Informing evidence-based policy during the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery period: learning from a national evidence centre.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the vital need for research to inform policy decision-making and save lives. The Wales COVID-19 Evidence Centre (WCEC) was established in March 2021 and funded for two years, to make evidence about the impact of the pandemic and ongoing research priorities for Wales available and actionable to policy decision-makers, service leads and the public.

Objectives

We describe the approaches we developed and our experiences, challenges and future vision.

Program implementation

The centre operated with a core team, including a public partnership group, and six experienced research groups as collaborating partners. Our rapid evidence delivery process had five stages: 1. Stakeholder engagement (continued throughout all stages); 2. Re

SUBMITTER: Cooper A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11140997 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature