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Introduction to Economic Evaluation – Tuesday 29th October 2019

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Do you need to demonstrate the economic impact of projects in your organisation?

Do you want to assess the outcomes and sustainability of a new service?

Are you tasked with carrying out an economic evaluation, but don’t know where to start?

This one day, hands-on workshop aims to provide an introduction to addressing these challenges. It is run by the NIHR CLAHRC North Thames Academy. The course is aimed at staff in frontline services in the NHS and local government, who have limited experience of conducting economic evaluations and decision making analysis.

After attending this course, you will have the skills and knowledge to undertake your own simple economic evaluation of a local intervention or service, and be able to appraise other evaluations.

The course will cover:

  • introduce the basic principles of economic evaluation methods
  • explain how to assess the costs of an intervention/service
  • explain how to measure and value outcomes of an intervention/service
  • give practical examples of economic evaluation analysis
  • help to understand how to use of economic evaluation in decision making
  • offer the opportunity to discuss in small groups the economic evaluation you are doing or thinking of doing. A facilitator will help scope your economic evaluation, draft its core elements, identify the data you will need to use, think how you could overcome information or data gaps. 

This workshop is suitable for staff from NHS Trusts, Local Authorities and CCGs who need to evaluate local programmes or services from an economic perspective as part of their work. It is not aimed at academics and/or researchers.

In order to be most beneficial for the participants, we invite applications from individuals who are carrying out or soon will need to carry out an economic evaluation of a service/intervention. In the selection process, we will give priority to applications providing a detailed description of such projects. Groups of people working on the same project are encouraged to apply. 

No previous knowledge of economics is required (or experience of study design and statistics), however an interest in economics and being comfortable with numbers is desirable.

All participants will receive a certificate of attendance.

Cost – This course is free for staff working in NIHR CLAHRC North Thames partner organisations (please click here to see a list of our partners). There is a delegate fee of £250 for other attendees.

Registration – Please complete the registration form and email to clahrc.academy@ucl.ac.uk by 5pm, Friday 23rd August 2019.

Please note, a cancellation fee of £100 will be charged to both partner and non-partner delegates in the event of non-attendance without notice after 5pm, Tuesday 22nd October 2019.

For more information please contact clahrc.academy@ucl.ac.uk

Introduction to Evaluation – Thursday 19th September 2019

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Do you need to demonstrate the impact of projects in your organisation?

Do you want to improve the design and implementation of your programme?

Are you tasked with carrying out an evaluation, but don’t know where to start?

This one day, hands-on workshop, run by the NIHR CLAHRC NorthThames Academy, addresses these challenges.  It is aimed at staff from NHS Trusts, CCGs and Local Authorities, who have limited experience of conducting service evaluations.

After attending this workshop, you will have the skills and knowledge to undertake your own evaluation of a local programme or service.

The course covers:

  • Different types of evaluation, including their pros and cons
  • How to select suitable methods and approaches for evaluating a local programme or service
  • Practical skills and tips in using evaluation methods and approaches
  • Ways of sharing your evaluation findings to make an impact

This workshop is suitable for staff from NHS Trusts, Local Authorities and CCGs.  It is not aimed at academics and/or researchers.  Participants should attend the course with an evaluation in mind that they may need to carry out.  No previous experience of study design, statistics or evaluation is needed.

All participants will receive a certificate of attendance.

Cost – This course is free for staff working in NIHR CLAHRC North Thames partner organisations (please click here to see a list of our partners). There is adelegate fee of £250 for other attendees.

Registration – Please complete the registration form and email to clahrc.academy@ucl.ac.uk by 5pm, Friday 12th July 2019.

Please note, a cancellation fee of £100 will be charged to both partner and non-partner delegates in the event of non-attendance without notice after 5pm, Thursday 12th September 2019

Funded by and Supported by NIHR logos

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These logos were designed to visually demonstrate funding and support of research projects by the NIHR. Supported by NIHR logos can be used by researchers, charities and companies that conduct research with the support and expertise of the NIHR Infrastructure.

Read the NIHR Guidance on the use of these logos

The ‘Funded by NIHR’ logo is for researchers/teams funded by an NIHR research programme.

  • NIHR Academy award where research is funded by the NIHR

Funded by NIHR logo – colour

Funded by NIHR logo – black

Funded by NIHR logo – white

The ‘Supported by NIHR’ logo is for users of our Network and research funders we have supported through study delivery, expertise or dedicated facilities.

Supported by NIHR logo – colour

Supported by NIHR logo – black

Supported by NIHR logo – white

Edit”Supported by NIHR logos”

 

NIHR logo

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This page contains digital quality, downloadable logos for the NIHR

Read NIHR Guidance on the use of the NIHR logo

NIHR colour logo

This logo is for use on white or light backgrounds.

NIHR reversed logo

This logo is for use only on a background of NIHR navy, as illustrated below.

NIHR black logo

This logo is for use in black-and-white or greyscale materials, against white or light backgrounds.

NIHR white logo

This logo is for use on dark backgrounds, as illustrated below.

CLAHRC logo

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We have been allocated a CLAHRC North Thames logo, designed by the NIHR.

The guidance on use and position of the CLAHRC logo is the same as for the NIHR logo

Below are different types of downloadable files in various formats

Read NIHR guidance on the use of this logo

CLAHRC colour logo

CLAHRC Colour Logo (PNG File)

CLAHRC Colour Logo (JPG File)

This logo is for use on white or light background

CLAHRC black logo

CLAHRC Black Logo (PNG FIle)

CLAHRC Black Logo (JPG File)

This logo is for use in black-and-white or greyscale materials, against white or light backgrounds.

CLAHRC Reversed Logo

CLAHRC Reversed Logo (PNG File)

This logo is for use only on a background of NIHR navy.

CLAHRC White Logo

CLAHRC White Logo (JPG File)

This logo is for use on dark backgrounds.

NIHR and CLAHRC logos, branding and identity guidance

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Welcome to NIHR’s new visual identity

We are pleased to tell you that the NIHR has introduced a new, independent visual identity, including a new CLAHRC North Thames logo to reflect the breadth of its work across public health and the nation’s health and care system.

We have already adopted the new visual identity on our primary digital channels (website and social media) and, by mid-May, channels managed by the wider NIHR will have migrated to the new identity. 

May will also see the launch of a new audience-centred NIHR website that fully expresses the Institute’s new identity.

Acknowledging NIHR funding

You’ll find everything you need to know about the new visual identity in the NIHR’s new guidelines at www.nihr.ac.uk/branding and https://www.nihr.ac.uk/about-us/resources/branding/brand-elements/. 

As part of the new identity, the NIHR is keen for researchers to show they are funded/supported by NIHR. 

Please note that from 1 January 2020, printed (and digital) materials featuring the old NIHR logo with the NHS lozenge, italicised or not and colour bar, may no longer be used.

Download the files below

CLAHRC logo

NIHR logo

NIHR Supported and Funded by logos

What do hospitals need for a board-level quality improvement intervention to work?

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Healthcare systems around the world are becoming more concerned with strengthening board level governance of quality. In England, national healthcare regulators are developing approaches, resources and interventions aimed at supporting senior hospital leaders in their role in the governance of quality.

New CLAHRC research investigates the organisational response to an improvement intervention in six hospital boards across England. The research, published in a new BMJ paper and BITE-sized summary shows the results a 30-month period of fieldwork, involving interviewing NHS board members, observing board meetings and analysing relevant documentation.

The findings will be relevant to NHS Boards, the staff and clinicians they lead and all those in the NHS working to improve the quality and safety of care.

As well as researchers, the results will be of interest to policymakers, regulators, knowledge mobilisation organisations and thinkers on boards and leadership across all sectors.

Read the iQUASER paper

Explaining organisational responses to a board-level quality improvement intervention: findings from an evaluation in six providers in the English National Health Service

Background Healthcare systems worldwide are concerned with strengthening board-level governance of quality. We applied Lozeau, Langley and Denis’ typology (transformation, customisation, loose coupling and corruption) to describe and explain the organisational response to an improvement intervention in six hospital boards in England.

Read a BMJ editorial highlighting the paper as “an example of an empirical study that successfully enters into dialogue with management theory”

Engaging with theory: from theoretically informed to theoretically informative improvement research

Repeated calls have been made for the increased use of theory in designing and evaluating improvement and implementation interventions.1-4 The benefits are argued to include identifying contextual influences on quality improvement (QI), supporting the generalisability of findings and anticipating how future phenomena might unfold.2 5 Most importantly, the ability of

Read our “need to know” summary

What do hospitals need for a board-level quality improvement
intervention to work?

Supporting our partners in Becoming Research Active

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Local research bodies join forces with patient partners to deliver an introduction to research

We ran our Becoming Research Active course on November 14th offering our partners in front-line care a primer in research and the research process.

CLAHRC North Thames Academy collaborated with other NIHR funded research organisations in the region – the Clinical Research Network and Research Design Service – to deliver the training, with vital contributions from patients and members of the public.

The day-long course is structured to reflect the research cycle – from defining a problem, through securing funding to dissemination and evaluation. Attendees, who came from across the NHS and local authorities were encouraged to bring a research idea they could develop over the course of the day.

“The course has provided me with lots of resources and a clearer sense of direction, which is what I hoped for.”

We joined forces with NIHR infrastructure across the North Thames region – the Research Design Service which provides support to those preparing research proposals for submission to peer-reviewed funding competitions for applied health or social care research; and the local Clinical Research Network which makes it possible for patients and health professionals across England to participate in clinical research studies.

The training aimed to highlight the processes involved in planning and carrying out successful research, in partnership with patients and the public, and signpost attendees to the support available to them.

We were also very fortunate to have some patients and members of the public bringing their unique lived experience – of working with researchers, leading research and being a clinical trial participant respectively to offer tips to attendees.

CLAHRC Research Advisory Panel member Ayath Ullah (below left) joined the CLAHRC’s involvement officer Steven Towndrow to offer a lay perspective on how researchers can make patient/public advisers welcome and valued.

One of the CRN’s Patient Research Ambassadors (PRAs) Phillip Wingfield spoke about his experience of taking part in two clinical trials, offering a perspective from a participants point of view. 

We were also joined by community researchers Sultana and Farzana from the NEON project, where they have led research into improving nutrition practices among the Bangladeshi community in East London.

“Useful to have a range of speakers with varied experience. Great place to come prior to starting research.”

Researchers, staff and health professionals delivered a range of presentations with small group work and regular exercises to reinforce learning, and were on hand to facilitate each part of the day.

Feedback from attendees was overwhelmingly positive;

“Very useful and informative.”

“Lots of information to move forward my idea. Thank you very much.”

“A good overview of processes. Helpful to know all the help/support available.”

“Very well designed and delivered. It kept my attention throughout. The content/sessions were well balanced and provided me with the basis to build on”

We are offering follow up sessions with attendees to support the development of research ideas into action, and we plan to run the course again in summer 2019. Get in touch to join our mailing list to find out when courses are planned – clahrc.academy@ucl.ac.uk.

Introduction to Economic Evaluation

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February 27, 2019 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Do you need to demonstrate the economic impact of projects in your organisation?

Do you want to assess the outcomes and sustainability of a new service?

Are you tasked with carrying out an economic evaluation, but don’t know where to start?

This one day, hands-on workshop aims to provide an introduction to addressing these challenges.  It is run by the NIHR CLAHRC North Thames Academy.  The course is aimed at staff in frontline services in the NHS and local government, who have limited experience of conducting evaluations and decision making analysis.

After attending this course, you will have the skills and knowledge to undertake your own simple economic evaluation of a local intervention or service, and be able to appraise other evaluations.

The course will cover:

  • introduce the basic principles of economic evaluation methods
  • explain how to assess the costs of an intervention/service
  • explain how to measure and value outcomes of an intervention/service
  • give practical examples of economic evaluation analysis
  • help to understand how to use economic evaluation in decision making
  • offer the opportunity to discuss in small groups the economic evaluation you are doing or thinking of doing.  A facilitator will help scope your economci evaluation, draft its core elements, identify the data you will need to use, think how you could overcome information or data gaps.

This workshop is suitable for staff from NHS Trusts, Local Authorities and CCGs who need to evaluate local programmes or services from an economic perspective as part of their work. It is not aimed at academics and/or researchers.

In order to be most beneficial for the participants, we invite applications from individuals who are carrying out or soon will need to carry out an economic evaluation of a service/intervention. In the selection process, we will give priority to applications providing a detailed description of such projects. Groups of people working on the same project are encouraged to apply.

No previous knowledge of economics is required (or experience of study design and statistics), however an interest in economics and being comfortable with numbers is desirable.

All participants will receive a certificate of attendance.

Cost – This course is free for staff working in NIHR CLAHRC North Thames partner organisations (please click here to see a list of our partners). There is a delegate fee of £250 for other attendees.

Registration – Please complete the registration form and email it to clahrc.academy@ucl.ac.uk by 5pm, Wednesday 19th December 2018.  

Please note, a cancellation fee of £100 will be charged to both partner and non-partner delegates in the event of non-attendance without notice after 5pm, Wednesday 20th February 2019

 

 

 

Projects

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Current projects:

Mental Health in Emergency Departments: variations in service and care quality in England

How effective was a programme to improve NHS orthopaedic care in England? Evaluating Getting it Right First Time (GIRFT)

NHS 111/Urgent Care Patient Relationship Manager Evaluation

Using MRI perfusion images to stratify brain tumours

Application of multi-state models to prostate cancer screening

Social Care Prevention

Exploring decision-making processes and knowledge requirements in public health

Effectiveness and acceptability of metformin in preventing the onset of type 2 diabetes after gestational diabetes in postnatal women: A feasibility study for a randomised, blinded placebo-controlled trial (OMAhA)

Effectiveness and acceptability of myo-inositiol nutritional supplement in the prevention of gestational diabetes: a pilot placebo-controlled double-blind  randomised trial (EMmY)

Prevention of progression to type 2 diabetes in women with gestational diabetes: A feasibility study for randomised trial on a Mediterranean diet

Improving the healthcare response to domestic violence (IRIS)

Improving the identification and management of people with HIV (RHIVA)

Completed projects:

Impact and experiences of delayed discharge: A mixed studies systematic review

Linking health and local government data at household level to understand social determinants of health