The role of patients in supporting EBM

Question 1

What criteria must be met in order for the National Institute for Health Research to fund your research

Answer 1

Will only fund research that actively involves public input

Public also reviews funding applications and helps make recommendations

Question 2

Why does NHS England value patient involvement in EBM

Answer 2

States that patient involvement in their own care can

• improve outcomes and patient experience
• could yield efficiency savings via more personalised treatments and management

Question 3

What problems can arise when changes in EBM don’t consider the views of patients

Answer 3

Not everyone agrees on what treatments should be made available
Public loses access to treatments that they can benefit from

Question 4

Why is the patient input invaluable in EBM

Answer 4

Patients are experts in their own conditions