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DAIM: Inside The Algorithm | Hybrid Simulation, Model Reuse and AI in NHS Planning
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- Data & AI Mastery
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- May 6, 2026
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- 1739
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- https://www.cambridgespark.com
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Summary
👉 Discover how Cambridge Spark helps organisations build the data and AI capabilities needed to turn strategy into measurable impact: cambridgespark.com Planning healthcare at scale is one of the most consequential challenges facing the NHS. In this inaugural episode of our new show, Inside The Algorithm, Cambridge Spark’s Chief AI Officer, Dr Jeremy Bradley, is joined by Dr Lucy Morgan, Head of Simulation at the NHS Strategy Unit, to explore how simulation modelling and AI are being used to tackle that challenge head-on. Lucy led the development of a hybrid simulation model for renal replacement therapy, which began with the Midlands Kidney Network and is now being rolled out nationally. She breaks down how the model works, combining system dynamics with discrete event simulation to project future demand and model patient pathways through dialysis and transplant. The conversation moves into the harder questions: how do you validate a model in a live healthcare environment, how do you rebuild trust with new organisations who weren't part of the original build, and where does AI fit into making models more portable and reproducible? Lucy also shares her current research interest in using AI agents to help NHS staff query and interrogate analytical models directly, without needing deep modelling expertise themselves. A rich, technically substantive episode for anyone working at the intersection of AI, simulation and real-world deployment. Follow Data & AI Mastery so you never miss a future episode of Inside The Algorithm. Liked this episode? Why not listen to the conversation Dr Raoul Gabriel Urma had with Ming Tang from the NHS on the Data & AI Mastery podcast: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/transforming-healthcare-through-data-ai-human-centred/id1…