Health Services and Delivery Research v6 (12), March 2018
- This study from University of Warwick examines the critical review capacity of representative (region, size, urban/rural) commissioning networks in England to acquire and use different types of evidence to inform their decisions about service interventions.
- Based on interviews with a range of stakeholders across 13 networks the study found that commissioning networks led by CCGs lack capacity to use different types of evidence to make well-informed decisions. The use of local knowledge about patients, and the patient experience of services, may be poor and CCGs make poor use of data about population need and existing services.
- The study develops a self-development psychometric tool for CCG-led commissioning networks to reflect on and enhance their critical review capacity with respect to the acquisition and use of different types of evidence.
