Evidence Synthesis

NHS Grampian Evidence Synthesis Service

Since 2011, the University of Aberdeen has provided an Evidence Synthesis Service for NHS Grampian Public Health. The team includes:

• Professor Corri Black, Professor of Public Health Medicine
• Lynn Robertson, Research Fellow
• Lyn Mair, Clinical Liaison Librarian NHS Grampian

In support of health service planning and delivery, intelligence has been provided on a wide range of topics. Recent projects include:

• Reducing preventable admissions
• Carers’ Health
• Fuel poverty - impacts on health
• Evaluation of NHSG Evidence Synthesis Service
• Delayed Discharges - Project 1 Causes and Interventions
• Delayed Discharged - Project 2 Consequences
• Gender differences among care home residents in Grampian
• Active Travel
• Inter-hospital transfer
• Reconfiguration of clinical services
• Surgical volumes: quality assessment of systematic reviews
• Vulnerable groups - scoping definitions and mapping guidance
• Nurse practitioners - elderly care
• GP activity data
• Substance Misuse - Children and Young People
• NHS Grampian Diabetes Clinical Guidelines update - Screening section
• Data safe havens
• Scottish Public Health Observatory – renal section

NHS Grampian Evidence Synthesis Service Flyer

Contact: Lynn Robertson or Lyn Mair