Planning to work with UK DUETs
To promote access to the uncertainties identified by the Partnerships via UK DUETs, Partnerships are expected to ensure that uncertainties are prepared and formatted for inclusion in UK DUETs on completion of their priority setting exercise. This requires identifying resources to:
- consult their membership and others to identify uncertainties, for example through surveys, focus groups or workshops
- collect and collate responses, then check that responses are relevant and legitimate
- prepare the uncertainties for ingestion into UK DUETs
The importance of establishing how this will work cannot be over-emphasised. It is key to the success of the process. Putting the treatment uncertainties through the UK DUETs system will verify that they are uncertainties, and will ensure the work of the Partnership is credible and up-to-date.
The process of working with UK DUETs requires people with experience of:
- survey methodology
- critical appraisal skills
- data management
- database entry
Clear instructions on the steps to prepare and format the uncertainties for inclusion in UK DUETs are detailed
here. An example of a completed Excel spreadsheet with data ready for ingestion is on the guidebook website, as is a blank one ready for use by Priority Setting Partnerships. For more information on formatting and style of presentation of the data go to
www.library.nhs.uk/duets.
