The rapid evaluation conference, organised by the Nuffield Trust and the Improvement Analytics Unit at the Health Foundation, took place on 8 May 2024, at the British Medical Association.
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Session 1: Current challenges in the system – where next for rapid evaluation?
Session 2: Breakout sessions
Research and evaluation: working collaboratively across organisations
Evaluating productivity (Panel session)
Making evidence-based decisions: context and opportunities
Session 3: Breakout sessions
Informative evaluation: successful collaboration between analysts and decision-makers
Using AI as a tool in evaluation
Patient and public involvement in rapid evaluation: what it means and how it can be done
Session 4: From rapid evaluation to rapid change
Now in its sixth year, the conference brought 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 brought 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.