Community and voluntary sector outcomes planning

In 2006 NHS Health Scotland published Healthy Communities: A Shared Challenge (2006). The Scottish Government’s has now commissioned a multi agency, multi-level action plan to take forward the recommendations that relate to building an evidence base for community-led health therein. The main partners in this work were:

• NHS Health Scotland
• Scottish Community Development Centre (SCDC) LEAP (Learning, Evaluation and Support) unit (external link)
• Evaluation Support Scotland (external link)

Current work

Working with funders and projects to:

• measure the impact of community-led approaches and
• achieve a better balance between accountability for funding and meeting targets and
• gathering robust data for an evidence-led approach
• scoping work on the economic value of community-led health in partnership with CHEX (external link)

Outputs

• Series of models to illustrate the rationale for community-led approaches
• Qualitative data pilot demonstrating how it helps provide robust evidence for community-led health
• Short briefing paper on the challenges of evaluation and learning in community-led health (2009).

For further information, please contact Emma Hallliday at emma.halliday@nhs.net
NHS Health Scotland
Tel: 0131 313 7556

or visit NHS Health Scotland´s community and voluntary sector pages.

Updated 25 July 2014