Summary of selected guidance
| Title | Source | Website | Description | Focus/dissemination |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Effective Health Care Bulletins (EHCB) | NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York, UK | http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/ehcb | Systematic reviews using established guidelines and peer review of clinical effectiveness/cost effectiveness studies of health care interventions. Bimonthly publication. | National. Circulation 60 000 copies disseminated widely and freely to NHS and other health providers through distribution networks. |
| Bandolier | Pain Relief Unit, The Churchill, Oxford, UK | http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/Bandolier | Commentary, research updates, and abstracts of reviews of evidence-based health care. Monthly publication. | National coverage by NHS regions and direct to GPs. Circulation approx. 23 000 copies |
| Cochrane Library | UK Cochrane Centre , Oxford, UK | http:/www.cochrane.co.uk | Systematic reviews of research evidence and clinical trials data using explicit quality criteria. Quarterly publication | International. Electronic access (Internet and CD-ROM). |
| Health Technology Reports | National Co-ordinating Centre for Health Technology Assessment (NCCHTA), Wessex Institute, University of Southampton, UK | http://www.hta.nhsweb.nhs.uk | Commissioned programmes of research into clinical/cost effectiveness of health technology interventions supported by the Department of Health Research & Development (R&D) Division. | National. Freely available to NHS/local authority/educational organisations, etc in UK on application. |
| NHS Executive S&W Development and Evaluation Committee Reports or “Wessex DEC” reports | Wessex Institute, University of Southampton, UK | http://www.hta.nhsweb.nhs.uk/rapidhta | Information for purchasers and clinicians through systematic review of best available evidence and peered committee recommendation. Approx. 12 topics annually 1991-2000. | Local/regional. Routine dissemination widely within NHS Executive S&W plus selected mailing list outside S&W |
| Effectiveness Matters | National Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (NCRRD), University of York, UK | http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/em | Summary abstracts and updates of important reviews published in the EHCB. Biannual publication. | National. Dissemination as for EHCB above plus distribution to GPs direct. Circulation 90 000 copies |
| Trent working group on acute purchasing reports or “Trent DEC” reports | Trent Institute for Health Services Research, Universities of Leicester Nottingham and Sheffield, Sheffield, UK | http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/uni/academic/R-Z/tiwgap/index.htm | Information for purchasers and through systematic review of best available evidence, seminars and peered committee recommendation. Approx. 16 topics annually 1996–2000. | Local/regional. Routine distribution to NHS clinician providers and purchasers locally plus selected mailing list outside Trent. |