Evidence Culture
An organisation’s ‘culture’ represents beliefs, values, practices and behaviour. It is complex and can influence whether evaluations are completed and if an evidence informed approach is adopted.
Influencing the Culture
A key enabler in the strengthening of an evidence and evaluation culture is good access to relevant evidence; this toolkit can help guide you towards this. Public Health departments within the Local Authority provide expert support in accessing and using evidence and contribute to a growing evidence culture. The Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) is a key resource that provides an evidence based overview of planning around local health and wellbeing priorities.
Embedding Evidence Culture in Your Services
You can use our EvidenceWorks toolkit and this EvaluationWorks toolkit for:
- Strategic planning, for example:
Completing a Service Evaluation:
- For reviewing service provision against service objectives and success criteria.
- Assessing service outcomes to understand patient and system benefits in line with the service specification.
- Deciding priorities for improvement.
Developing a Commissioning Intelligence Model:
- For securing cross section of data types and sources to inform priority setting.
- Part of any needs assessment to determine health needs of the local population.
- Identifying gaps or deficits in quality, performance, value or outcomes.
- Confirming where quality, performance and outcomes are strong.
Completing an Evidence Review:
- Horizon scanning health service research that may influence both national policy and local strategy.
- Reviewing best practice evidence against current models of care.
- Procuring Services, for example:
Conducting an Evidence Appraisal:
- To inform the design/re-design of services including service models and patient pathways.
- In the consideration of options for change and available evidence to support preferred option.
Preparing Service Specifications and Contract Formats:
- Place explicit requirements on providers to promote patient participation in research studies, deliver evidence-based clinical care and evaluate their service delivery.
- Ensuring that contracts are in place to hold providers to account.