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There are excellent resources available locally, nationally and internationally that can help you with your evaluation needs.

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The King’s Fund Library Service

A free source of information on health and social care policy and management. This service helps with literature searches, research support and information queries.

Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (CEBM)

The Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (CEBM) develops, teaches, promotes and disseminates better evidence for health care.

Lancaster University on grey literature

Grey literature section of the Lancaster University library.

NHS Knowledge and Library Hub

High quality, NHS-funded, knowledge and evidence resources.

NICE: Evidence and best practice resources

This resource is for anyone who works in health and social care and makes decisions about treatments, interventions, or the use of resources.

Identifying the evidence: literature searching and evidence submission

A guide to systemic literature searches and identifying evidence. Excerpt from the NICE Social Care Guidance Manual.

Nuffield Trust

An independent health think tank. The Nuffield Trust aims to improve the quality of health care in the UK by providing evidence-based research and policy analysis.

Cochrane Library

A collection of databases that contain high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making.

Commissioning Elf

An evidence-based information source for health and social care professionals working in the area of commissioning and provision of care services.

Health Foundation

The Health Foundation offers grants to those working at the front line and conducts research and policy analysis.

The Evaluation and Evidence toolkits go hand in hand. Using and generating evidence to inform decision making is vital to improving services and people’s lives.

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