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12/12/2018 Policy

PDSA Cycles

Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) cycles, developed by Walter Shewhart and Edward Deming, are a common model used for testing small scale changes.

07/12/2018 Better use of analysis

Innovation & evaluation – our initial offer to clients

This document provides more detail on our initial offer to clients – including our series of training workshops, our innovation & evaluation to

01/12/2018

Fishbone

The fishbone tool, developed by Kaoru Ishikawa, is a cause and effect analysis that helps you to understand a range of the causes to a problem, not

29/11/2018

Innovation & evaluation – a proposition for change and an offer of support

In this interactive PDF, we set out our thinking on innovation and evaluation, as well as our overall offer of support at individual, organisation

29/11/2018

Evaluating innovations – why, what and how? A menu of potential options…

In this document, we set out the core principles underlying high quality evaluation.

29/11/2018

RAIDPlus Test Bed Evaluation – BSMHFT

In this case study, we describe the challenge, our approach and the outcome from our mixed methods evaluation of the RAIDPlus Test Bed Evaluation.

29/11/2018

The EPIC Programme – Dudley CCG

In this case study, we describe the challenge, our approach and the outcome from our support for developing, implementing and evaluating staff idea

29/11/2018

IAPT-LTC Early Implementers – NHS England

In this case study, we describe the challenge, our approach and the outcome from our providing support to local evaluation teams for NHS England.

29/11/2018

Hear it from the team – what’s the situation?

29/11/2018

Tools & templates: Problem structuring

Problem trees and driver diagrams can help you to understand the causes and effects of your problem.

29/11/2018

Tell me about…quantitative evaluation

In this video, Mike Woodall (Managing Consultant) describes the key principles of quantitative evaluation – including top tips, the main challenges

22/11/2018

Simple tools for improving healthcare - Tool 3: The naïve question

This is the third in our short series of blogs on ‘simple tools for improving healthcare’.

21/11/2018

Knowledge sharing

Knowledge sharing is vital for sharing good practice, enabling adoption and spread of innovations, and preventing people from making the same mista

13/11/2018

Hear it from the team – testing your innovation in theory

In this video, Fraser Battye (Principal Consultant) describes the process of evaluating an innovation ‘in theory’.

12/11/2018

Pre-mortem

The pre-mortem technique was developed by Klein (2007) using ‘prospective hindsight’ to identify risks at the outset of a project.

09/11/2018

Simple tools for improving healthcare - Tool 2: A clear theory of change

At heart, the Strategy Unit has a very simple belief.

30/10/2018

Hear it from the team – what’s the role of evidence?

In this video, Alison Turner (Managing Consultant) outlines the key principles of Evidence – including some of the approaches we take in the Strate

25/10/2018

Simple tools for improving healthcare - Tool 1: Learning from the Past

This short series of blogs by Fraser Battye describes a few tools used by the Strategy Unit to provide inspiration for improving care in complicated circumstances.

10/10/2018 Primary, community and social care services

Lessons from the Vanguard: Innovation and Evaluation

The problems facing health and care services are so well known as to be documented in the media most days.

29/09/2018

Tools & templates: Other points of view

Use Edward deBono’s ‘Six Thinking Hats’ or consider a wider point of view, to approach a problem or potential solution from different perspectives.

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