Use the following resources and tools to support the evaluation process.
While evaluation comes in many forms, its key purpose is to help you develop a deeper understanding of what works well in diabetes care. Evaluation is an essential part of improving quality and when done well, can solve problems, inform decision making and help build the diabetes services of the future.
Publications
How to: evaluate quality improvement in diabetes care, Diabetes UK (March 2017) (PDF, 138KB)
This guide provides practical information for carrying out evaluation yourself in a few simple steps. It also includes tips for sharing your evaluation findings so that they have maximum impact. Download the templates featured in the guide.
Essential reading
Evaluation: what to consider, The Health Foundation website (March 2015)
Guidelines for good practice in evaluation, UK Evaluation Society website
Resources
Improvement leaders' guide: evaluating improvement, NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement (PDF, 1MB)
Resources, Evaluation Support Scotland website
Evaluation methods, University College London website
Evaluation toolkit and resources, Evaluation Works website
The koala evaluation tool, Lancaster University website
Evaluation support
Evaluation advice and support, NHS Avon Primary Care Research Collaborative website
Evaluation support, NHS Health Scotland website
Evaluation training
Training courses and events, National Centre for Research Methods website
Evaluation training, NHS Avon Primary Care Research Collaborative website
Training and capacity building courses, NIHR CLAHRC West website
Economic evaluation in healthcare, Brunel University London website
Introduction to health economic evaluation, University of Oxford website
Short course programme (range of evaluation courses available), University of Bristol website
Outcomes and impact training events, NCVO website
