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Rapid evidence reviews and policy reviews
 

2022

  • World Health Organisation (WHO): 10 rapid evidence reviews on Infection Prevention and Control Measures for COVID-19. 

  • Genomics England (GEL): A rapid evidence review on the implementation of genomic screening programmes. 

  • Children's Policy Research Unit (CPRU): A rapid evidence review on the influence of health condition, social condition and school absenteeism and relationship with school attainment. 

  • Children's Policy Research Unit (CPRU): Children and young people's access to primary care in the UK: A scoping review.

  • Children's Policy Research Unit (CPRU): A rapid policy review on the influence of health condition, social condition and school absenteeism and relationship with school attainment. 

2021

  • Health Education England (HEE): A rapid evidence review of the needs of nursing staff delivering care to children and young people with mental health needs, learning disabilities and/or autism. 

  • World Health Organisation (WHO): A rapid evidence review on tools used to integrate implementation research findings in policy. 

  • Health Education England (HEE): A rapid review on redeployment and de-escalation strategies in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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rapid appraisals in healthcare settings

  •  A rapid appraisal exploring HCWs’ perceptions and experiences of delivering care during the COVID-19 epidemic in the UK. 

  • Health Education England (HEE): A rapid qualitative appraisal of the needs and support of nursing staff delivering care to CYP with mental health needs, learning disabilities and/or autism-Full report to download:

  • Health Education England (HEE): A rapid qualitative study exploring experiences of redeployment and de-escalation in the UK. 

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rapid evaluations of programmes, interventions and services

  • Health Foundation: Understanding and learning from the impact of changes in colorectal cancer care delivery in light of COVID-19 and their interplay with socioeconomic inequalities in care. Please click here for additional details.

  • Sarcoma UK: Development of a sarcoma specific intervention to manage fear of recurrence: REASSURE_ME. Please click here for additional details. 

  • 33N: A mixed-methods evaluation of the CLEAR Programme. A formative, mixed methods evaluation of the CLEAR programme to explore its implementation and review its current methodology. 

  • NHS Horizons: An internal evaluation of NHS Horizons: A rapid formative evaluation of NHS Horizons, focussing on internal team dynamics and processes, and using the Mass Vaccination Learning Networks as a case study.

  • Mencap: Evaluation of the implementation of the Asset-based Community Design (ABCD) approach used by Mencap to deliver support to parents of children with learning disabilities.

  • NHSEI: Rapid evaluation of the NHS Flex for the Future Programme.

  • NHSEI: Rapid evaluation of the Improvement Capability Building and Delivery team. 

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rapid qualitative research in CLINICAL TRIALS

  • Role of ward-based goal-directed fluid therapy (GDFT) in acute pancreatitis: A feasibility randomised controlled trial. A rapid qualitative study developed for the trial to identify barriers in recruitment and trial delivery, document staff and patient experiences with the trial and inform potential trial scale-up.

  • Anaesthesia Choice for Creation of Arteriovenous Fistulae (ACCESS study). A rapid process evaluation aimed at informing trial set-up and delivery. Please click here for additional details. 

  • Volatlle vs Total intravenous Anaesthesia for major non-cardiac surgery - A pragmatic randomised controlled trial. A qualitative study within a trial (SWAT) to inform trial set-up and delivery.

rapid ethnographies

  • Rapid ethnography for BRIGHTLIGHT 2021 What clinical outcomes are associated with the ‘joint care’ for teenagers and young adults with cancer?: a rapid ethnography across 13 sites in the UK. 

  • Rapid multi-sited ethnography for NAP7, exploring perceptions and practices in the context of perioperative cardiac arrest across 8 NHS sites in the UK. Visit NAP7 for more information. 

big qual data

  • NAP7 Big Qual Dataset: An analysis of the qualitative data generated through the NAP7 national audit on perioperative cardiac arrest. Visit NAP7 for more information. 

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