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Publication
November 2014

The Multiple Purposes of Policy Piloting and Their Consequences: Three Examples from National Health and Social Care Policy in England

An article on the purposes of policy pilots and their consequences was published in the Journal of Social Policy.

Blog
October 2014

Rapid, real-time feedback from evaluation, as well as programme flexibility, is vital to health service improvement

We should learn from Melanesian Islanders that feedback provides the deep understanding of interventions which is key to wide-scale, successful roll-out, says Tom Woodcock.

Reports
October 2014

Independent assessment of improvements in dementia care and support since 2009

The final report of our evaluation to map data available and to summarise key research evidence on trends in dementia care in England since 2009.

Blog
September 2014

Let’s be honest that pilots are not just about testing: they’re also about engineering the politics of change

There is more to policy piloting than evaluation – piloting is a policy tool in itself, not only a means for conducting research, says Stefanie Ettelt.

Blog
September 2014

Follow Africa’s lead in meticulous evaluation of P4P schemes for healthcare

Working with researchers to evaluate the introduction of financial incentives in developed healthcare economies would yield vital knowledge, explains Mylene Lagarde.

Publication
August 2014

Health econometric evaluation of the effects of a continuous treatment: a machine learning approach

A working paper on the use of machine learning for estimating the effects of continuous treatments was published by the University of York.

Publication
July 2014

Healthy Outlook evaluation

PIRU evaluated the extent to which Healthy Outlook reduced hospital admissions and mortality. The results were published in the Journal of Public Health.

Blog
July 2014

Don’t ditch evaluations just because pilots are hitch-free

PIRU’s experience with the ‘Choice of GP Practice Pilot’ suggests the need for continuing independent evaluation of policy roll-outs.

Reports
July 2014

Invitation to tender: Evaluation of the Integrated Care and Support Pioneers Programme in the Context of New Funding Arrangements for Integrated Care in England

The original invitation to tender.

Presentation
April 2014

Policy piloting as policy learning: The elusive objective

A presentation on our Department of Health policy pilots study was given at the UK Evaluation Society Annual Evaluation Conference.

Reports
April 2014

Integrated care and support Pioneers: Indicators for measuring the quality of integrated care: Final report

This is the final report on candidate indicators and data sources for measuring the performance of the Pioneers.

Presentation
March 2014

Evaluation of the choice of GP practice pilot, 2012/13

Results from our General Practice Choice Pilot Evaluation were presented at a Public Policy Exchange conference in March 2014.

Reports
March 2014

Evaluation of Direct Payments in Residential Care Trailblazers: Preliminary report

This scoping study was published in March 2014. The final report of the evaluation was published in 2017.

Reports
March 2014

Evaluation of the choice of GP practice pilot, 2012-13: Final report

The final report of the evaluation was provided to the Department of Health and NHS England in March 2014. The report is in two volumes: 1) the main report and 2) appendices.

Reports
March 2014

Evaluation of the choice of GP practice pilot, 2012-13: Final report appendices

The final report of the evaluation was provided to the Department of Health and NHS England in March 2014. The report is in two volumes: 1) the main report and 2) appendices.