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NIHR BRACE Rapid Evaluation Centre @brace-evaluation.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

A new BRACE report is out: Evaluation of two pilot referral pathways into the NHS Digital Weight Management Programme shows wide variation across sites. Automated processes, protected staff time, and clear BMI data boosted referrals. Key enablers and barriers were highlighted to guide future rollout

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NIHR BRACE Rapid Evaluation Centre @brace-evaluation.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

A new report from the BRACE evaluation on Community Women's Health Hub models in England: a mixed methods evaluation tinyurl.com/WHH-article finds Women’s Health Hubs have potential to integrate and improve women’s care, though there are ongoing challenges in defining and implementing models.

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NIHR BRACE Rapid Evaluation Centre @brace-evaluation.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Our December bulletin is now live at tinyurl.com/BRACE-Bullet... with updates about all our team activities, including evaluations, EDI work and other outputs.

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NIHR BRACE Rapid Evaluation Centre @brace-evaluation.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

The BRACE Core team met last week in Birmingham with colleagues from our PPIE group and National Voices. We shared updates, looked ahead at the impact of our evaluations in continuing to shape better services for patients and communities and also explored issues of sustainability in our work.

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NIHR BRACE Rapid Evaluation Centre @brace-evaluation.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

We’re delighted to welcome James McCallum to the BRACE team for his 3-month placement as part of his MA Global Public Policy at the University of Birmingham. During his time with us he’s keen to learn more about rapid evaluation and how research findings can influence healthcare policy and practice.

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NIHR BRACE Rapid Evaluation Centre @brace-evaluation.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Check out our latest BRACE Bulletin with news about our Centre and evaluations tinyurl.com/BRACE-Bullet...

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NIHR BRACE Rapid Evaluation Centre @brace-evaluation.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Our Co-Director Judith Smith's recent blog about the NHS 10 year plan is worth a read!

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NIHR BRACE Rapid Evaluation Centre @brace-evaluation.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

A new report from one of our partners National Voices and our BRACE Co-Director reflect on the impact of research and evaluation from the ongoing NHS restructure.

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Professor Judith Smith @profjudithsmith.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Here it is! The newly published 4th edition of our Healthcare Management textbook from OUP McGraw Hill, with an expanded editorial team of @simon76moralee.bsky.social @mannisidhu.bsky.social @kieranwalshe.bsky.social and me. #evidencebased #healthmanagement uk.bookshop.org/p/books/heal...

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NIHR BRACE Rapid Evaluation Centre @brace-evaluation.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Dr Alisi Mekatoa has recently joined the BRACE Rapid Evaluation team as a Research Fellow and found out more about the Rapid Evaluation Community by attending their Conference last week. Thanks @healthfoundation.bsky.social @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social #RapidEvaluation

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NIHR BRACE Rapid Evaluation Centre @brace-evaluation.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

The scoping work for our new Evaluation of the Death Certification Reforms/Medical Examiner System is now well underway with the project team in the process of carrying out stakeholder interviews to inform study design and methodology.

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NIHR BRACE Rapid Evaluation Centre @brace-evaluation.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

The project team have just met with our project advisory group to discuss emerging findings from the national stakeholder interviews and case studies for the BRACE GP quality improvement evaluation. They gave useful insights into current pressures in general practice engaging with research.

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NIHR BRACE Rapid Evaluation Centre @brace-evaluation.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Our Steering Group came together at The Exchange in Birmingham this week to hear the latest on our rapid evaluations and give advice from the scoping to dissemination phases of our four ongoing studies

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NIHR BRACE Rapid Evaluation Centre @brace-evaluation.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Check out our latest BRACE Bulletin with news about our Centre and evaluations tinyurl.com/Bulletin-Apr...

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