Rapid evaluation in health care 2024

Wednesday 8 May 2024, 9.30–16.30

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In-person | British Medical Association, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9JP

Wednesday 8 May 2024, 9.30-16.30

The Rapid evaluation conference, organised by the Nuffield Trust and the Health Foundation's Improvement Analytics Unit 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.

9.00: Registration, refreshments, and networking

9.40: Welcome

Chair: Therese Lloyd (Senior Analytical Manager, the Health Foundation)

9.50: Panel and audience Q&A

Chair: Professor Judith Smith (Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Health Services Management Centre and in the 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: Knowledge Specialist (tbc)

11.05: Morning refreshments and networking

11.35–12.30: Research and evaluation: working collaboratively across organisations

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: Sharon Brennan (Director of Policy and External Affairs, 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 Ahston (Programme Director, Islington NIHR Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC)., Assistant Director, Consultant in Public Health Islington Council)

11.35–12.30: Evaluating Productivity (Panel session)

Chair: Elaine Kelly (Assistant Director, REAL Centre, the Health Foundation)
Speaker: Ed Kendall (Director of Advanced Analysis, NHS England)
Speaker: Will Warburton (Managing Director, Shelford Group)
Speaker: Dr Steve Morris (RAND Professor of Health Services Research, University of Cambridge)

11.35–12.30: Making evidence-based decisions: context and opportunities

Chair: Paul Wilson (Implementation Science Theme Lead, NIHR ARC Greater 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)

12.30: Lunch and networking

13.45–14.40: Informative evaluation: successful collaboration between analysts and decision-makers

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)

13.45–14.40: Using AI as a tool in evaluation

Chair: Dr Juliette Malley (Associate Professional 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: Dr Sam Martin (she/her) (Senior Research Fellow, Rapid Research Evaluation and Appraisal Lab (RREAL), University College London (UCL))
Speaker: Professor Niels Peek (Professor of Data Science and Healthcare Improvement, University of Cambridge)

13.45–14.40: Involving patients and the public in rapid evaluation

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))

14.40–15.10: Afternoon refreshments and networking

15.10: Panel and Q&A

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)

16.20: Closing remarks

Speaker: Chris Sherlaw-Johnson (Senior Fellow, Nuffield Trust, Member of the NIHR Rapid Service Evaluation Team (RSET))

View the recorded sessions from the 2023 conference here.