Evidence journeys

What came of a specific use of health data, followed link by link, with the evidence for each link and where it stops.

• NHS productivity measures and the NHS budget: Did research using NHS data under this agreement inform how the NHS budget is set and allocated?
• Evaluating the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme: What did the evaluation of the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme find, and what does that show about this data use?
• Alcohol withdrawal in hospital, and the national alcohol treatment guidelines: Did research on hospital readmission after alcohol withdrawal reach national clinical guidance?
• Surgery in England during COVID-19, and the trial that cites it: Did national analyses of surgery during the pandemic feed into later clinical research?
• Joint replacement follow-up in the UK: Did research on joint replacement outcomes inform how patients are followed up after surgery?
• COVID-IMPACT-UK: linked records for COVID-19 research: Did research from this programme influence any guideline, policy or trial?