The Centre for Reviews and Dissemination is a department of the University of York and is part of the National Institute for Health Research.

CRD undertakes high quality systematic reviews that evaluate the effects of health and social care interventions and the delivery and organisation of health care.
News

Identifying the evidence for systematic reviews: an introduction for Information Professionals – training day
Details of the 2009 training day are now available.

CRD databases: Evidence base for influenza intervention
The outbreaks of H1N1 swine influenza in Mexico and its spread to other countries have raised the WHO pandemic alert level to phase 5. In this briefing, we collate the most up to date evidence on prevention and treatment from the internationally renowned CRD Databases.

CRD databases updated
This week (13/05 - 19/05 2009) 53 new records have been added to the DARE and NHS EED databases.

  • 38 full abstracts of quality assessed systematic reviews
  • 15 full abstracts of quality assessed economic evaluations

Database entry date: 20/05/2009

Translating Research into Practice in Leeds and Bradford
CRD is one of the partners in a major, five-year project designed to help the NHS become more innovative and research-focused, and improve the quality of healthcare services for the people of Leeds and Bradford.