Nathan Proudlove is a senior lecturer in Operational Research at Manchester Business School. He has worked on health management issues since the mid-1990s. Nathan’s particular interests are operation management and flow issues such as capacity and demand, forecasting, bed management, and process improvement.
He has worked with many hospital trusts and with the NHS Modernisation Agency, in particular Intensive Support Teams, the Innovation and Knowledge Group, and the Emergency Care Strategy Team. He also has links with the NHS in Wales and Northern Ireland.
He has published in a range of academic and practitioner journals in the healthcare field, including the Health Service Journal, the International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management, the Emergency Medicine Journal, the British Journal of Healthcare Computing and Information Management, and the Journal of Health Organisation and Management. He has also contributed guidance to the National Electronic Library for Health, and advice on healthcare issues to the National Audit Office and Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit.
