The Evaluation Hub - Advancing Healthcare, Social Care, and Community Wellbeing.
At the University of Worcester, we have a strong track record of evaluation across the health, social care, and community sectors. We apply contemporary methodologies, including realist and participatory approaches.
Our evaluations support:
- service innovations
- workforce development
- action learning
- knowledge exchange
- community development
- reduction of health and social inequalities.
We are deeply committed to co-production. We work alongside, and often co-create our evaluations with:
- members of the public
- service-users
- stakeholders
We build cross-sector collaborations, including with the public sector, industry partners, and voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations.
Who we are
We are an interdisciplinary team at the University of Worcester, combining expertise in:
- evaluation and research methods
- health services
- social work
- psychology
- public health
- health technology
- creative arts and health
Our team designs and delivers tailored evaluation projects that are suited to the needs of commissioners.
Support we provide
We offer a range of flexible and bespoke services to support evaluation in the health, social and community sectors, including:
- End-to-end project management
- Evaluation designs and frameworks
- Consultancy and academic input
- Practical support and delivery
- Acting as a ‘critical friend’ at any stage of your evaluation
Contact us to find out how we could support your evaluation.
Why work with the Evaluation Hub?
We deliver evaluations that provide real-world learning, identify outcomes and impact, and explore the processes underpinning health and social initiatives. Our experts design evaluations that help organisations to:
- measure outcomes and impact.
- understand formative and implementation processes.
- inform evidence-based planning and decision-making.
- drive continuous service development and improvement.
- ensure accountability, transparency and quality assurance.
- identify challenges and risks.
- engage and inform stakeholders.
- strengthen funding applications.
Why independent evaluation matters
Evaluating your own initiatives can be challenging due to:
- Positionality: it can be difficult to remain neutral, especially when co-producing an evaluation with service-users.
- Training and support needs: evaluation methods can be complex, and evaluators benefit from access to inter-disciplinary support and expertise.
- Time and resources: delivering an evaluation is resource-intensive and requires substantial project management.
Our experienced interdisciplinary team offers:
- Independence.
- Proven success in delivering successful evaluations in the heath, social and community sectors;
- dedicated time and resources.
- expertise in engaging stakeholders and service users in coproduction.
- Skilled dissemination of evaluation findings – showcasing your outcomes and sharing learning.
Contact us to find out how we can partner with you to deliver your evaluation project.
Our Services
Our Evaluation Hub offers bespoke evaluation services tailored to the needs of health, social care and community projects. Our interdisciplinary team provides expert support across the evaluation lifecycle.
Some of our services are listed below.
Evaluation Design and Planning:
We can help you build a strong foundation for your evaluation, with services including:
- Needs assessments and Gap analysis
- Evaluation planning, design, and framework development
- Theory of Change development
- Evidence synthesis: we cover different review-types, including rapid review, realist review, systematic review, meta-synthesis)
- Benchmarking exercises:
- Coproduction and Patient, Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE)
Evaluation Delivery
We deliver high-quality evaluations tailored to your needs:
- Service and programme evaluations:
- Impact Evaluations
- Formative and summative evaluation
- Dissemination and reporting: including traditional, visual, creative and summary formats.
Data Collection and Analysis
Our expert team use a range of methods, and select those that are most suited to your project:
- Qualitative, Quantitative, Creative and Mixed methods
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS): we can undertake site suitability analysis, mapping, and have access to a licensed fleet of drones for high-quality spatial data collection.
- Data management:we have expertise is ethical data handling, can undertake full ethical review where needed. We undertake all aspects of data processing and analysis.
- Community engagement:we have experience of working across sectors, with diverse and underserved communities, and with rural populations.
Contact us to find out how we can support your evaluation project.
Completed Evaluations
- Rose, C., Howdle, H., Watts, H., Razaei, S., Nichol, L., & Bradley, E. (Dec. 2025). Clinical Strategy Implementation Programme (CSIP) Phase 3: Facilitation and Evaluation. Commissioned by Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust.
- Cresswell, K., Rose, C., Howdle, J., Seuren, L. & Williams, R. (Nov. 2025) Real-time qualitative evaluation of the regional implementation of an electronic health record integrated ambient scribe in primary and secondary care in England. Commissioned by NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board.
- Rose, C., Howdle, J., Donnelly, L. & Bradley, E. (2024) Evaluation of Talk Wellbeing: a preventative outreach service operating across Herefordshire (2023-2025). Commissioned by NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board.
- Rose, C., Howdle, J., Donnelly, L. & Bradley, E. (2024) Evaluation of Your Health: a preventative outreach service operating across Worcestershire (2023-2025). Commissioned by NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board.
Consultation Work
- C. Rose, & Howdle, J. (2024) H4D Consult Station. A Public Consultation with communities in Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Collaboration with the CO-LAB, Kidderminster Treatment Centre.
- Howdle, J., Rose, C. (2024) Health Research Incentive Report: Herefordshire and Worcestershire Community Consultation. Collaboration with the CO-LAB, Kidderminster Treatment Centre.
- Rose, C. & Bradley, E. Evaluation of the HOPE course running at the CO-LAB, Kidderminster Treatment Centre (Autumn 2023 – Spring 2024). Collaboration with the CO-LAB, Kidderminster Treatment Centre.
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