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David’s expertise is in designing and delivering evaluations which identify good practice - and areas for improvement - in health and care services. He helps organisations to understand what is happening in their services and where the greatest opportunities lie for delivering the best possible outcomes for patients, staff and healthcare systems.
David has ten years’ experience as a healthcare consultant. He has directed process and mixed methods evaluations across a range of specialisms including:
- Urgent and emergency care
- Cardiovascular disease services
- Community pharmacy
- Workforce
- Neighbourhood health.
Across these areas he has gained particular expertise in evaluating new and novel approaches to healthcare delivery.
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- Evaluation design
- Mixed methodologies
- Process evaluation
- Qualitative research methods
- Strategy development
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David is an experienced evaluator and project director within the NHS. He is also Operations Lead and Deputy Team Lead for evaluation. Prior to joining the Strategy Unit he worked as a project manager for Health Education England and Birmingham City Council. He also completed a PhD at the University of Birmingham researching social inclusion policy.
Recent projects at the Strategy Unit include:
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Leading a mixed methods evaluation of service transformation in London
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Leading the development of logic models for 43 systems in the National Neighbourhoods Programme
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Directing an evaluation of a bundle of interventions to support NHS nurse and midwife retention
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