This report summarises learning from evaluation activities carried out by the Centre for Effective Services (CES) in relation to the development and early implementation of the HSE National Office for Suicide Prevention (NOSP) Best Practice Guidance for Suicide Prevention Services.
CES was commissioned by the NOSP in 2019 to undertake an evaluation of the pilot implementation and consider the extent to which implementation outcomes had been achieved. The core components of the planned evaluation included focus groups with representatives from each cohort of NGOs and with key stakeholders to better understand their experiences of implementation; a survey of the NGOs, to be conducted at two time points for each cohort to assess the achievement of implementation outcomes; and a collective case study to illustrate key aspects of implementation.
