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Case studies

Aetiology of ADHD

  • Service type: Systematic review
  • Description: A systematic review of the causes of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Behind the Headlines

  • Service type: Healthcare journalism
  • Description: Daily appraisals to give the NHS a voice in the media marketplace

Bupa Health Dialog Care Pathways

  • Service type: Care pathway
  • Description: Using Care Pathways to facilitate clinically effective and cost effective commissioning

Commissioning Brief: Renal replacement services

  • Service type: Commissioning brief
  • Description: Modelling the need for renal replacement therapy

Commissioning Support Appraisals Service (CSAS)

  • Service type: Health technology assessment
  • Description: The application of evidence and clinical expertise to ensure appropriate commissioning through NICE

Department of Health, Information Accreditation Scheme

  • Service type: Evidence assurance
  • Description: Rapid quality-assurance process of healthcare information for patients

European Centre of Disease Prevention and Control, Norovirus

  • Service type: Guideline development and update
  • Description: Evidence-based guidance for the prevention and control of norovirus outbreaks in childcare facilities and schools

Health England: Preventative Health Care

  • Service type: Policy support
  • Description: Rapid, transparent and systematic prioritisation of public health interventions

Map of Medicine

  • Service type: Care pathway
  • Description: Rapid process and pathway innovation and development

MMR Vaccine

  • Service type: Systematic review
  • Description: Rapid systematic review and media support to address the MMR panic

National Commissioning Group: Ultra Orphan Drugs

  • Service type: Commissioning brief
  • Description: Bringing international policy, evidence and experience to bear on formulating national commissioning policy for expensive drugs

Percutaneous aortic valve replacement (PAVR)

Royal College of Surgeons: Commissioning Guidance

Service benchmarking

  • Service type: Evidence assurance
  • Description: Service benchmarking and health indicators for specialised services in the East Midlands

Service Designation Guide: Cleft Lip and Palate

Service Designation Guide: Cystic Fibrosis

Water fluoridation in Southampton

  • Service type: Policy support
  • Description: Independent evidence to assist with public consultation and subsequent policy making