Table 3.

Organisation-based sources and types of knowledge mentioned in interviews or observed

	Department of Health	NICE	NHS Improving Quality	Public health	CSU	‘Think tanks’ e.g. Kings Fund	Royal Colleges	Local healthcare providers	Non-local CCGs/ CSUs & healthcare providers	Commercial & not-for- profit providers
Best practice	✓		✓			✓	✓		✓	✓
Local relationships					✓
Electronic newsletters			✓			✓
Organisational development					✓	✓				✓
Commissioning guidance	✓					✓	?
Clinical guidelines		✓					✓
‘Horizon scanning’										✓
Academic research		✓		✓		✓
Improvement tools			✓							✓
Project management					✓					✓
Service &/or population data				✓	✓			✓
Commissioning experience				✓		✓			✓	✓
Products										✓
Patient pathways								✓	✓
Advanced data = interrogation skills										✓