The type of reviews previously undertaken cover a very wide variety of topics for a range of clients. They can be broadly categorised under the following headings:
Individual/Exceptional Funding Request Support
- Omalizumab for cutaneous mastocytosis
- Adalimumab for immunotherapy-induced arthritis
- Tofacitinib for ankylosing spondylitis
- Certolizumab Pegol for Crohn's disease
- Second Skin splinting for upper limb in cerebral palsy
- Real time CGM for congenital hyperinsulinaemia
- Botulinum toxin for hyperhidrosis in a residual amputated limb
- Binge eating services for high BMI
- Temperature-controlled laminar airflow device for severe allergic asthma
Joint Drug Formulary Support – Reviews in response to a new drug request
- Botulinum toxin for gastroparesis
- Botulinum toxin for pyloric spasm post-oesophagectomy
- Botulinum toxin for diffuse oesophageal spasm
- Melatonin for delayed Sleep-Wake Phase Disorder
- Melatonin for REM Sleep Behaviour Disorder
- Alteplase for deep vein thrombosis
- Ulipristal for first-line emergency contraception
- Apixaban for mitral valve patients
- Teriparatide in men
Reviews to inform clinical policy development
- Effectiveness and cost effectiveness of revisional bariatric surgery
- Impact of timing of tongue-tie division on breastfeeding outcomes
- Evidence-based criteria for varicose vein surgery
- Efficacy of steroid joint injections
- Efficacy of Alfapump
- Efficacy of adenoidectomy
- Efficacy of Exogen
CCG Service Development Support
- Crisis housing
- Impact of respiratory HOT clinics on hospital admissions
- Non-pharmacological interventions for adult ADHD
- Diabetes – impact of structured education
- Community respiratory services
- Barriers to social prescribing
- Refugee and asylum-seekers services
- Stillbirth - evidence for reducing levels and appropriateness of investigations
- Management of viral wheeze in preschool children
Public Health Practice Support
- Scoping review for the benefits and harms associated with menstrual cups
- Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of strategies to address high blood pressure in stroke prevention
- Effectiveness of training for primary school teachers to support mental health
- Impact of arts-based interventions in mental health
- Harm to health of glyphosate
- Mercury emissions from crematoria
- Fast food outlets: urban planning, takeaways, improving diet, impact of fast food on public health
- Mindfulness in prisons (inmates and staff); mindfulness in workplace
Local government support
- Sheltered housing for older people
- Impact of physical outdoor activity on social isolation in dementia
- Extra care housing
