NIHR BRACE Rapid Evaluation Centre
The Birmingham, RAND and Cambridge Evaluation (BRACE) Centre is funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to conduct rapid evaluations of promising new services and innovations in health and social care.
The BRACE Centre was launched in June 2018. Focusing on innovations in health service delivery and organisation, our evaluations examine not only what works, but also how and why things work (or don’t) and in what context. Our approach is both rapid and thorough, and we aim to produce rigorous, timely and useful evidence which can inform the transformation of services and outcomes across the NHS. The Centre was commissioned for a further five years in October 2023 following the award of £3million funding from NIHR.
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Contact the BRACE Centre
Please do contact us if you have any questions about the BRACE Centre. We are also keen to hear about service innovations planned or underway in your area, which we might consider evaluating.
Dr Manni Sidhu
Co-Director of the BRACE Centre
Health Services Management Centre (HSMC)
University of Birmingham, Park House
40 Edgbaston Park Road, Birmingham
B15 2RT United Kingdom
- Email: m.s.sidhu@bham.ac.uk
- Email: BRACE@contacts.bham.ac.uk