January 2026
This practical online workshop introduces the principles of health economics in everyday practice with Associate Professor Annie Hawton (Health Economist at the University of Exeter), Professor Barney Dunn (University of Exeter) and Professor Richard Byng (University of Plymouth).
The workshop is designed for practitioners, managers, and commissioners, to help you understand how to identify, measure, and communicate the value of mental health services within an evolving commissioning landscape.
The workshop uses real-world examples from NHS Talking Therapies services and Complex Emotional Needs services and supports you to explore how to apply key economic concepts and build confidence in presenting the costs and benefits of innovative service models.
This is the first of a series of webinars by the South West Mental Health Gap Practice Research Network.
This network is building on the knowledge and expertise that currently exists within mental health care systems, such as NHS Talking Therapies for anxiety and depression (NHS-TT), to help primary care and secondary mental health care trusts to identify, innovate, support and evaluate the care being delivered.
The network is jointly co-ordinated by the AccEPT clinic, University of Exeter and Plymouth University. The University of Exeter has expertise in innovation, evaluation and implementation of psychological therapies, and the University of Plymouth has expertise in mapping, evaluating and improving local mental health care systems.