Join us at the rapid evaluation in health care conference 2024.
The rapid evaluation conference, organised by the Nuffield Trust and the Improvement Analytics Unit at the Health Foundation, will take place on 8 May 2024, at the British Medical Association.
Now in its sixth year, the conference will bring together representatives from the rapid evaluation community, including analysts, users and commissioners to explore the theme: Evidence-based decisions when budgets are tight: rapid evaluation and knowledge mobilisation.
The UK health and social care system is experiencing numerous challenges, including increasingly tight budgets, leading to a system trying to deliver more for less. Within this context, rapid evaluations that enable evidence-based decisions are crucial, as is mobilising existing evidence.
The conference brings together those who are interested in rapid evaluation, including analysts, evaluators, service users, policy makers, commissioners and local decision makers to discuss current and future challenges, engage in new thinking and develop ideas that can help improve systems and processes.
Session 1: Current challenges in the system – where next for rapid evaluation?
9:00am
Registration, refreshments, and networking
- Chair: Therese Lloyd Senior Analytical Manager, The Health Foundation
- Chair: Professor Judith Smith Professor of Health Policy and Management, The Health Services Management Centre and in the Birmingham, RAND and Cambridge Evaluation (BRACE) team, University of Birmingham
- Speaker: Thea Stein Chief Executive, Nuffield Trust
- Speaker: Arne Wolters Head of Improvement Analytics at Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, Implementation Lead, NIHR Applied Research Collaboration for the North East and North Cumbria
- Speaker: Abeda Mulla Managing Consultant, The Strategy Unit
- Speaker: Dr Ioannis Bakolis Reader in Public Mental Health and Statistics, Centre for Implementation Science, King’s College London (KCL)
11:05am
Morning refreshments and networking
Session 2: Breakout sessions
- Chair: Tatjana Marks Senior Data Analyst, The Health Foundation
- Speaker: Chris Sherlaw-Johnson Senior Fellow, Nuffield Trust, Member of the NIHR Rapid Service Evaluation Team (RSET)
- Speaker: Pavi Brar Senior Policy Advisor, National Voices
- Speaker: Professor Ann-Marie Towers Professor of Social Care Research, Academic lead for the Kent Research Partnership and Social Care Theme Lead for the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Kent, Surrey, Sussex., University of Kent
- Speaker: Professor Carl Thompson Chair applied health research and Dame Kathleen Raven Chair in Clinical Research, University of Leeds, Faculty of Medicine and Health and NICHE-Leeds partner
- Speaker: Charlotte Ashton Programme Director, Islington NIHR Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC)., Assistant Director, Consultant in Public Health Islington Council
- Chair: Elaine Kelly Assistant Director, REAL centre, The Health Foundation
- Speaker: Edward Kendall Director of Advanced Analysis, NHS England
- Speaker: Will Warburton Managing Director, Shelford Group
- Speaker: Professor Steve Morris RAND Professor of Health Services Research, University of Cambridge
- Chair: Paul Wilson Implementation Science Theme Lead at NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) Greater Manchester, Co-Editor in Chief, Implementation Science and Co-Director of the NIHR Rapid Service Evaluation Team (REVAL), University of Manchester
- Speaker: Fraser Battye Principal, The Strategy Unit, Senior Research Associate, Jesus College Intellectual Forum
- Speaker: Professor Jo Dumville Professor of Applied Health Research and Co-Director of the NIHR Rapid Service Evaluation Team REVAL, University of Manchester
- Speaker: Louise Goswami Head of Knowledge and Library Services, NHS England
12:30pm
Lunch and networking
Session 3: Breakout Sessions
- Chair: Therese Lloyd Senior Analytical Manager, The Health Foundation
- Speaker: Lucy Sandell Senior Analytical Manager, NHS England
- Speaker: Dr Minal Bakhai National Director for Primary Care Transformation, NHS England
- Speaker: Gareth Hooper Analytics Manager, The Strategy Unit and Senior Scientific Advisor, NIHR
- Chair: Dr Juliette Malley Associate Professorial Research Fellow, London School of Economics
- Chair: Stephanie Kumpunen Senior Fellow, Nuffield Trust
- Speaker: Dr Axel Kaehne Professor of Health Services Research, Edge Hill University
- Speaker: Professor Sam Martin Senior Research Fellow, Rapid Research Evaluation and Appraisal Lab (RREAL), University College London (UCL)
- Speaker: Dr Paulina Bondaronek PhD, Wellcome Research Fellow,, Rapid Research Evaluation and Appraisal Lab (RREAL)/ Institute of Health Informatics, University College London (UCL)
- Chair: Jenny Newbould Research Leader for RAND Europe, Co-PPIE Lead for BRACE
- Speaker: Pei Li Ng Senior research project manager, PPIE co-lead, NIHR Rapid Service Evaluation Team (RSET), UCL
- Speaker: Raj Mehta PPIE co-lead NIHR, Rapid Service Evaluation Team (RSET)
14:40-15:10pm
Afternoon refreshments and networking
Session 4: From rapid evaluation to rapid change
- Chair: Dr Angus Ramsay Principal Research Fellow, UCL Department of Behavioural Sciences and Health and Deputy Director of RSET, University College London
- Speaker: Richard Kirby Chief Executive Officer, Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Speaker: Dr Marc Farr Chief Analytical Officer, East Kent Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Speaker: Professor Annette Boaz Director of the NIHR Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King's College London
- Speaker: Chris Sherlaw-Johnson Senior Fellow, Nuffield Trust, Member of the NIHR Rapid Service Evaluation Team (RSET)