Funding for five-year CARE-NET programme announced
The health and care system is always looking for ways to improve care, make the most of its resources, and make sure that everyone is treated fairly. But new ideas don’t always work in expected ways. Sometimes they turn out to have unexpected disadvantages, but they can also bring unforeseen benefits that weren’t initially anticipated.
It’s vital to make sure that new ideas are evaluated – properly assessed to see if they work in practice – to uncover any unexpected advantages they may offer and to find out what the downsides might be. CARE-NET will evaluate new services and ways of organising healthcare, responding to the needs of the NHS and social care as they arise.
CARE-NET will be evaluating a range of national level innovations across the health and social care system.
I’m really pleased that along with our colleagues at RAND Europe, THIS Institute has been chosen to lead this initiative. New ways of delivering services are vital to improving the quality of care, but it is critical that we understand what works and how it works to ensure that resources are used as well as possible. I’m looking forward to working with colleagues including health and care professionals, patients and people who draw on care, to deliver the evidence base that the health and care system needs.”
Graham Martin, THIS Institute Director of Research
I’m delighted to contribute to this important initiative by chairing the programme advisory group for CARE-NET. I hope that, with the input of clinicians, managers and people who draw on health and social care, the team will be able to provide the high-quality evidence about what works needed by policymakers to guide decisions about how to improve services and secure value for money.”
Kate Jarman, chair of the CARE-NET programme advisory group