Decision makers need the best evidence available when planning future healthcare services and the treatments offered to people. There are a number of ways of compiling the evidence and SPH has developed a robust, defensible methodology for providing rapid evidence reviews for local and national clients.
Our process
We follow a clear protocol – developed in-house or provided by the client. This may include;
- Developing ethical frameworks for decision-making which will withstand judicial review
- Framing and scoping an appropriate question to be addressed with the client to provide precise and robust answers to commissioning or providing issues
- Defining the population, intervention, comparator and outcome (PICO) to structure the evidence review
- Setting up the search strategy and initiating the search, and assessing the evidence identified to establish its relevance to the review
- Synthesising and critically appraising the evidence for specific interventions as well as whole care pathways
- Summarising the strength of the evidence available, appraising the methodology, level of evidence, statistical and clinical significance and limitations of the evidence
- A structured internal quality assurance process for each review
- Consultation process with external stakeholders
- Presentation of finalised evidence review to clients
- Defending reviews against potential challenge where necessary and appropriate
- Development of policy emerging from the evidence review
- Training sessions in evidence-based decision making for stakeholders
Why choose SPH?
We are a long-standing provider of rapid evidence reviews for local and national clients. Over the years we have undertaken hundreds of rapid evidence reviews and have successfully defended decisions based on our evidence at judicial review. We have a strong team of experienced reviewers within SPH and can call on further expert capacity from our extensive pool of associates. Please get in touch via our contact page.
