Vaughan Gething MS, Minister for Health and Social Services and Julie Morgan MS, Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services have today announced the publication of the Mid-Point Evaluation for ‘A Healthier Wales’ Transformation Fund.
The aim of the evaluation is two-fold:
to evaluate the extent to which the Transformation Fund has accelerated the wider adoption and scaling up of new ways of working to replace or reconfigure existing services in order to improve outcomes for people; and
to evaluate the component parts of new models which have successfully (and unsuccessfully) enabled the adoption and scaling up of new ways of working.
The first National Mid-Point Evaluation Report has now been completed by OB3 Research and reflects the position before COVID-19. The findings have been informed by each of the RPBs submitting a Regional Mid-Point Evaluation Report, along with fieldwork and interviews undertaken with Welsh Government officials and RPB Transformation Leads.
As part of the on-going evaluation of the Transformation Fund, the requirements have been re-framed in light of COVID-19. Going forward, this will provide an opportunity to consider the impact of COVID-19 on transformation activity. Communities of Practice have also been established to help share learning and best practice, and to help facilitate problem solving across Wales.
Following the recent announcement on 24th August 2020 of the extension of the Integrated Care Fund and Transformation Fund, the evaluation activity will provide an important evidence base for the design and prioritisation of any future funding and transformation programmes post March 2022.
The Mid-Point Evaluation Report and Executive Summary are both available at https://gov.wales/health-and-social-services-transformation-fund-2018-2021-mid-point-evaluation
