Inadmissible evidence: The double standard in evidence-based practice, and how it harms patients (3 November 2020)

Summary

This report by the Patient Experience Library explores the reasons why the healthcare system in the UK has failed to listen to and learn from patient experience. It highlights how the NHS – at an institutional and cultural level – fails to take patient experience evidence seriously enough. It also identifies steps that would strengthen evidence-based practice and ensure that the patient voice is better heard.