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Mark Bellgrove <xxxx.xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx>
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Thursday, 30 September 2021 11:21 AM
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Clinical Guidelines
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Re: ADHD guideline search date question [SEC=OFFICIAL]
Thanks Geraint for this advice.
We will meet to make a plan Monday and if needs be we might organise a zoom to discuss with you.
Unfortunately we have had to cancel so many of our guideline development group (GDG) meetings with COVID that
it has really negatively impacted us.
On Thu, 30 Sept 2021 at 10:59, Clinical Guidelines <xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx.xx> wrote:
Hi
The answer is unfortunately yes.
A number of developers are in a similar position and we have been asking them to arrange top‐up searches to
ensure they meet the mandatory criterion C4 if the NHMRC procedures and requirements which requires a latest
search date within 12 months of public consultation (a December public consultation would make it 18 months)
and within 20 months of submission to NHMRC.
Sorry if this is not the response you were hoping for.
Regards
Geraint
Geraint Duggan
Director, Clinical Guidelines
Research Translation Branch
National Health and Medical Research Council
xxxxxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx.xx
+61 3 8866 0403 / 0414 045 550
nhmrc.gov.au
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To: Clinical Guidelines <xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx.xx>; Mark Bellgrove <xxxx.xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx>
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Subject: ADHD guideline search date question
Dear Geraint and Stephanie,
I hope you are both keeping well.
May I please ask your thoughts about an issue we have with our search dates? COVID has considerably impacted
the availability of our clinical contributors to review the technical evidence reports and draft/GRADE
recommendations. We are hoping to finalise recommendations in the next month, and meet 6‐7 November,
however our searches were done as far back as July 2020. I have rerun one of the searches and am planning to list
the new studies that meet PICO according to abstract under the heading "Articles awaiting assessment". Given the
difficulties of getting to this stage, it is not really feasible to fully review and incorporate search results into
evidence reviews.
We aim for public consultation in December.
Do you envisage problems for us in relation to the search date?
Thanks and best wishes,
Diagnosis, management and treatment of ADHD - an Australian ADHD Professionals
Association (AADPA) evidence-based guideline, in development.
Monash University Affiliate, Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation
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On 13/08/2021 10:40 am, Clinical Guidelines wrote:
Dear
& Mark
I wanted to send you a quick note to let you know I’m starting a new role at NHMRC (on
Monday); reporting to the Governance, Regulation and Secretariat Support team.
Nothing will change to the approval process of your guideline except your main point of
contacts for the moment will be Geraint and Stephanie through the
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx.xx mailbox.
Thank you for your all your help over the last couple of years and I wish you well with
your work on the ADHD guidelines.
Kind regards,
Sally
Sally Wright
Senior Project Officer, Clinical Practice Guidelines
Research Translation
National Health and Medical Research Council
xxxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx.xx
+61 03 8866 0411
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