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Reports
March 2017

Evaluation of Direct Payments in Residential Care Trailblazers: Final report summary

The final report of the evaluation was published in March 2017. The report is in two volumes: 1) final report and 2) appendices. There is also a short summary of the final report available.

Blog
March 2017

Council information brokers could help technology to play vital role in dementia care

There’s no shortage of gadgets. But users and carers require help to make the most of what is available. Industry also should focus more on understanding what people really need from assisted living technologies, argues a new PIRU report.

Blog
March 2017

SIBs don’t work for complex problems because they’re unaccountable to service users

Supporting change through social policy is an iterative process which develops participatory relationships with users. Social Impact Bonds fail on this front, rendering them unfit for purpose.

Presentation
February 2017

Direct Payments in Residential Care: Evaluation of Trailblazers

Findings from our Direct Payments in Residential Care evaluation study was presented at the International Health Policy Conference in London.

Reports
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.

Blog
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.

Blog
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.

Blog
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.

Event
January 2017

Bias in government sponsored policy evaluations in the UK: Results from 3 studies

Blog
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.

Publication
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.

Publication
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.

Presentation
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.

Presentation
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’.

Event
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.