• Strategic / Business Planning / commissioning decisions • Project work and pilots • Individual Funding Reviews | 1. What are my information and evidence needs? 2. What is the strength, validity and reliability of this evidence? 3. What is current best practice? 4. What monitoring and evaluation do I need to build in? 5. Who do I need to engage? | • Benchmarking Data • Contract monitoring and performance data • Secondary Uses Service (SUS) and/or Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data • Finance data • Patient and Public experience and outcomes • Key Stakeholder Consultation • Peer Expertise • Research and Evaluation Evidence • NICE Guidelines and Best Practice • Clinical audit and quality improvement data • Grey Literature | • Public Health (PH) profiles • Local PH Teams • NHS Digital (formerly Health and Social Care Information Centre [HSCIC]) • Commissioning Support • ICB • Provider organisations • HealthWatch • NHS Evidence • Library Services • NICE • NHS England • Clinical Senates • National Benchmarking Service / audit office • National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) journals library | 1. Have I reviewed the evidence base and identified best practice? 2. Have I engaged the appropriate stakeholders? 3. Do I have enough information and evidence to inform my decision making? 4. Have I built in adequate monitoring and evaluation? |