Hospital occupancy rates in the NHS are consistently high. An aging population with complex health needs and seasonal increases in COVID and flu make this worse. This places significant strain on bed capacity and affects how quickly care can be given in urgent and...

The rapid service evaluation team (REVAL) at The University of Manchester is conducting research into the integration of diabetes and mental health services to support patients with Type 1 diabetes-related disordered eating (T1DE).Elaine Harkness and Lucie Mills...

In this blog post Stephanie Gillibrand, Research Fellow within the REVAL Rapid Evaluation team at The University of Manchester, discusses public and patient involvement and engagement (PPIE) in the context of rapid evaluation.Drawing on REVAL’s experience over the...

In this blog post, Maartje Kletter, Research Associate in the REVAL Rapid Evaluation Team at The University of Manchester, discusses using logic models within current evaluations. In all our current evaluations we are using a logic model to hypothesise how evaluation...