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Multisector collaborations for health are hard to evaluate. Corinne Armstrong was part of a team that looked at 12 multisector collaborations for health around the world. She explores what we can learn.

Collaboration. Everyone agrees it’s a good thing. But evaluating it needs care and consideration. It’s more than data, it’s about people and long term shifts in culture and working practices.

Can we leave our deep-rooted views of medicine behind to build better hospitals? Rich Taunt discusses the work Kaleidoscope has done with patients, staff and citizens to redevelop St Mary’s Hospital in London.

A ‘feel good’ factor in a project may have a lot of appeal, but it is not as sustainable or useful as some solid evaluation findings. Measuring impact can be a challenge but here are three ways we find evidence that what we do is making a difference.

We do a lot of research and evaluation at Kaleidoscope and we love it. But it’s an area of work that has a reputation for being dry, detached and best left to lofty institutions. Theo Cox looks at five common misconceptions and why we think they need to go.

What is the connection between the heart and the brain? Sana Suri considers the importance of dementia research, care and support among an ageing population.

Dissemination of research is universally promoted, clung to and agreed upon as vital to policy, practice and all users of research. We also seem to agree unanimously that bridging this gap between health research producers and users is hard.

We recently spent two stimulating days at HSRUK 2018. Our colourful tablecloth, quirky leaflets and coffee maker attracted a lot of great people and we asked them all the same question: "What gets in the way of research, policy and practice working together?" The good news: people not caring is not the issue.

I can't help but ponder the curious way we talk about and go about disseminating research: as dedicated but inexpert gardeners, and as children holding dandelion blossoms, respectively.