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Blog post 27/03/2025

‘Internal Consultancy’: INSIGHTS from evidence and experience

In this blog, our Head of Policy, Fraser Battye, shares his reflections on a recent ‘SU INSIGHTS’ event on the ‘Internal Consultancy’

Blog post 11/03/2025

Are ‘Internal Consultancies’ a good option for the NHS?

Ahead of a SU INSIGHTS event on the topic, Fraser Battye, our Head of Policy suggests ways the NHS could make better use of consultancy support.

Long read 05/03/2025

From ‘right drift’ to ‘left shift’?

Our Head of Policy, Fraser Battye, looks at the challenges facing the intention to shift care ‘from hospital to community’. He suggests that we have missed a critical part of the explanation for why this ‘left shift’ hasn’t taken place following previous initiatives.

Report 15/10/2024

What are the downsides of digital?

What are the downsides of digital?

Old medicine bottles
Blog post 16/07/2024

The risks of risk stratification

Medical history is full of bizarre and gruesome procedures.

Confused man
Blog post 20/05/2024

Want to ease pressure in urgent care? Simply cut community services!?!

What should decision makers do with analysis that challenges deeply held assumptions? In this blog, Fraser Battye reflects on a surprising recent finding about community services.

Report 08/02/2021

Learning from lockdown: support for people experiencing homelessness

There are few clearer measures of societal health than homelessness.

Report 01/07/2020

How can Integrated Care Systems collect and use more ‘person-centred intelligence’?

Working with our partners 

Long read 29/09/2019

Lessons, Evaluation and Learning from the Dudley MCP

Learning from Dudley MCP

Blog post 10/10/2018

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.

Report 17/09/2018

Evaluation of the Dudley New Care Models Programme

This is the final system-wide report from the evaluation.

Report 01/12/2017

Evaluation and complex change

 

Tool 13/11/2017

Logic Models for Complex Programmes

Logic models have become a standard tool for planning and evaluation.

Report 02/11/2017

Dudley MCP Evaluation of New Schemes

To support the move to the MCP model of care, Dudley's Partnership Board instituted a series of new schemes.

Report 13/05/2017

Evaluation of the Dudley Multidisciplinary Teams (MDTs) Summary of Final Report

Multi-disciplinary Teams (MDTs) in primary care are a core component of Dudley's care model; they are also widely used elsewhere.

10 min review Report 28/04/2017

Evaluation of the 'new QOF' for Primary Care in Dudley

Evaluation of Dudley Outcomes for Health

Report 20/09/2016

Review of patient reported measures for the MCP

Embedding PROMs and PREMs into Dudley's MCP Contract

Guide 01/06/2015

Using logic models in evaluation

Logic models are increasingly being used to support the design and evaluation of complex change in the NHS. This briefing provides a brief introduction to logic models and how they can be used to support evaluation of change.

Tool 01/06/2015

Tools & templates: Using logic models in evaluation

Logic models are increasingly being used to support the design and evaluation of complex change in the NHS. This briefing provides a brief introduction to logic models and how they can be used to support evaluation of change.

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