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About us

PREPARE is a partnership between the King’s Fund and the University of York, supporting policy making by providing fast, responsive analysis for the Department of Health and Social Care.

Evidence-based healthcare has focused mainly on patient-level clinical decisions, using randomised controlled trials and systematic reviews to inform clinical practice. These methods, although they provide ‘gold-standard’ evidence of effectiveness are not always feasible and appropriate to inform, develop or evaluate new policies or policy change. PREPARE provides expert advice and analysis using rigorous but appropriate methods to inform and evaluate policy.

Our aims

The overall aim of our partnership is to deliver a high quality, responsive service to inform all stages of national policy development, implementation and evaluation.

Funding details

Funded by: National Institute for Health Research Policy Research Programme, grant number NIHR 200702.

Start date: April 2020

End date: March 2025