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February 2017
Developing a Global Healthcare Innovation Index
Our report sets out the steps that are needed for building a composite indicator on health innovation drawing on the state of the art in index development.
February 2017
Dream of Social Impact Bonds should not blind us to their dangers
In the US, SIBs are the height of social policy fashion, but the risks are clear and numerous.
February 2017
We should model complex public health interventions before piloting them
Mathematical models can test multiple variables cheaply and quickly, giving early indications of what really matters. That helps in designing pilots and understanding how context can affect a policy’s success, argues Dr Zaid Chalabi.
February 2017
Ethical risks of marketising public services demand caution
Social Impact Bonds and similar financial vehicles may seem guaranteed to deliver key values, but they raise important moral dilemmas.
January 2017
Bias in government sponsored policy evaluations in the UK: Results from 3 studies
January 2017
SIBs may be overhyped but their focus on outcomes is a vital policy innovation
Some claimed benefits of Social Impact Bonds remain unproven. But they tackle long-term weaknesses in public service delivery by concentrating on outcomes, early intervention and collaboration.
December 2016
Will Direct Payments Make Adult Residential Care more Personalized?
An article on direct payments in adult residential care was published in Social Policy & Administration.
October 2016
Narratives of Promise, Narratives of Caution: A Review of the Literature on Social Impact Bonds
A literature review on SIBS was published in Social Policy & Administration.
October 2016
Evaluation of the Integrated Care and Support Pioneers Programme: conclusions of the early evaluation and latest findings from the longer term evaluation
Findings from our early evaluation and early findings from the longer term evaluation of the integrated care and support Pioneer programme were presented at The King’s Fund Annual Integrated Care Summit 2016, London.
September 2016
Evaluating Integrated Care: learning from international experience
Bert Vrijhoef, Professor of Health Systems and Policy at the University of Singapore, gave a talk at LSHTM on ‘Evaluating Integration: Learning from International Experience’.
September 2016
Widening Perspectives on Social Impact Bonds
New academic, critical, and interdisciplinary contributions on the use of Social Impact Bonds in public service delivery.
August 2016
Public health vulnerability to wintertime weather
An article looking at public health vulnerability to winter weather using national morbidity and mortality data was published in Public Health.
August 2016
The experience of potentially vulnerable people during cold weather
An article on the experience of potentially vulnerable people during cold weather was published in Public Health.
August 2016
Evaluation of the cold weather plan for England: modelling of cost-effectiveness
An article modelling the cost-effectiveness of the Cold Weather Plan was published in Public Health.
July 2016
Implementation and use of the Friends and Family Test as a tool for local service improvement in NHS general practice in England
The final report from using the Friends and Family Test for service improvement in general practice evaluation.
