Aims and Audience
Fifteen years on from the establishment of CORC as a learning collaboration, we will be reflecting on what
we have learned from measuring outcomes, and what we have learned about measuring outcomes, in child
and youth mental health. Members are invited to join us in reviewing our growing body of knowledge, and
in considering how our approaches should be refined in light of this learning.
The Child Outcomes Research Consortium Members’ Forum is an opportunity for consortium members to
network, hear about and reflect on recent learning and research, and to shape CORC approaches. The Forum
is aimed at decision makers and strategic thinkers within CORC member services and close collaborating
partners, bringing together colleagues from statutory and voluntary sector service providers, health, schools,
local government, and academia.
A draft programme for the day is available overleaf.
About the Child Research Outcomes Consortium
CORC is the UK’s leading membership organisation that collects and uses evidence to improve children and
young people’s mental health and wellbeing.
Founded in 2002 by a group of mental health professionals determined to understand the impact of their
work, today our members include mental health service providers, schools, professional bodies and research
institutions from across Europe and beyond.
We analyse and interpret data relating to mental health and wellbeing outcomes of more than 400,000
children and young people in the UK, representing the largest data set of this kind worldwide.
CORC’s vision is for all children and young people’s wellbeing support to be informed by real-world evidence
so that every child thrives.
Our mission is to promote the meaningful use of evidence to enable more effective and child-centred support,
services and systems to improve children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing.
corc@annafreud.org
www.corc.uk.net
Members’ Forum: 22 November 2017
15 years of CORC: changing outcomes
in a changing world?
Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families, 12 Maresfield Gardens, London, NW3 5SU
DRAFT PROGRAMME
10:00 – 10:30
Registration, morning refreshments and networking
10:30 – 11:00
15 years of CORC: changing outcomes in a changing world?
Welcome and introduction Professor Miranda Wolpert - Director, CORC
DEVELOPMENTS IN ROUTINE OUTCOME MONITORING
11:00 – 11:40
How routine outcome monitoring feedback helps and hinders practice - the good, the
bad and the ugly
Keynote Dr Kim De Jong - Assistant Professor, Leiden University
11:40 – 12:00
Outcome monitoring: a young person’s perspective
Beth Ingram - Anna Freud Young Champion
12:00-12:20
Developing a culture of routine outcomes measurement: transforming our approach
to young person-centred support
Tessa Gregson - Head of Operations, 42
nd
Street
12:20 – 12:40
Panel Q&A session
12:40– 13:30
Networking lunch
LEARNING FROM OUTCOME AND FEEDBACK DATA
13:30 – 14:10
15 years on: what has CORC learned from the data?
Julian Childs - Research Lead, CORC
14:10 – 14:30
Three perspectives on outcome measurement: findings from the CORC evaluation
Dr Emily Stapley – Research Fellow, Evidence Based Practice Unit
14:30 – 14:50
Current practice and perspectives towards routine outcome measurement: a survey
of UK CAMHS services
Holly Bear – PhD Student, The Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families
15:00– 15:20
Coffee break
OUTCOME AND FEEDBACK MEASURES IN SUPPORT OF SYSTEM CHANGE
15:20 – 16:10
Outcome led commissioning across the system: a work in progress
Alan Ford - Commissioning Business Manager for Children, Young People and Families,
NHS Tameside and Glossop Clinical Commissioning Group
Sheila McFarlane – Derby
16:10 – 16:15
Summary of the day and closing comments
16:30
Event close
Please note, the Forum will take place at the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families, 12
Maresfield Gardens, London, NW3 5SU
