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NHS Evidence – provided by NICE

NHS Evidence: an introduction

www.evidence.nhs.uk

updated 5th March 2012

http://www.evidence.nhs.uk/


Contents

• NHS Evidence – what it covers

• how it relates to other sources

• using it effectively

• searching on your own topics

Begin your search here

NHS Evidence home page


NHS Evidence search

• multiple high quality web sources together

• prioritises results

• easily accessible - no need for registration

• for health and social care professionals

A developing resource


Consider using NHS Evidence first:

• Whenever you want to find high quality sources

especially guidelines, care pathways,

systematic reviews and medicines

information

• When you need a quick answer. It can be a

short-cut to high quality, mostly full text

resources.


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Sources of information Over 250,000 resources from over 1500 sources

http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/

http://www.evidence.nhs.uk/


Clinical, drugs and technologies

Key sources Content accessible via the simple search

NICE, SIGN, AWMSG and SMC Guidelines and appraisals

Royal Colleges and Professional

associations

Guidance, National Audits and Working

Party reports

Cochrane systematic reviews, DARE Systematic Reviews

UK Clinical Trials Gateway and

Cancer Help UK

Ongoing Trials

DH Information Standard approved

organisations

High quality patient factsheets leaflets and

newsletters

BNF and BNF for Children Prescribing information

MHRA Drug Safety Updates

NHS EED, HTA Health technology assessments


Social care and public health

Key sources Content accessible in NHS Evidence

SCIE – Social Care Online Policy ,guidance, circulars, good

practice, research reports

Department of Health Policy and guidance , information for

commissioners, health assessments

Association of Public Health Observatories Policy , guidance, reports, briefings

Health Protection Agency Guidelines, information on a large

number of infectious diseases

WHO Health Evidence Network Evidence reports

Joseph Rowntree Foundation Publications


Commissioning

Key sources Content accessible in NHS Evidence

Map of Medicine Care pathways

DH World Class Commissioning Commissioning advice

National Institute for Health and Clinical

Excellence - NICE

Implementation tools, commissioning

guides, Quality standards

National Innovation Centre Service development

QIPP Case studies on quality and productivity

NHS Improvement and NHS Diabetes Case studies and commissioning

guides


How to use NHS Evidence

Designed to be intuitive

• Search using the terms you consider to be

most helpful

• Try a range of terms if you don’t find what you

want

• Try using fewer terms sometimes less is more

• Use the refine your search tools

Predictive text feature

Filters

Palliative care child

Use Filter by option

Types of information/guidelines


New quick links – next steps

Browse A-Z clinical and medicines topics with

short cuts

Links to databases, journals and books via

Athens if you work for the NHS or you are on

placement

NICE Pathways

For information providers

Public Health on NHS Evidence

Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention

examples

* If you have access to a librarian/information specialist

ask him/her for advice

Browse topics A-Z list

Topic page - Clinical


Information panels

Heading Contents rules

Introduction Definition and brief background

Guidance Accredited guidance, NICE pathways and

evidence updates

Commissioning NICE commissioning and costing advice, DH

commissioning guidance, QIPP

Information for the public Information awarded the DH Information

Standard

Ongoing research UK Clinical Trials Gateway

DUETS and NICE Research

Recommendations

Medicines information Relevant drugs, selected through the

eMedicines Compendium

Guidance panel

Commissioning panel

Information for the public panel

Ongoing research panel

Medicines panel

Browse Medicines A-Z page

Mediicien Inforamtion

Medicines Information


Information panels – medicines

Heading Contents rules

Prescribing

BNF Prescribing information

Product characteristics Summary of Product Characteristics

(SPC) from electronic Medicines

Compendium (eMC)

Safety Safety information collated by the

National electronic Library for Medicines

(NeLM)

Best Practice Guidance Key sources of best practice guidance

e.g. NICE Technical Appraisals and

Clinical Guidelines, UKMI Q&As

Information for the

public

Patient Information Leaflets (PILs) and

Medicines Guides from eMC

News Aggregated by NeLM

Register for My Evidence to:

• save your searches and results

•set up search alerts

•set up news feeds

Managing your results

QIPP home page browse options


Other evidence in the QIPP collection

NICE do not do recommendations

• Taken from NICE guidance published since

2007

• Updated as new guidance is published

NICE referral advice

• Primary to secondary care referral advice

taken from NICE guidance

NICE cost impact reports

• Identification of potential savings through

implementing the evidence


Recommended QIPP case study

• Southend Hospital NHS Trust

• Tailored transport scheme has reduced

costs for dialysis transport services by 60%

• Quality;

Improved patient safety

• Productivity;

Savings overall around £164,000 a year


Recommended QIPP case study • Berkshire East Community Health Service

• Secondment pilot to boost staff

competencies in delivering end of life care

• Collaborative working with hospice staff

• Quality;

90% of staff more confident in delivering

end of life care

Browse the NICE Pathways


Breast cancer pathway – sources

linked to in NICE Pathways

Clinical guidelines

Early and locally advanced breast cancer.

Advanced breast cancer.

Familial breast cancer.

Referral guidelines for suspected cancer.

Technology appraisals

Breast cancer: bevacizumab (in combination with a taxane).

Breast cancer: gemcitabine.

Breast cancer (early): hormonal treatments.

Breast cancer (early): docetaxel.

Breast cancer (early): paclitaxel.

Breast cancer (early): trastuzumab.

Breast cancer: trastuzumab.

Interventional procedures

Numbers 308, 296, 268, 253, 147 and 89.


Links to other information

Easy access to other supportive information from the toolbar at

the top of the screen – including implementation support and

commissioning advice

Links to quality standards and statements where these exist

NHS Evidence Accreditation

Health care databases advanced search via NHS Athens.

Note: direct link to Cochrane Library and UK Duets


Evidence Updates

…straightforward and succinct overview of

selected evidence published since the

literature search was last conducted for the

accredited guidance it updates… they do

not provide formal practice

recommendations or consider economic

evaluations.


• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

• Metastatic malignant disease of unknown primary origin

• Alcohol-use disorders: physical complications

• Bacterial meningitis and meningococcal septicaemia

• Lower urinary tract symptoms

• Venous thromboembolism

• Familial breast cancer

• Depression in adults

• Depression with a chronic physical health problem

Planned Evidence Updates for 2012


• Pregnancy and complex social factors

• Hypertension in pregnancy

• Head and neck cancer

• Constipation in children and young people

• Delirium

• Neonatal jaundice

• Nocturnal enuresis - the management of bedwetting in

children and young people

• Transient loss of consciousness in adults and young people

Planned Evidence Updates for 2012 continued…


In summary consider using NHS Evidence first:

• Whenever you want to find high quality sources

especially guidelines, care pathways,

systematic reviews and medicines

information

• When you need a quick answer. It can be a

short-cut to high quality, mostly full text

resources.

• When you need to access valued-added

products on the latest research


Contacting NHS Evidence

If you have an enquiry or suggestion

about NHS Evidence,

email [email protected]

or call 0845 003 77 44

mailto:[email protected]

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