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Beckie Simpson

@beckiesimpson.bsky.social

Medical statistician at the University of Sheffield. Posts are mainly work, music and animals... Views are my own

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Clinical advisors at NHS 111 improve accuracy for paediatric patients and their advice is more reliably followed: a retrospective observational cohort study Objective To determine whether National Health Service (NHS) 111 advice regarding paediatric patients given by clinically trained health advisors (CHAs) is, as previously found for adult patients, les...

Our latest paper looking at differences in how clinical vs non-clinical NHS 111 staff handle calls about children
adc.bmj.com/content/earl...
@jenlewis.bsky.social @scharr-msg.bsky.social @arc-yharc.bsky.social
#NHS111 #CUREd

30.10.2025 12:10 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Clinical advisors at NHS 111 improve accuracy for paediatric patients and their advice is more reliably followed: a retrospective observational cohort study Objective To determine whether National Health Service (NHS) 111 advice regarding paediatric patients given by clinically trained health advisors (CHAs) is, as previously found for adult patients, les...

Happily, we've had faster progress with another recent paper, just published! We use #CUREd data to show quite dramatic differences in how clinical & non-clinical NHS 111 staff handle calls about children: adc.bmj.com/content/earl... #NHS111 #BMJ #NHS @scharr-msg.bsky.social @arc-yharc.bsky.social

27.10.2025 11:17 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Our PhD student is looking for children aged 5-16 with asthma in the UK to complete a survey to better understand inhaler use during the summer holidays among children and adolescents with asthma:
shef.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Please forward on.
@stevenjulious.bsky.social

03.09.2025 13:18 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Further development of a patient-reported outcome measure to assess the impact of oral secretion problems in people living with MND Objective: Oral secretion problems are common yet poorly managed in people living with MND (plwMND). A validated patient-reported outcome for measuring saliva symptoms in this patient group would f...

Second paper from the prosec3 study: Further development of a patient-reported outcome measure to assess the impact of oral secretion problems in people living with MND www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

11.03.2025 10:26 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Estimating the minimum important difference in the ALSFRS-R-instrument in people living with MND Objective: The Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Functional Rating Scale (ALSFRS-R) is a commonly used outcome measure in clinical trials for motor neuron disease (MND) therapies. As such, understandin...

New paper!! Estimating the minimum important difference in the ALSFRS-R-instrument in people living with MND www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

10.02.2025 09:18 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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How often are children attending the emergency department for a non-urgent attendance? - ARC In this study, we aimed to explore differences in non-urgent attendances and urgent attendances in children to ED and determine which children present in this way and when.

New Blog: How often are children attending the emergency department for a non-urgent attendance? Our statistician Rebecca Simpson breaks down the patterns in pediatric ED visits.

@sheffielduni.bsky.social

Read more: tinyurl.com/27spw598

05.02.2025 11:17 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Non-urgent emergency department attendances in children: a retrospective observational analysis Introduction A significant proportion of ED attendances in children may be non-urgent attendances (NUAs), which could be better managed elsewhere. This study aimed to quantify NUAs and urgent attendan...

This based on previously published work doi.org/10.1136/emer...

29.01.2025 15:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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How often are children attending the emergency department for a non-urgent attendance? - ARC In this study, we aimed to explore differences in non-urgent attendances and urgent attendances in children to ED and determine which children present in this way and when.

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...

29.01.2025 11:51 — 👍 1    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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How often are children attending the emergency department for a non-urgent attendance? - ARC In this study, we aimed to explore differences in non-urgent attendances and urgent attendances in children to ED and determine which children present in this way and when.

Blog: In this study, we aimed to explore differences in non-urgent attendances and urgent attendances in children to ED and determine which children present in this way and when... arc-yh.nihr.ac.uk/resources/bl...

29.01.2025 11:49 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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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.

16.10.2024 09:10 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

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