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Evaluation
Evaluating 6 HEI’s Anchor Institute in East of England
The evaluation aim is to achieve greater understanding of the evidence and outcomes of the investment made to region, as this model of HEIs as Anchor Institutes in the Integrated Care System model is not being replicated elsewhere.
Objective is to coordinate partners engagement in capturing the evidence associated with this unique workforce investment opportunity.
This approach will enable a greater understanding of how implementing innovations will lead to sustained impact across system and workforce transformation.
This is a mixed methods evaluation that will use a theory-based approach, and work to produce a new theory of change to identify causal pathways that impact Anchor Institutes. It will also offer a realist approach to explore the mechanisms by which impacts are achieved and the contextual factors that influence impacts. Critical realism (Winn and Williams, 2021) and RE-Aim frameworks (Gregory et al, 1999, 2019) will be utilised as required, acting as critical benchmarking frameworks.
We are in the process of finalising discussions with an external objective evaluation partner, who will bring a level of independence to the evaluation approach, and therefore, increase potential for a credible and objective reporting mechanism.
Evaluating NICHE Anchor Institute
To identify what factors contribute to workforce and system level transformation across the Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care system
Objective is to capture through integrated creative methods, how NICHE Anchor Institute activity has achieved impact across the N&W ICS.
We have just appointed our Senior Research Associates who can focus attention to capturing and evaluating the work of NICHE across all our workstreams
Activity will include a scoping review of transformation, co-designing with stakeholders a Shared Impact Framework and exploring integrated creative evaluation methodologies that can capture what works, for whom and how this can then be replicated across other coastal, rural and isolated communities, to address health inequalities.
Outcomes will be an important part of our final reporting to NHS England, and our Integrated Care Partners, and international collaborating partners at a joint conference.