Publications by Date

2020

• Transforming social care provision: first steps towards sustained innovation August 12

  Tom Ling, Evangelos Gkousis, Jon Sussex

  The demand for adult social care in the UK is rising and will continue to rise. But the supply of such care is struggling to keep up. Innovation in social care can enable more and better care to be delivered more cost-effectively. The main focus of this Perspective is on ideas to stimulate and sustain innovation in social care; and ideas for research to bring closer a system of sustainable social care innovation.

• Food consumption in the UK: Trends, attitudes and drivers August 11

  Camilla d'Angelo, Emily Ryen Gloinson, Alizon Draper, Susan Guthrie

  To help inform policy and research around food consumption, RAND Europe conducted a rapid evidence assessment to provide an overview of the evidence around the trends related to consumer food practices and attitudes in the UK; the drivers of food consumption; interventions that can influence food consumption; and the differences between groups (i.e. segmentation). The research identified four key priority areas for consideration by policymakers.

• Developing metrics to assess the oncology ecosystem August 10

  Advait Deshpande, Brandi Leach, Evangelos Gkousis, Nadja Koch, Susan Guthrie

  Describes a targeted landscape review conducted to identify metrics to measure the status and performance of the oncology ecosystem.

• Barriers for the MSM Population to Access Testing for HIV in France, Poland, the UK and Across Europe: A Qualitative Study July 30

  Daniela Rodriguez-Rincon, Lucy Hocking, Andrew J. Amato-Gauci, Jan C. Semenza, Sarah Parks

  To help understand the effectiveness of test and treat strategies for HIV in the men who have sex with men population in Europe, researchers undertook a qualitative study focusing on the UK, France, and Poland as well as a pan-European overview.

• Simulating HIV Transmission Dynamics and Predicting the Impact of Testing Policies in Men Who Have Sex with Men in the UK, France, and Poland July 30

  Raffaele Vardavas, Sarah Parks, Daniela Rodriguez-Rincon, James Syme, Lucy Hocking, Ioana Ghiga, Molly Morgan Jones, Andrew J. Amato-Gauci, Jan C. Semenza

  Researchers adapted a mathematical model built for Los Angeles County, California, to help understand the impact of different interventions aimed at encouraging testing for HIV on testing rates among men who have sex with men in Europe. They applied the model to data from the UK, France, and Poland.

• Provision of an indicative, non-exhaustive list of conflict-affected and high-risk areas under Regulation 2017/821: Task A – Methodology development July 30

  Jacopo Bellasio, Anna Knack, Victoria Jordan, Ruth Harris

  Regulation 2017/821 requires EU importers to ensure that minerals with which they work originate from responsible sources and that businesses comply with and report on supply chain due diligence obligations with special focus on so-called conflict-affected and high-risk areas (CAHRAs). This report presents the methodology proposed by RAND Europe to produce an indicative, non-exhaustive, regularly updated list of CAHRAs under Regulation 2017/821.

• Conceptualising and measuring quality of life to inform local policy and decisionmaking: A literature review July 29

  Andreas Culora, Christian Van Stolk

  This study is based on a review of the literature on quality of life (QoL) to identify measures that may be utilised by local decision makers in Cambridge, UK. The study found that QoL is a complex concept that is often underpinned by numerous dimensions which capture the essence of QoL within a particular context. While many measures of QoL were identified, there was little evidence to suggest that they are being used by local decision makers.

• Outcome-based Payment Schemes: What Outcomes Do Patients with Cancer Value? July 22

  Paula Lorgelly, Jack Pollard, Patricia Cubi-Molla, Amanda Cole, Duncan Sim, Jon Sussex

  A study exploring the feasibility of introducing OBP for new cancer medicines in the NHS, focusing on the kinds of outcomes that patients and their carers consider most important to refer to in this context.

• Career Guidance in Schools: Research with schools and providers of career guidance services in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough July 21

  Madeline Nightingale, Eleftheria Iakovidou, Barbara Janta

  This report examines the provision of career guidance in schools and colleges in the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough region. Findings are informed by an online survey of 54 secondary schools and colleges in the region and interviews with 10 career guidance service providers. The findings draw attention to challenges faced by schools and providers operating in the region, informing the development of recommendations to improve careers guidance.

• Moving improvement forward in UK health and care: An evaluation of the Q Initiative 2016–2020 July 13

  Lucy Hocking, Jennifer Newbould, Sarah Parkinson, Katherine Stewart, Amelia Harshfield, Tom Ling

  An embedded evaluation of the Health Foundation's Q Initiative was conducted by RAND Europe from 2016 to 2020. The findings of the evaluation demonstrate how Q has impacted its members and national healthcare improvement work.

• Strengthening the contribution of improvers to UK health and care? An evaluation of the Q Initiative 2016–2020 July 13

  Lucy Hocking, Jennifer Newbould, Sarah Parkinson, Katherine Stewart, Amelia Harshfield, Tom Ling

  RAND Europe has been a 'critical friend' of Q from 2016 to 2020. The first two years of this evaluation were primarily formative in approach, focusing on how Q was designed and established, and feeding the data back to the Q team to inform the ongoing design of Q. The later stages of the evaluation took a more summative approach, focusing on the impact of Q on its members as well as on its wider contributions to healthcare improvement.

• How small businesses are coping with the impact of COVID-19: Results from a survey in Turkey and the Middle East July 6

  Stijn Hoorens, Lucy Hocking, Clement Fays

  SPARK, an NGO supporting young people's access to education and employment, commissioned RAND Europe to conduct a survey to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Middle East and Turkey. It also explored what support SMEs need to survive the pandemic.

• Researching Violence Against Health Care: Gaps and Priorities July 2

  Kate Cox, Richard Flint, Marina Favaro, Linda Slapakova, Ruth Harris

  Researchers investigated the current status of research on violence against healthcare, identifying research gaps and conducting an initial prioritisation of future research.

• Human-machine detection of online-based malign information June 23

  William Marcellino, Kate Cox, Katerina Galai, Linda Slapakova, Amber Jaycocks, Ruth Harris

  As social media is increasingly being used as a primary source for news online, there is a rising threat from the spread of malign and false information.In this context, RAND Europe developed a method to detect the malign use of information online for the UK Ministry of Defence's Defence and Security Accelerator.

• A Changing Climate: Exploring the Implications of Climate Change for UK Defence and Security June 16

  Kate Cox, Anna Knack, Martin Robson, Neil Adger, Pauline Paille, Jon Freeman, James Black, Ruth Harris

  This study sought to: understand the strategic defence and security implications of climate change on UK MOD activities; develop a conceptual framework to help decision makers map a range of impacts of climate change in relation to the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD)'s strategic objectives; and produce recommendations to support the UK MOD in mitigating risks and adapting the challenges and opportunities presented by climate change.

• Strengthening the Quality of Early Childhood Education and Care Through Inclusion June 16

  Susie Lee, Barbara Janta

  Ensuring effective access to quality early childhood education and care for all remains a challenge in Europe, especially for those from disadvantaged backgrounds. This policy memo helps decision makers better understand this challenge and suggests some possible solutions.

• Assessing the Impacts of Digital Government Transformation in the EU: Conceptual Framework and Empirical Case Studies June 12

  Cristiano Codagnone, Giovanni Liva, Egidijus Barcevicius, Gianluca Misuraca, Luka Klimaviciete, Michele Benedetti, Irene Vanini, Giancarlo Vecchi, Emily Ryen Gloinson, Katherine Stewart, et al.

  Researchers developed an original conceptual framework for assessing the impacts of Digital Government transformation in the EU. Case studies in different policy areas and EU countries were then used to test and validate it.

• From COVID-19 Research to Vaccine Application: Why Might It Take 17 Months Not 17 Years and What Are the Wider Lessons? June 9

  Stephen Hanney, Steven Wooding, Jon Sussex, Jonathan Grant

  Experts consider how monitoring the development of a COVID-19 vaccine could help to identify which of the approaches speeding development and deployment could be usefully applied more widely in the future.

• Assessing the Burden of Nocturia in the Workplace: The Associations Between Nocturnal Voiding, Subjective Well-Being, Work Engagement and Productivity June 5

  Marco Hafner, Fredrik L. Andersson, Teodor Burtea, Christian Van Stolk, Michael Whitmore, Erez Yerushalmi, Wendy M. Troxel

  Using large-scale international workplace survey data, this study assessed the burden of nocturia in the workplace by investigating associations between nocturia and subjective well-being, work engagement and productivity.

• Efforts to support the extension of birth leave in the Netherlands: Case study summary May 27

  Miriam Broeks, Fook Nederveen, Emma Disley

  This case study describes the efforts of a partnership that supported the introduction of an important legislative change in 2018 which extended leave entitlement for partners of mothers in the Netherlands. In analysing the efforts and impact of this alliance, this case study offers valuable lessons for others aiming to inform policy change, or more specifically, improvements around engaged fatherhood and parental leave arrangements.

• Working to support policy change through an advocacy coalition in Israel: A case study May 27

  Ben Baruch, Emma Disley

  Case study on the work of the Coalition for Education from Birth in Israel and its activities to bring about a change in childcare regulation and provision in Israel. Early childhood development, coalition building, advocacy coalition, Israel.

• Pharmaceutical Innovation for Infectious Disease Management: From Troubleshooting to Sustainable Models of Engagement May 26

  Sonja Marjanovic, Carolina Feijao

  In this Perspective, the authors discuss the need for more sustainable and scalable ways of incentivising pharmaceutical industry innovation in response to infectious disease threats to public health. The authors discuss financial incentives and non-financial considerations, and relate the insights to the COVID-19 crisis and to the context of preventing other emerging infectious disease threats from becoming crises in the future.

• Incidence and Treatment Costs of Severe Bacterial Infections Among People Who Inject Heroin: A Cohort Study in South London, England May 19

  Dan Lewer, Vivian D. Hope, Magdalena Harris, Michael Kelleher, Amelia Jewell, Megan Pritchard, John Strang, Katherine I. Morley

  A study examined the rates of hospitalisation or death related to severe bacteria infections among people who inject heroin in South London, England. The report compared these rates to the general population and calculated the cost of admissions.

• Exploring the use of Zcash cryptocurrency for illicit or criminal purposes May 6

  Erik Silfversten, Marina Favaro, Linda Slapakova, Sascha Ishikawa, James Liu, Adrian Salas

  To help inform public debate and decision making, RAND Europe explored the uses of cryptocurrencies for illicit or criminal purposes, focusing on Zcash. Commissioned by the Electric Coin Company, who developed and maintain Zcash, this study offers new insights for law enforcement professionals, policymakers, regulators and others interested in cryptocurrency issues.

• The Nuffield Early Language Intervention: Evaluation Report May 5

  Sashka Dimova, Sonia Ilie, Elena Rosa Brown, Miriam Broeks, Andreas Culora, Alex Sutherland

  An evaluation of the Nuffield Early Language Intervention observed 1,156 students across 193 schools through a randomised control trial. The study found the intervention added three months progress in language skills compared to non-participants.

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