Evaluation of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's Partners in Care 2014–15 co-design programme, including a summary version and full evaluation report.
Purpose
This evaluation applied qualitative data collection methods to gain in-depth information from team members, sponsors, consumers and the programme facilitator to meet evaluation objectives. The evaluation aimed to:
- describe the challenges and solutions by participating teams to increase the engagement of consumers to co-design of health services
- describe how the approach is being embedded into daily practice, and identify opportunities to increase sustainability of the approach
- determine the level of leadership support provided to team members and how this impacts on the achievements and learning experiences of teams
- produce simple but effective advice on how to engage consumers in the co-design of health services.