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Using and generating evidence to inform decision making is vital to your role as a commissioner of health and social care.
Use the steps in the evaluation cycle to help you to develop appropriate evaluation plans for the services you commission.
Who are my stakeholders?
What is the evidence base?
What will the service do and how will it work?
Go to Step 1: Identify & Understand
What is the purpose of my evaluation?
What approach should I take and what resources do I need?
Go to Step 3: Plan
Research can do more than contribute to better decisions – it can change the way we think about issues or problems and stimulate new and different ideas about services. In short, it’s vital to our capacity for innovation.”
Professor K Walshe
Associate Director of the National Institute of Health Research
