2nd April 2012 YHEC Supports AHP QIPP Toolkits YHEC developed the economic arguments that support the AHP QIPP toolkits that were launched by NHS London on 19 March. The toolkits are designed to allow healthcare providers and commissioners to maximise the value they get from using allied health professionals in a variety of care pathways. Click here.
20th March 2012 Paper Published in The Journal of Medical Economics Matthew Taylor and colleagues have had a paper published in the Journal of Medical Economics: "Cost-Effectiveness of Zoledronic Acid vs. Clodronic Acid for Newly-Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma from the United Kingdom Healthcare System Perspective". Please click here for further details
19th March 2012 Paper Published in The European Journal of Public Health Matthew Bending and colleagues have had a paper published in the European Journal of Public Health titled: "Should we invest in environmental interventions to encourage physical activity in England? An economic appraisal". Please click here for further details.
21st November 2011 Paper Accepted for The International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
Martyn Burke, Ruth Shenton & Matthew Taylor have had a paper accepted for the International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology: The Economics of Screening Infants at Risk of Hearing Impairment: An International Analysis. Please click here
18th November 2011 YHEC Contribution to New HTA report Julie Glanville has contributed to a new HTA report on FDG positron emission tomography/computerised tomography (PET/CT) in pre-operative staging of colorectal cancer: a systematic review and economic evaluation. Please click here.
14th November 2011 NICE Joint Information Day in London on 14 November 2011 Julie Glanville presented update of aMRC-funded project on search filter performance at the NICE Joint Information Day in London on 14 November 2011.
7th November 2011 ISPOR 14th Annual European Congress - 5-8 November 2011 Madrid, Spain
YHEC are exhibiting and presenting at ISPORs European conference. Here are two of the posters that are being presented.
25th October 2011 Clinical Trial Registers as a Source of Trials for Cochrane Reviews Julie Glanville, Steven Duffy and Rachael McCool presented a poster at the Cochrane Colloquium last week, “Clinical Trial Registers as a Source of Trials for Cochrane Reviews.” In addition Julie and co-authors have presented “A Systematic Review of Studies that Develop or Evaluate Search Filters for the Retrieval of Diagnostic Studies in MEDLINE”.
20th October 2011 Centre to assess new medical devices York Health Economics Consortium (YHEC) working with the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (NUTH) is this week launching the partnership as one of four centres nationally to undertake assessments of medical devices on behalf of NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence). The launch event, to be held on Wednesday 19th October at NUTH, celebrates the opening of an External Assessment Centre which sees YHEC and NUTH become partners in a major contract to assess and evaluate new and emerging medical technologies for NICE. The centre will assess the technical, clinical and cost effectiveness of new medical devices to inform NICE guidance which helps NHS staff to make informed purchasing decisions. Scientists, economists and engineers at the centre will also work with NICE to facilitate further research on promising technologies where current evidence is limited. Professor John Hutton, Director of the York Health Economics Consortium said: “YHEC has worked with NICE on a variety of projects since 1999 and we are particularly pleased to become one of its External Assessment Centres. The Centre contract provides an exciting opportunity to expand our collaboration with Newcastle to support the development, assessment and adoption of cost-effective technologies in the NHS”. Dr. Andrew Sims, Head of Clinical Measurement and Engineering Unit for the Regional Medical Physics Department at NUTH said: “It’s great to be able to launch the centre this week and let people know about all the great work we have been doing with York Health Economics Consortium in regards to medical device evaluation. Being involved in bringing new technologies into service and helping to ensure that devices are effective is something we are really proud of.” Professor Carole Longson, Director of the Centre for Health Technology Evaluation at NICE, said “We’re delighted to welcome the new joint external assessment centre based at Newcastle and York. Their input to the production of NICE medical technology guidance will be essential, providing independent assessment of the evidence available for devices going through the NICE evaluation process. We look forward to working with the centre, and benefitting from their combined technical and economics expertise in supporting the development of robust guidance for the NHS.” For more information about the Medical Technologies Evaluation Programme visit www.nice.org.uk/mt or http://www.newcastle-hospitals.org.uk/services/medical-physics.aspx
27th September 2011 Dr Sarah King has joined us as our new Senior Consultant for Systematic Reviews. Sarah King is an experienced systematic reviewer with a primary research record in medical anthropology. As a senior reviewer, she led and managed a diverse number of systematic reviews requiring both quantitative and qualitative analyses at the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD), and the Department of Health Sciences, University of York. She has also worked on the DARE reviews database assessing the quality of systematic reviews. She has worked for YHEC as an Associate for a number of years.
26th September 2011 YHEC’s 25th Anniversary
York Health Economics Consortium (YHEC) celebrated its 25th Anniversary in September with an event at the Ron Cooke Hub. Staff past and present and friends and associates gathered to reflect on YHEC’s achievements and to hear presentations from the Consortium’s current director, Professor John Hutton, as well as Mike Farrar (Chief Executive, NHS Confederation), Simon Morritt (Chief Executive, Sheffield Children’s Hospital), and Professor Trevor Sheldon (Chair of the YHEC Board of Directors). Former directors of YHEC, John Posnett and Peter West, attended the celebration. Professor Hutton commented, “It was good to see so many supporters and collaborators of YHEC meeting current and former staff members. Everyone present contributed to the undoubted past success of YHEC and I look forward to continuing that success into the future.” YHEC was established in 1986 to provide economic research capacity to the NHS. Since then YHEC has grown, benefitting from the creation of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, in 1999. More recently, the portfolio has expanded to include applied research in the health sector and cost-effectiveness modelling for private sector health care companies. The group has contributed to a number of large national research programmes, including assessment of the Wanless Report in 2004, the Department of Health’s strategy for bowel cancer in 2007 and the review of waste medicines in the NHS in 2010. Consortium staff continue to be active in teaching and education and the organisation has made a significant financial contribution to the University since become a private company in 2001.
20th September 2011 Academia and industry join forces to improve quality of life for cancer patients A new research partnership between York Health Economics Consortium (YHEC), the University of York, and AstraZeneca will seek to improve oncology care by encouraging more extensive patient feedback on their symptoms and well-being during clinical trials. See link
2nd August 2011 ISPOR 14th Annual European Congress, 5-8 November 2011. Madrid, Spain YHEC will be exhibiting and presenting at the forthcoming European ISPOR conference in Madrid. Details are available at the following link.
5th July 2011 Benenden Healthcare Society John Hutton, Director of YHEC, is presenting at Benenden Healthcare Society's Summer Reception Launch of 'Mutuals & the new NHS health reforms'.
17th June 2011 HTAi 2011 Conference in Rio de Janeiro.
Matthew Bending will be presenting a podium presentation on the use of indirect treatment comparisons and network meta-analysis in NICE Single Technology Appraisals (STA) at the HTAi 2011 Conference in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil between the 27-29th of June 2011.
Matthew will also be presenting three posters on the impact of consultation stages on NICE decision-making, a systematic review of OECD countries evaluation criteria and a systematic review of the influence of factors on OECD reimbursement decisions. A poster will also be presented on the evaluation of physical activity and the missing adverse events costs, authored by Sebastian Hinde, Matthew Bending and Sophie Beale.
3rd June 2011 Pre-emptive investment as a way to drive down cases of health care acquired infections?. Nick Hex gave a presentation on 'Pre-emptive investment as a way to drive down cases of health care acquired infections?' at a conference organised by the Infectious Disease Research Network and University of Cambridge in Leeds on 23 May 2011.
26th April 2011 Staff announcement. Steven Duffy and Martyn Burke have been promoted to Senior Consultants within YHEC
19th April 2011 ISPOR 16th Annual International Meeting.
Matthew Taylor, Lily Lewis, John Hutton and Matthew Bending will be presenting several posters at ISPOR 16th Annual International Meeting on May 21-25, 2011.
17th March 2011 Cost-effectiveness of Hospital Design. A report and briefing paper authored by Karin Lowson, Matthew Bending, Dianne Wright and Steven Duffy has been published by the Patient Safety Research Portfolio (PSRP) on behalf of the Department of Health.
9th March 2011 UK primary care research highlighted. A study on the performance of UK primary care research co-authored by Julie Glanville has been published in the BMJ.
Research output on primary care in Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States: bibliometric analysis. BMJ 2011; 342:d1028.
18th February 2011 Demonstrating Value for Money in Medical Technologies Martyn Burke is presenting "Demonstrating Value for Money in Medical Technologies" at the Irish Medical & Surgical Trade Association Annual Conference 24 Feb 2011 in Dublin
26th January 2011 Staff changes at YHEC. Dr Matthew Taylor has been appointed Deputy Director of YHEC from January 2011. Ruth Saxby and Lindsay Claxton have been appointed as consultants
23rd November 2010 'Evaluation of the Scale, Causes and Costs of Waste Medicines' report published.
York Health Economics Consortium and the School of Pharmacy, University of London, are publishing a report entitled 'Evaluation of the Scale, Causes and Costs of Waste Medicines'. This contains the findings of a major new research project on medicines wastage in NHS primary and community care.
To provide media colleagues with an opportunity to explore the report's findings and implications with the authors and DH colleagues, a media launch will be held in the Conference Room at the Royal Society. This will start at 10.30am on the morning of November 23rd, and will be followed by light refreshments from about 12.15pm.
6th November 2010 ISPOR Congress - Prague 6th - 9th November 2010 Meet YHEC staff at the YHEC stand, John Hutton, Matthew Taylor, Martyn Burke and Tom Patton are attending the Congress.
1st April 2009 Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF)
A collaborative research team comprising researchers from the University of Manchester, the Centre for Health Economics at the University of York and YHEC has been appointed by NICE to assist in the development of the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF).
The QOF provides performance indicators and incentives for primary care organisations in the NHS in England. NICE has recently taken responsibility for further development of the QOF and has commissioned the research team to identify new, evidence based performance indicators for primary care.
For further information please contact Martyn Burke on pt507@york.ac.uk or 01904 324825.
24th November 2008 YHEC Collaboration with NHS Quality Improvement Scotland
YHEC has been working with NHS Quality Improvement Scotland to develop a health technology assessment of thromboelastography (TE). TE is a technology that is designed to identify excessive bleeding resulting from surgical procedures. TE has the potential to reduce blood transfusions and the potential complications that are associated with them. A full report, as well as a condensed version, of the health technology assessment can be accessed through the NHS QIS website below.
