CORC analyse mental health and wellbeing data and report findings. We collaborate with members and partners to evaluate interventions and support. Our experts explore our own and others’ data to measure effectiveness, test hypotheses and generate evidence to improve care.
We aim to understand the extent to which children and young people’s care is helping them and how real-world evidence can support and improve child and youth mental health services. Once collected, we analyse data to assess the impact, the effectiveness and efficiency of services and to answer key research questions.
Our work in this area includes:
Analysing members’ data and reporting to them on the findings.
Evaluating mental health, wellbeing and other interventions.
Carrying out analysis using the CORC and other data sets to measure effectiveness, test hypotheses and discover new findings in order to generate evidence to underpin care.
Collaborating with members and partners to conduct research.
You can find out more about how CORC can receive and analyse any service or organisation's data on our Data analysis and reporting page.
Data analysis and reporting
Our data analysis and reporting helps organisations understand the impact of their support and discover new insights from their data. We listen to the needs and priorities of each service to determine the most useful approach.
This includes analysing change on outcome measures, breaking down results by areas/teams/demographic groups and comparing change with other organisations (benchmarking).
We produce clear and understandable reports on complicated data, enabling discussions about the findings and how improvements can be made.
Request for information from the CORC dataset or access to data
The Child Outcomes Research Consortium (CORC) dataset and Children and Young People’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (CYP IAPT) dataset (2011-2015) are held by the CORC Team. By submitting data, CORC member services consent for their data to be used for secondary purposes, including research.
CORC Outcomes Spreadsheet
This template has been created by CORC to aid data analysis and interpretation. If you have any questions, please get in touch with the CORC Team at corc@annafreud.org.
Do you have a question that could be looked into using the CORC data set?
We are keen to work with researchers and practitioners to explore the CORC data further, with a view to using the results to inform our members and the wider community of those supporting children and their families with mental health concerns. We encourage members and others to suggest research that uses the CORC data, to be carried out in collaboration with the CORC team. Where it makes sense to do so, we also consider research proposals for independent projects and can work with interns or students who are interested in conducting research using CORC data.
All research proposals need to be made in writing using this template. Proposals are assessed by the central team and put to the CORC Board for approval. Please note, proposals are reviewed on a monthly basis. Please contact corc@annafreud.org for more information.
Useful Links
CORC membership
Some of our membership options include data analysis support, to suit the needs of organisations and services operating across different sectors.
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