Welcome COVID-19 Evidence alert is a weekly update highlighting emerging evidence on the following key topics identified as useful in supporting Covid recovery planning:
This update follows on from a series of rapid evidence scans on these key topics, with corresponding evidence trackers providing details of relevant papers.
Due to the time taken to compile alerts, we’re no longer providing summaries and instead present abstracts where available.
Analytical Collaboration for COVID-19
As previously described the collaboration are supporting ad hoc immediate questions raised by national bodies but are also using their expertise to focus on questions that the NHS may lack the immediate resources to look at, which may be more medium-term, cut across sectors, or benefit from independent analysis.
As part our work to track emerging evidence, we have developed an evidence map on inequalities and COVID. The map is designed to organise relevant evidence by themes, using the recently published PROGRESS framework. It is a pragmatic rather than exhaustive approach and we hope it gives a helpful overview of this important field of study. You can find the evidence map here.
We have also recently updated our evidence scan on prospective and longitudinal studies to include emerging findings. You can find the updated scan here.
This update forms part of a national evidence update service, provided by the Strategy Unit, as part of a collaboration to provide analytical support to the health and care system to help in the fight against COVID-19. For more information, visit: https://www.strategyunitwm.nhs.uk/covid19-and-coronavirus or
contact our Covid Evidence team on: mlcsu.covidevidence@nhs.net.
