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CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Nine local councils will support local authorities to improve outcomes for children

Nimal Jude introduces a new national programme to strengthen evidence-informed decision-making across children's services.

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How evidence-based is your decision-making? When you're developing or commissioning services, what kind of evidence are you using and relying on most? And perhaps more importantly – what evidence is being left out? 

We know that evidence-based approaches are the most reliable way to improve outcomes for children and families. Yet the reality is that interventions with the strongest evidence base often aren't widely used and some popular approaches haven't been robustly evaluated for impact. 

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