Helping you improve services and outcomes
This toolkit will help you improve services and outcomes, determine value and effectiveness, and make informed decisions. It’s primarily for those involved in health and care services, but will be useful to anyone hoping to conduct an evaluation.
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Identify & understand
Assess
Plan
Do
Review & act
How evaluation can help
What is evaluation?
Evaluation can help you to consider what works, what doesn’t work and how things can be improved. Definitions for evaluation have a common theme of judging or comparing the worth of something.
There are different types of evaluations, ranging from simple service evaluations to complex research projects. Each evaluation requires a different approach depending on its purpose, evidence base, stage of development, context, resources and timescales.
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Case studies
Find inspiration for your own evaluation with these real life examples
Guidance
Guidance from a range of organisations for in-depth advice
Services and support
Knowledgeable organisations who may be able to help you
Training resources
Want to learn more? Our training resources are a good place to start