ABSTRACT
Recent developments in clinical quality assurance and governance have particularly dictated that an important part of any service provision is the inclusion of means of monitoring and ensuring high-quality, meaningful and effective services. Since the launch of the Tavistock Clinic Learning Disabilities Service in 1995, we have organized methods to monitor various aspects of the service, including the psychotherapeutic treatments we are providing. This chapter aims to explore some of the methods available in assessing or evaluating our work and to give an overview of the projects we have already undertaken. We will discuss some of the issues that have arisen as a result of our evaluation projects and attempt to relate our dilemmas to wider issues in research with people with learning disabilities and services for people with learning disabilities.
