York Health Economics Consortium (YHEC)

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YHEC would like to congratulate Barbara Uzdzinska on being promoted to Senior Research Consultant in the NHS Sector. Well done Barbara!

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New research, co-authored by YHEC's Amy Dymond, Will Green and Erin Barker, has been published in PharmacoEconomics - Open. It examines the cost-effectiveness of continuous remote arrhythmia monitoring with an insertable cardiac monitor.

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#Cardiology #NSTEMI

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A new paper, co-authored by YHEC's Melissa Pegg, delves into the definition of early HTA. It offers valuable insights on how early HTA can be leveraged to support the goal of enhancing environmental sustainability in healthcare.

Read more: yhec.co.uk/resources/pu...

#HTA #SustainableHealthcare

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Catch YHEC's Hayden Holmes this Thursday at York St. John University from 5pm, discussing Move Mates, an award-winning walking buddy charity. YHEC supports volunteering and offers volunteer days to all staff as part of our package. Get tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/york-busin...

New research, co-authored by YHEC's Melissa Pegg, reveals the high cost and carbon footprint of musculoskeletal pain management in primary care. Pharmacological interventions are a key carbon contributor. Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #HealthcareSustainability #NHSNetZero #MSK

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Last week, the YHEC team walked the 21 miles of the Knaresborough Circular for York Foodbank. Support our fundraising and donate to our 2025 charity! YHEC will match every pound raised: www.justgiving.com/page/yhec-wa...

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New publication! 🎉 YHEC's Joe Moss has co-authored a new paper on the cost-effectiveness of subepidermal moisture (SEM) measurement. The study found SEM could reduce costs by improving pressure ulcer prevention in hospitals.

Read it here: yhec.co.uk/resources/pu...

#WoundCare #DiabeticFootUlcers

Glossary | YHEC - York Health Economics Consortium This glossary has been designed with the intention of providing a simple overview of key topics in health economics.

New to health economics or need a quick refresher on key terminology?

Explore YHEC's Glossary - a free resource defining commonly used terms in health economics, outcomes research and HTA.

Browse here: yhec.co.uk/resources/gl...

#HealthEconomics #OutcomesResearch #EvidenceSynthesis

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YHEC Training: Citation Analysis for Systematic Reviews

🗓️ Tuesday 23 September 2025 | Online

Leading information retrieval expert Julie Glanville discusses key tools, methods and the practical applications of citation analysis.

tinyurl.com/4en2cs3v

#SystematicReviews #EvidenceSynthesis #MedLibs

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YHEC would like to welcome Simone Bolton, who joins us as Administrator in our Central Business Services team.

Welcome, Simone!

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👋 Meet Mick Arber, Senior Information Specialist at YHEC.

With 25+ years in health information and evidence synthesis, Mick brings expertise in robust, high-quality literature searching.

Read more: sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/y...

#EvidenceBasedMedicine #MedLibs

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Get your latest dose of YHEC news - our latest newsletter is out today! createsend.com/t/y-626B4B58...

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YHEC training: Identifying Economic Evidence for HTA

🗓️ Wednesday 11 September

This online course presents practical approaches to identifying economic evidence and gives an overview of the use of economic data in HTA.

Find out more: tinyurl.com/nhea2aw3

#HTA #HealthEconomics #EvidenceSynthesis

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Are you attending The King's Fund Integrated Care Summit? Come and speak to YHEC's Nick Hex and Jo Hanlon to find out how we can provide health economic and policy support for health and care systems.

To find out more, contact us: yhec.co.uk/contact-us/

#KFICS25 #IntegratedCare #TheKingsFund

YHEC is proud to have contributed to several high-impact projects featured in the latest Health Innovation Yorkshire and Humber report. Our team has provided independent, real-world evidence on economic impact.

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#HealthInnovation #EconomicEvaluation #DigitalHealth

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Training Opportunity: Public Health Economics and Wider Policy Considerations

Join YHEC’s expert team on Monday 21 July for an online training course exploring economic evaluation in public health and wider policy settings.

Find out more: yhec.co.uk/training/out...

#PublicHealth #PolicyResearch

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The 10-year NHS Plan is out, including a commitment to establishing virtual wards.

We've developed an economic model that can be used to identify if virtual wards incur more or less costs than inpatient care.

Read more: sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/y...

#NHSReform #10YearHealthPlan

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YHEC is at HSR UK and our colleague, Hannah Ross, is excited to present her research on reducing paediatric pre-operative anxiety this afternoon.

Join Hannah in Lecture Theatre G.06 (Research Discussion Session 4) to learn more.

See you there!

#HSRUK2025 #HealthServicesResearch #NHSNetZero

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New paper co-authored by YHEC’s Mick Arber.
This qualitative evidence synthesis offers insights for health and care policy. A must-read for anyone designing person-centred health interventions.

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#HealthServicesResearch #PatientEngagement #QualitativeResearch

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Upcoming Training: Health Economics and Digital Health Technologies

Join the YHEC team for a half-day online course on Thursday 10 July, focused on evaluating and implementing digital health technologies.

Register here: yhec.co.uk/training/out...

#HealthEconomics #DigitalHealth #MarketAccess

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Our team is currently attending the NIHR Hospital at Home and Virtual Wards Conference in Leeds.

If you can't attend but would like to find out more about YHEC's work on Hospital at Home models, contact us: yhec@yok.ac.uk

#NIHR #HospitalAtHome #VirtualWards

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Upcoming Training: Early Economic Modelling to Inform Clinical Trial Design

🗓️ 07 July 2025

Learn how early modelling can support smarter, evidence-based decisions. This online course covers core methods and advanced techniques.

Register here: yhec.co.uk/training/eco...

#HealthEconomics #MedTech

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A new article from the YHEC team in ISPOR’s Value and Outcomes Spotlight: "This Technology Should Be Compared With?… And for Whom? The Digital Health Population Conundrum" tackles key issues in defining comparators.

Read more via: yhec.co.uk/resources/pu...

#HealthEconomics #MedTech #ISPOR

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Are you a professional involved in health policy, public health research or economic evaluation?

Register for our upcoming online training course: Public Health Economics and Wider Policy Considerations on Monday 21 July.

More details: yhec.co.uk/training/out...

#HealthEconomics #PublicHealth

Our latest publication, Opportunities For and Challenges of Conducting Indirect Treatment Comparisons and Meta-Analyses for Vaccines in Post-EU HTA Regulation Era, has been featured in the Journal of Market Access and Health Policy. Read more: www.mdpi.com/2001-6689/13...

#EUHTA #HTAR #Vaccines

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Happening TODAY at #HTAi2025! Don't miss the second plenary session, titled: NextGen Methods: Hype or Here to Stay?, where YHEC's Melissa Pegg will be sharing her insights on the critical topic of environmental sustainability in HTA.

Contact us to find out more: yhec.co.uk/contact-us/

YHEC Careers - YHEC - York Health Economics Consortium YHEC is a leading health economics consultancy based at the University of York and regularly advertises a range of health economics jobs

New vacancies!

We're recruiting:

A Project Director with significant experience of directing evidence synthesis projects to tight deadlines.

A Senior Research Consultant, with experience of developing & managing literature reviews.

Closing date: 04 July 2025

More details: yhec.co.uk/careers/

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New blog on health equality and economic evaluation.

YHEC's Robert Malcolm, explores why reducing health inequalities must be more than an aspiration and how methods like DCEA can help make it a reality.

Read now: sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/y...

#HealthEquity #DCEA #HTA #EconomicEvaluation

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📬 Hot off the press! The latest edition of our newsletter is here, featuring a bumper crop of upcoming training opportunities in health economics and evidence synthesis.

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#HealthEconomics #EvidenceBasedMedicine #YHECInsights

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It's one week until NHS Confed Expo! YHEC's experts in the health and care sector will be attending, including Director, Matthew Taylor.

Come and speak to the team at stand G35 on 11 and 12 June 2025.

Contact us to find out more about our services: yhec.co.uk/contact-us/

#NHSConfedExpo