Thrilled to share our new paper, now published in BMC HSR. This work suggests that emergency care facilities across the country now experience 'winter' levels of demand and pressure all year round.
Thanks to co-authors & @arc-yharc.bsky.social, @hdruk.bsky.social!
#UEC #NHS #WinterPressure
New publication:
Multiplicity adjustment approaches in publicly funded multi-arm trials: a comprehensive review of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Journals Library
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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We've written a new blog. The blog reviews a recent publication by one of our colleagues that discusses what we might already know about the performance of SDECs.
You can read the blog on our website:
sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...
ℹ️ Upcoming work:
WP3a will involve observations of SDEC services around the country, and interviews with patients and staff.
Our plans have been developed through discussions with patients, stakeholders, hospitals, and research support networks. We will submit our plans for ethical review soon.
3️⃣In time for the beginning of our third work package, we'll be welcoming two new qualitative researchers to the team.
Both researchers will support Professor Fiona Sampson with observations of SDEC services around the country, and interviews with patients and staff.
2️⃣We spent the summer surveying type-1 EDs in England, asking about their SDEC services.
We are grateful to the kind and patient staff who took the time to complete our online survey.
We are now busy processing the responses to find a meaningful and helpful way to classify SDEC services.
1️⃣ We now have the data needed for the first national evaluation of SDEC services in England
WP2a is a study describing trends in health outcomes over time and between hospitals. WP2b is a cost-consequential study describing the policy-level effect of SDEC services on policy outcomes and NHS costs.
The first 12 months of our project evaluating same-day emergency care (SDEC) is nearly over.
You can read about how the project is progressing on our website:
sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...
@fohsheffield.bsky.social @scharr-msg.bsky.social @arc-yharc.bsky.social
#SDEC #NHS #NIHR
How is missing data handled in cluster randomized controlled trials? A review of trials published in the NIHR Journals Library 1997–2024
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Comparison of statistical methods for the analysis of patient-reported outcomes (PROs), particularly the Short-Form 36 (SF-36), in randomised controlled trials (RCTs) using standardised effect size (SES): an empirical analysis
hqlo.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
The 'Reducing Avoidable Admissions in Acute Hospital Care: The role and impact of Same Day Emergency Care Services' project website is now live.
Find out about our research at: sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...
@sheffielduni.bsky.social @fohsheffield.bsky.social @arc-yharc.bsky.social
The first output from the Same Day Emergency Care project.
A rapid evidence review of same-day emergency-care services (SDECs), comparing definitions, descriptions and actual use: Protocol
doi.org/10.15131/she...
Invitation to a Two-Round Delphi Study on Sample Size Reporting in Trial Grant Applications and Protocols for Adaptive Designs!
Click the link below to participate 👏:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Or directly contact: qzhang104@sheffield.ac.uk.
Please add me, thanks.
In Nov I started my first NIHR funded research project as Chief Investigator.
Over the next 30 months, I'll be working with a fantastic team to investigate the impact of Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) services on acute hospital admissions and discharge.
fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk/award/NIHR16...
Bookings are open for our online short course How to Understand Statistics in Research
Thursday 1st May - Thursday 22nd May 2025 (4 half-day sessions, over 4 consecutive weeks)
Course lead: @richardjacques.bsky.social
For more information see:
www.sheffield.ac.uk/smph/modules...
New @arc-yharc.bsky.social blog by @beckiesimpson.bsky.social on "How often are children attending the emergency department for a non-urgent attendance?"
arc-yh.nihr.ac.uk/resources/bl...
The cost-effectiveness of using waking salivary cortisol in the diagnosis of adrenal sufficiency
eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/219103/
New paper published in Statistical Methods in Medical Research:
Comparison of statistical methods for the analysis of patient-reported outcomes in randomised controlled trials: A simulation study
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
My colleagues @beckiesimpson.bsky.social, @richardjacques.bsky.social and I had fun at
#EUSEM, though we are statisticians out of water among ED clinicians! We presented our work with NHS routine data: understanding avoidable admissions, winter pressures, and advisor skill-set & NHS111 performance.