When looking at service development or improvement, the evidence can seem quite limited. In many cases other people may have implemented new ideas or services, but not written it up for publication in a journal.
The sources below provide case studies and examples of improvements or innovations, and may be useful as a way of learning from other people's experiences or getting ideas to implement in practice. It's not an exhaustive list and case studies will be available in other sources, such as individual Trust's websites.
Library staff can also find evidence to support you in developing services or innovations, and we offer an evidence search service.
Academy of Fabulous Stuff
Describes itself as ‘A social movement for sharing Health & Social Care Ideas, services and solutions that work’. Includes informal case studies of new innovations or ideas. The quality of reporting varies.
eWIN Workforce Information Network
eWIN is the NHS workforce information network designed to enable improvements in workforce development, efficiency and productivity.
To search, visit the Tools and Resources page, enter your search terms and select ‘Case Study’ before running the search.
Health Foundation
An independent charity committed to bringing about better health and health care for people in the UK. To find case studies, run a search and filter to ‘Improvement projects’.
NHS Confederation
Membership body that brings together and speaks on behalf of all organisations that plan, commission and provide NHS services.
To find case studies, run a search and filter to ‘Case studies’ (under ‘Category’) then click ‘Apply Filters’.
NHS England
Search the publications database, and filter to ‘Case studies’. This is a very small collection.
NHS Improvement
Visit the Resources page, run a search and filter to ‘Shared Learning’.
NHS Improvement and NHS England have merged so this website may change, but new resources are still being added as of February 2020.
NICE Local Practice Case Studies
A number of case studies around implementing NICE Guidance in practice.
