Data-informed decision making

This report shares how the 'A Better Start' partnership is using data and evidence to inform decisions about programme and service development and delivery. It also summarises the wider thinking on why evidence-informed decision making should be embraced, and how it can best be undertaken.

The report includes:

• An overview of data-informed decision making, including the types and sources of evidence, and the reasons for working in an evidence-informed way
• Approaches to data-informed decision making, and tools to support data collation & presentation
• Challenges and barriers to data-informed decision making, including the potential impact of COVID-19 on data collection and usage
• The role of data-informed decision making across the ABS programme
• Case studies from across the ABS partnerships