Organisation profile
Organisation profile
The Birmingham, RAND and Cambridge Evaluation (BRACE) Centre is funded by the National Institute for Health 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.
UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Matt Bennett
- Social Policy and Society - Professor of Social Policy
- Institute for Interdisciplinary Data Science and AI
- NIHR BRACE Rapid Evaluation Centre
Person: Academic
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Jo Ellins
- Health Services Management Centre - Professor of Health Services Research
- NIHR BRACE Rapid Evaluation Centre
Person: Academic-related
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Alisi Mekatoa
- Health Services Management Centre - Research Fellow
- NIHR BRACE Rapid Evaluation Centre
Person: Academic
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A rapid evaluation of two pilot referral pathways to the NHS Digital Weight Management Programme: for patients with hip/knee osteoarthritis and patients waiting for elective surgery
Stockwell, S., Bradford, M., Marciniak-Nuqui, Z., Moriarty, S., Waring, J. & Sussex, J., 3 Jul 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference (unpublished) › Poster
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BRACE evaluation of referrals to the Digital Weight Management Programme Preliminary Findings
Sussex, J., Stockwell, S. & Bradford, M., 5 Feb 2025Research output: Other contribution
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Building relationships with public and patient in rapid evaluation: Reflections from NIHR BRACE and NIHR RSET
Newbould, J., Coldham, T., Ng, P. L. & Mehta, R., 2 Jul 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference (unpublished) › Other