Measuring the results

  • Biggest survey yet of people's experiences of personal
    Undertaken for The Think Local, Act Personal Partnership by In Control and the Centre for Disability Research at Lancaster University, the survey aimed to identify the outcomes and experiences of people...
  • Personal budgets - checking the results
    Authors Simon Stockton and Martin Cattermole This paper considers emerging approaches to developing outcome-based performance measures within social care. It highlights and promotes sector-led developments...
  • Evaluation of self-directed support in Hertfordshire
    Hertfordshire social services carried out an evaluation to find out about people's experiences of self-directed support and personal budgets what improvements can be made. The evaluation included a carers...
  • Your support your way
    The London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames has published an evaluation of the results so far for people who have taken up self-directed support. This used In Control's evaluation framework to identify...
  • Doing it your way - Evaluation Report in Worcestershire
    Doing it your way is a project to help people in Worcestershire to take up self-directed support. This report looks at the experiences of people with learning disabilities and their families of self-directed...
  • Changing lives together: using person-centred outcomes to measure results in social care
    This paper looks at how councils can work together with citizens to develop new ways to measure success in social services at a local level. It shares the learning from several initiatives that aim...
  • Essex 3-year study on personal budgets
    The Office for Public Management (OPM) and Essex Coalition of Disabled People (ECDP) have been commissioned by Essex County Council to carry out a 3-year study on the impact of personal budgets on 46...