of health - but they're built differently, used differently, and answer different policy questions. Find out more in this blog from GAD actuary Natasha Hill.
GAD Actuarial Director Dave Johnston attended the first Botswana Actuarial Symposium which explored how actuaries can strengthen public policy. Attendees including a small number of international participants, heard about GAD’s range of specialisms.
Climate change has been identified as the century's most important health threat. GAD explores why cross-sector collaboration is essential to protect communities and build resilience in a warming climate.
Discover how actuary Becky Wodcke and a cross-government team updated the AQuA Book - essential guidance for quality analysis across departments. Learn about collaborative writing, new tools like GitHub, and tips for clear communication.
Jo Howlett, Head of Workforce Strategy at the Government Actuary’s Department (GAD), discusses how actuaries can add value to workforce modelling as part of strategic workforce planning for public bodies.
GAD actuary Will Stobbs was at the forefront of a team that set up and ran a recent major climate conference. The event attracted notable speakers and exhibitors from across government, the public sector and academia.
Robust quality assurance (QA) processes are a crucial tool for administrators to help mitigate calculation and administrative error. This blog explores what QA is, the benefits to schemes in undertaking QA activity and some strategies schemes could implement to improve QA in their schemes.
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