Dr Amanda Seims

Evaluation Fellow, Health and Care Evaluation Facility

Research Overview

Amanda is the Evaluation Fellow within the Health Partnership Team's Health and Care Evaluation Facility. She has extensive research and evaluation experience through projects in the areas of men’s health, diabetes, cancer and physical activity, working with local government, NHS and voluntary sector organisations. Her mixed-method skillset includes the design, implementation and analysis of survey, focus group, and interview data from professional and public stakeholders, and the analysis of clinical routine data. This has been applied to explore acceptability, feasibility, and outcomes of interventions and services, incorporating acceptability, behaviour change and implementation frameworks.

Blackpool Researching ​Together. Active Communities Staff Development Day
Invited talk

UK Evaluation Society Conference 2026
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Rapid evaluation in health care 2026
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Equipped for Evaluation: Planning and Designing High Quality Health and Wellbeing Evaluations
Invited talk

Cancer prehab in the community - providing physical activity and wellbeing support through football club community organisations across Lancashire and South Cumbria
Oral presentation

Evaluation Strategy Workshop - Cancer Prehabilitation in Leisure Centres
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Health and Place (Journal)
Publication peer-review

Understanding the factors that influence outdoor play
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Health Inequalities Research Capacity and Capability Programme. Workshop 3 - Introduction to Evaluation
Invited talk

Design Workshop - Developing an Evaluation Framework for In The Community
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Submission to the government call for Men's Health evidence
Influence on Policy, Practice, Patients & the Public

Men's Health Forum to contribute to national Men's Health strategy
Expert Opinion

Collaboration Cafe. Shine Coaching - Improving mental health and wellbeing in young men through evaluation
Oral presentation

BMJ Public Health (Journal)
Publication peer-review

Health and Place (Journal)
Publication peer-review

Health Inequalities Research Capacity and Capability Programme. Workshop 3: Introduction to evaluation.
Invited talk