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The Birmingham, RAND and Cambridge Evaluation (BRACE) Centre; funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to conduct rapid evaluations of promising new services and innovations in health and social care.

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NIHR BRACE Rapid Evaluation Centre @brace-evaluation.bsky.social · Apr 8

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BRACE: Providing evidence to improve health and care services | University of Birmingham

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NIHR BRACE Rapid Evaluation Centre @brace-evaluation.bsky.social · Jul 30

Check out our latest BRACE Bulletin with news about our Centre and evaluations tinyurl.com/BRACE-Bullet...

NIHR BRACE Rapid Evaluation Centre @brace-evaluation.bsky.social · Jul 14

Our Co-Director Judith Smith's recent blog about the NHS 10 year plan is worth a read!

Professor Judith Smith @profjudithsmith.bsky.social · Jul 7

In case you missed it: my article for @uk.theconversation.com on theTen Year Health Plan for England. So many ideas (and some good ones at that) but precious little about how to implement them. #NHSPlan #FitForTheFuture #NHS #healthpolicy

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NHS ten-year plan for England: what’s in it and what’s needed to make it work

Ten-year NHS transformation hinges on funding and staff support.

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NIHR BRACE Rapid Evaluation Centre @brace-evaluation.bsky.social · Jun 23

A new report from one of our partners National Voices and our BRACE Co-Director reflect on the impact of research and evaluation from the ongoing NHS restructure.

National Voices @nationalvoices.bsky.social · Jun 19

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New report! 📢

Assessing the impact of NHS England’s abolition and ICB* funding cuts on research and evaluation, by our Director of Policy & External Affairs, @sharonbrennan.bsky.social, and Dr Manbinder Sidhu, Associate Professor at the Health Services Management Centre.

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Assessing the impact of NHS England’s abolition and Integrated Care Board funding cuts on research and evaluation

This new paper, the result of a partnership between National Voices, our members, and an expert in the research field, reflects on the impact of research and evaluation from the ongoing NHS restructur...

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Professor Judith Smith @profjudithsmith.bsky.social · May 28

Here it is! The newly published 4th edition of our Healthcare Management textbook from OUP McGraw Hill, with an expanded editorial team of @simon76moralee.bsky.social @mannisidhu.bsky.social @kieranwalshe.bsky.social and me. #evidencebased #healthmanagement

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NIHR BRACE Rapid Evaluation Centre @brace-evaluation.bsky.social · May 21

Dr Alisi Mekatoa has recently joined the BRACE Rapid Evaluation team as a Research Fellow and found out more about the Rapid Evaluation Community by attending their Conference last week. Thanks @healthfoundation.bsky.social @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social #RapidEvaluation

NIHR BRACE Rapid Evaluation Centre @brace-evaluation.bsky.social · May 19

The scoping work for our new Evaluation of the Death Certification Reforms/Medical Examiner System is now well underway with the project team in the process of carrying out stakeholder interviews to inform study design and methodology.

NIHR BRACE Rapid Evaluation Centre @brace-evaluation.bsky.social · May 14

A new methodological article by Dr Jo Ellins, Dr Manni Sidhu and Kelly Daniel asks "We can evaluate rapidly, but should we?"

We can evaluate rapidly, but should we? Researchers’ and research funders’ perspectives on the uses, challenges and limitations of rapid health care evaluation - Jo Ellins, Kelly Daniel, Manbinder Sidhu, 2025

Objectives There is increasing demand for rapid evaluation in health care to inform timely policy and practice decision-making. This qualitative study explored ...

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NIHR BRACE Rapid Evaluation Centre @brace-evaluation.bsky.social · May 12

The project team have just met with our project advisory group to discuss emerging findings from the national stakeholder interviews and case studies for the BRACE GP quality improvement evaluation. They gave useful insights into current pressures in general practice engaging with research.

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NIHR BRACE Rapid Evaluation Centre @brace-evaluation.bsky.social · Apr 30

Our Steering Group came together at The Exchange in Birmingham this week to hear the latest on our rapid evaluations and give advice from the scoping to dissemination phases of our four ongoing studies