Research One delivers systematic reviews, evidence synthesis, evaluation and technical review for public bodies and international agencies. Every commission is appraised by medical professionals who work in the field concerned, not by whoever happens to be on the payroll.
We work for NHS organisations, government departments and their agencies, local authorities, health research bodies and international organisations. The output is a report a decision-maker can rely on and a method a reviewer can check.
Systematic reviews, rapid reviews, scoping reviews, evidence maps and evidence summaries. Reproducible search strategies, dual independent screening and extraction, and reporting to recognised standards.
Independent process, impact and outcome evaluation of health programmes, services and pilots. Evaluation design, theory of change and framework development, data collection, analysis and reporting.
Convening and managing specialist advisory groups, structured expert elicitation, and peer review of draft guidance, protocols and technical documents by practitioners in the relevant field.
Statistical analysis, survey design and analysis, and bibliometric analysis of research output and impact for funders and institutions.
Research reports, policy briefings, plain-language summaries and academic writing, with editorial review to publication standard.
Evidence synthesis, evaluation and technical review for United Nations agencies, donors and international health programmes, drawing on in-country expertise where the work requires it.
Short courses, workshops and mentored programmes in evidence synthesis, research methods, critical appraisal and scientific writing, for public bodies, health services and research teams.
Protocol development, ethics and funding submissions, and specialist editing of manuscripts, reports and guidance for clarity, accuracy and journal or publisher requirements.
Research One does not carry standing staff between contracts. Each commission is delivered by a team assembled for that piece of work, drawn from a panel of medical and research professionals: physicians and surgeons, epidemiologists, public health specialists, psychiatrists, nurses, statisticians and methodologists.
The person appraising the evidence practises in the field the evidence is about.
That is the point of the model. A review of stroke pathways is read by a neurologist. A cancer evaluation is read by an oncologist. Buyers pay for the expertise a project needs and not for capacity sitting idle between contracts.
The panel is international by design. Members work in health systems across the United Kingdom, the United States, China, Nepal and beyond, and it grows with every commission: when a question needs expertise from a country or a discipline we do not yet cover, we recruit for it. Evidence assembled by people who have only ever worked inside one health system tends to look like that system. Ours is built to avoid that.
The same discipline applies whether the piece of work is a two-week rapid review or an eighteen-month evaluation.
Question, method, deliverables, timeline and the named team are fixed with the commissioner before work begins. Changes are agreed, not assumed.
Searches are documented and reproducible. Screening and extraction are done independently by two reviewers. Appraisal tools and analysis plans are stated up front.
Every deliverable is read by a specialist in the relevant field and by an editor before submission. Drafts are shared for comment; final reports are signed off by the project lead.
Research One is set up for the way public bodies buy: registered on the UK Central Digital Platform, with a D-U-N-S number, a UK company registration and the supplier documentation procurement teams expect.
Research One maintains the policies required of suppliers to the UK public sector. Documents are published on this page as they are finalised and reviewed annually.
Our commitment to net zero greenhouse gas emissions and the measures in place to reduce the impact of our operations.
Being finalisedHow we manage the environmental aspects of our work and our programme of improvement.
Being finalisedOur approach to inclusive recruitment of panel members, engagement and working practices.
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