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We are committed to providing services, evaluating them, learning from them and sharing the results. We make all our publications freely available for others to share and use. We are delighted to have worked with some leading thinkers and practitioners from their fields – banking, public policy, complementary therapy, and look forward to future collaborations.

1. Evaluation of a CAM Pilot Project in Northern Ireland, May 2008

A service evaluation from the year long pilot project instigated by the Health Minister of Northern Ireland in response to the crisis in primary care for musculoskeletal care and mental health services, ass well as the inequity of access to complementary therapies.

146 pages (949KB). Download

2. Integrating complementary medicine into primary care, May 2006
An audit of five months referrals to the Get Well UK complementary therapy service in South Islington.  Report by Professor David Peters, Hal Andrews and Dr Dione Hills.
41 pages (1.14MB). Download

3. Public Health, Private Wealth November 2005
Public policy research commissioned from Fellows' Associates. Recommends that the government takes action to reduce health inequalities and makes acupuncture, osteopathy and chiropractic available on the NHS, ending the current postcode lottery of access.
74 pages (669KB). Download

4. The Role of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the NHS. An investigation into the Potential Contribution of Mainstream Complementary Therapies to Healthcare in the UK October 2005 
Led by Christopher Smallwood. Get Well UK features as one of four case studies. Includes an introduction by Professor Sir Graeme Catto, President of the General Medical Council.
194 pages (7.39MB). Download

5. Does it work? A pilot project investigating the integration of complementary medicine into the primary care June 2005
Written by Professor Nicola Robinson from Thames Valley University, this audit of our pilot project in Haringey demonstrates improvements in health and reductions in patient worry, as well as a correlation between the feedback from patients and the feedback from practitioners.
40 pages (1.95MB). Download 

6. Evaluation of the Wates funded projects - Get Well Camden and the Relief Map. 2008

The Wates Foundation invested in trying to shift the landscape in integrated healthcare, by developing an online map of resources and facilitating a local network to bring practitioners together, all with the explicit aim of furthering the integration of complementary therapies into the NHS.

Executive Summary (206KB). Download

Full Report (1.84MB). Download

7. Get Well UK 2008 Values Report April 2008
Report into whether Get Well UK is living its values, following a survey undertaken in Spring 2008.
12 pages (171KB). Download

8. UnLtd: Social Enterprise and Replication Series

"Replication Challenges and Tactical Responses."   Link

9. Evidence Base for Musculoskeletal Services in Primary Care January 2008
The evidence base and cost-effectiveness of acupcunture, osteopathy and chiopractic for key musculoskeletal conditions.
5 pages (101KB). Download

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