Inside OR

The January 2025 edition of the newsletter of The OR Society

Meet Sanja Petrovic, President of The OR Society

Sanja Petrovic, a Professor of Operational Research at Nottingham University Business School, has spearheaded multidisciplinary research focused on developing models, heuristics, and algorithms to address real-world optimisation and scheduling challenges. Her work spans diverse areas such as radiotherapy planning, patient scheduling in radiotherapy, nurse rostering, production scheduling, and university timetabling.

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Could a New Model for Assessing GP Performance and Resourcing Transform Healthcare in the Uk?

With the British Medical Association (BMA)predicting the most challenging winter yet for the NHS, a groundbreaking initiative by More Metrics, in partnership with Lancaster University, offers a potential breakthrough in addressing the escalating crisis in general practice. As GP surgeries grapple with mounting patient backlogs and a critical shortage of doctors, this innovative project introduces a novel framework for evaluating GP performance and resource allocation. The approach holds the promise of transforming healthcare delivery in the UK and driving measurable improvements in patient care.

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