Alison Stokes

Co-Founder and CEO of Beyond The Clinic

Empty waiting room chairs with calendar pages, representing the gap between surgical booking and admission

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The gap between booking surgery and admission

Alison Stokes: Feb 23, 2026 3:10:02 PM

A patient books a joint replacement. You schedule the procedure. You send them home with advice to stay active, lose weight if needed, and prepare for surgery. Then what?

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Orthopaedic surgeon reviewing pre-operative patient data on a tablet showing exercise completion and mobility tracking

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Why surgical optimisation works better when patients actually engage with it

Alison Stokes: Feb 23, 2026 2:55:40 PM

Every orthopaedic surgeon knows that patient preparation matters. Better pre-operative function means better post-operative outcomes. Better...

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Health insurance executive reviewing MSK outcomes data

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Risk equalisation and MSK: the case for intervening upstream

Alison Stokes: Feb 16, 2026 4:39:01 PM

Risk equalisation is a mechanism that redistributes costs across the private health insurance sector. What it doesn't do is make those costs smaller.

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