Why community alternatives to hospital admission don’t (typically) reduce total admission levels
Repeatedly, published evaluations show that community/primary care services interventions with a stated intention to reduce total (or forecast total) emergency admissions to hospital don’t achieve the expected result**
Innovation and evaluation – a proposition for change, an offer of support
Health and care services in England are labouring under a chronic state of stress – where for many organisations, ‘just about coping’ has become the new normal.
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
Painful conversations. A GP perspective on chronic pain.
Dr Paul Roberts, Director of the North Staffordshire GP Federation provides a GP perspective in his contribution to the Strategy Unit’
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
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
Evaluating innovations – why, what and how? A menu of potential options…
In this document, we set out the core principles underlying high quality evaluation.
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.
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
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.
Tools & templates: Problem structuring
Problem trees and driver diagrams can help you to understand the causes and effects of your problem.
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
"...very interesting and high quality"
I thought the subject was spot on, and the analysis very interesting and high quality – well done to all involved”
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’.
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’.
Knowledge sharing
Knowledge sharing is vital for sharing good practice, enabling adoption and spread of innovations, and preventing people from making the same mista
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’.
The Potential Economic Impact of Virtual Outpatient Appointments in the West Midlands: A scoping study
The Strategy Unit was recently approached to examine the case for a shift from traditional outpatient services to the use of virtual a