
The merry-go-round of evaluation recommendations
A blog series and short reports sharing how to design projects to best support evaluation.

Inclusive Elective Care Recovery
These case studies present the key features and learning from local initiatives which championed inclusive approaches to elective care recovery.

The NHS as an anchor institution: addressing fuel poverty
The number of households in fuel poverty in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent (SSoT) is higher than the national average. As anchor institutions, NHS organisations can use their assets to influence the health and wellbeing of their local communities. The Strategy Unit was asked by the Midlands NHS Greening Board to evaluate a cross-sector initiative in SSoT to help alleviate fuel poverty using savings generated through solar panels on NHS buildings. The project is called Keep Warm, Keep Well.

Inequities in children and young people’s mental health services
Good mental health during early years and childhood has a great bearing on health throughout life.

Learning from lockdown: support for people experiencing homelessness
There are few clearer measures of societal health than homelessness.

Heart Failure Targeted Funding Programme 2023/24 Evaluation
Our evaluation explores how targeted NHS funding has shaped heart failure services across England and what can be learned for future programmes.