We’re delighted to welcome James McCallum to the BRACE team for his 3-month placement as part of his MA Global Public Policy at the University of Birmingham. During his time with us he’s keen to learn more about rapid evaluation and how research findings can influence healthcare policy and practice.
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Check out our latest BRACE Bulletin with news about our Centre and evaluations tinyurl.com/BRACE-Bullet...
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Our Co-Director Judith Smith's recent blog about the NHS 10 year plan is worth a read!
14.07.2025 14:04 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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.
23.06.2025 11:36 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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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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
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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.
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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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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
30.04.2025 13:24 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Check out our latest BRACE Bulletin with news about our Centre and evaluations tinyurl.com/Bulletin-Apr...
22.04.2025 08:35 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
YouTube video by University of Birmingham
BRACE: Providing evidence to improve health and care services | University of Birmingham
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