On Thursday 10 April, more than 100 professionals from across health, care, research, and academia joined a live webinar to celebrate the launch of the North West London Evaluation Toolkit – a new online resource designed to help health and care staff plan, deliver and learn from evaluation in a consistent, impactful way.
The Evaluation Toolkit was developed collaboratively by partners across North West London. Brunel University of London is one of the founding members – a strategic partner in the development and implementation of the toolkit – alongside Imperial College Health Partners, the NW London Integrated Care Board (ICB), Imperial College Healthcare Trust, NIHR ARC NWL, Imperial College London and Third Sector Together NWL.
The toolkit provides:
- A standardised four-step approach to evaluation
- Practical tools, templates, and guidance
- Case studies grounded in real-world learning
- Signposting to expert support, including a new Evaluation Surgeries offer
The goal is to build evaluation capability across the region, improve the quality of evidence used in decision-making, and, ultimately, ensure better outcomes for patients and communities.
Prof Nana Anokye, Professor of Health Economics at Brunel is the health economics lead of the product development group and the evaluation surgeries. Commenting on the toolkit, he said: “This toolkit can drive the culture of evaluation in the North West London area and enrich the effective and efficient allocation of healthcare resources.”
Hosted by the North West London Evaluation Consortium, the launch event brought together voices from across the system, including NHS Trusts, the NW London ICB and academic institutions. Attendees were given a live demonstration of the toolkit, heard about a compelling real-world case study, and had the chance to join a Q&A.
Explore the Toolkit
Watch the webinar
When surveyed, 100% of attendees said they were ‘likely’ or ‘extremely likely’ to use the Toolkit and 92% said they were ‘likely’ or ‘extremely likely’ to recommend or share the website. Attendees praised the toolkit’s credibility, user-friendliness, and real-world relevance.
Highlight: Case study on paediatric oral health
The webinar included a deep dive into an evaluation of a paediatric oral health promotion programme at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, supported by NIHR ARC NWL. Delivered using a targeted universalism approach, the programme addressed inequalities in child oral health and demonstrated how robust evaluation can influence real-time service design and funding decisions.
What’s next?
The Evaluation Consortium is now offering 1:1 Evaluation Surgeries – free, 60-minute expert-led sessions to support teams across organisations in NW London in planning or delivering their own evaluations. Find out more about the offer here.
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