Scotland is trying to change health and social care services to fit society’s needs and is starting to integrate the structures. This is being played out against the backdrop of rising demand and squeezed resources, and...

The walls of my home have absorbed many a philosophical debate about hot topics such as welfare reform, the living wage, immigration and NHS funding. My response to claims I do not agree with is ‘where’s...

NHS commissioning is responsible for spending 2/3 of the NHS budget – around £72 billion in 2016/17 – to meet the health needs of the population. In making decisions on how to best allocate this resource,...

Evidence is a viable and necessary part of decision-making in the social sector. At the Alliance for Useful Evidence, we’re confident that evidence-informed policy and practice isn’t just “a pipe dream“. Our confidence stems from the...

Governments around the globe are exploring ways to build and incentivize demand for the use of data and evidence to inform policymaking. They range in their use of evidence, their organizational capacity and their resource availability....

There is growing recognition that, in addition to policymaker skill and knowledge, a government’s organisational processes and practices play an influential role in promoting the use of data and evidence. On 29–30 September 2016 Results for...

Catch up on our Evidence Works 2016 Global Forum, by watching some of the short videos here. We will be adding more videos in the coming weeks, so please visit the website to hear diverse views...

Dismissing Randomised Controlled Trials seems to be an increasingly popular thing to do these days – well, we are living in strange times…Last year Sally Cupitt (Head of NCVO Charities Evaluation Service) asked whether RCTs were...

The famous mathematics department at Cambridge now has a new centre based within it – the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication. It has been founded by a philanthropist with a laudable interest in the...

Today’s Autumn Statement will likely see a raft of new policy announcements. But if the public – and, for that matter, Parliament – are to understand and engage with the rationale behind these policies, the Government...