Authors
Checkland, Kath; orcid: 0000-0002-9961-5317; email: katherine.checkland@manchester.ac.ukHammond, Jonathan
Coleman, Anna
Macinnes, Julie
Mikelyte, Rasa
Croke, Sarah
Billings, Jenny
Bailey, Simon; orcid: 0000-0001-9142-2791
Allen, Pauline
Publication Date
2021-10-25Submitted date
2021-03-28
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Abstract: Research has demonstrated that pilots contain multiple shifting purposes, not all of which relate to simple policy testing or refinement. Judging the success of policy pilots is therefore complex, requiring more than a simple judgment against declared goals. Marsh and McConnell provide a framework against which policy success can be judged, distinguishing program success from process and political success. We adapt Boven's modification of this framework and apply it to policy pilots, arguing that pilot process, outcomes and longer‐term effects can all be judged in both program and political terms. We test this new framework in a pilot program in the English National Health Service, the Vanguard program, showing how consideration of these different aspects of success sheds light on the program and its aftermath. We consider the implications of the framework for the comprehensive and multifaceted evaluation of policy pilots.Citation
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Blackwell Publishing LtdType
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From Wiley via Jisc Publications RouterHistory: received 2021-03-28, rev-recd 2021-09-28, accepted 2021-10-07, pub-electronic 2021-10-25
Article version: VoR
Publication status: Published
Funder: NIHR Policy Research Programme; Grant(s): PR‐R16‐0516‐22001