What we do
Applied Evaluation
We are one of eleven Technology Assessment Review teams across the country who undertake Technology Assessment Reviews (TARs) for the NIHR Evidence Synthesis Programme on behalf of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). The team provides NICE with essential information to support their decisions on whether to recommend technologies (drugs, other treatments, devices and diagnostics) for use within the NHS.
Evidence Synthesis
We are one of thirteen Evidence Synthesis Groups (ESGs) around the UK, funded by NIHR to undertake a range of evidence syntheses reviews for the Evidence Synthesis Programme. The aim of the ESGs is to address knowledge gaps or to answer a specific need for healthcare, public health and social care stakeholders/audiences. These will be areas of importance to policy makers and will have a direct impact on decision-making, patient and client care, reducing inequalities and identifying future research needs. At the West Midlands Evidence Synthesis Group (WM-ESG), we partner with colleagues from across University of Birmingham colleges as well as the University of Warwick and Keele University.
Policy and Methods Group
This group encompasses a wide range of policy-oriented research and methodological development, covering broad topic areas including inflammatory diseases, cancer, public health, and rare diseases. We provide methodological expertise extending across the translational pathway, from clinical trial design in the early phases to applied health research and implementation science, outcome methodology (including patient-reported outcomes, core outcome sets and outcome standardisation), and health and research equity.
Evidence Based Surgery Group
As leaders in implementation science in surgery, the ambition of the Evidence Based Surgery Group is to ensure research is directly translated into policy and practice change for the benefit of patients. As methodologists we are at the forefront of methodological innovation in surgery and develop and utilise a range research methods to improve the design, delivery and adoption of high-quality evidence into surgical practice.