Excited to see this work on the cost of cancer published today in @thelancetoncol.bsky.social! Fantastic to work with @healthdatainsight.bsky.social to bring together cancer registration, diagnostic and treatment datasets @england.nhs.uk www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @auhe-leeds.bsky.social

Influence of stage at cancer diagnosis on NHS hospital care costs in England: a national, retrospective, population-based cohort study using individual patient-level data

Estimates of the cost of cancer care are crucial for the economic evaluation of screening interventions and other early cancer diagnosis initiatives. …

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The latest @nhsengland.bsky.social board papers are worth reading, especially the update on #healthinequalities and the NHS Race and Health Observatory. And in particular this para on #accountability #yes www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/he...

Our @crukpolicy.bsky.social funded report on the costs of cancer in the UK is out today @auhe-leeds.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social @leedsbeckett.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social @cancerdataedin.bsky.social www.leeds.ac.uk/main-index/n...

UK economy losing billions to cancer

Cancer is costly for patients and the NHS – but it also has a significant impact on the UK economy, according to research led by the University of Leeds.

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As an NHS GP, I can now prescribe weight-loss jabs – but a quick fix for obesity is not what we need | Helen Salisbury

Few patients will be eligible for the drugs. Better food regulation and social policy are far more likely to give lasting results, says GP Helen Salisbury

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Fascinating lecture by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social on How digitalisation increases health inequalities. Introduced by @auhe-leeds.bsky.social 's own @katiespencer.bsky.social at Leeds Uni Med School. I suspect (hope) lots of research ideas and plans are being generated to build on this. Thank you 🙏

Congratulations @montefiored.bsky.social & team 👏🏽 I remember talking to you in clinic about this as a registrar. Great to see the results and the impact for patients #ESTRO25 @thelancetoncol.bsky.social

Exciting #JobOpportunity! We're recruiting a #PostDoc with expertise in #EconSky #EpiSky #NHS #data to join us at @auhe-leeds.bsky.social. You'll work with a multi-disciplinary team using routine data to address #cancer #inequalities. Get in touch for more info! jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Research Fellow

Are you an ambitious researcher looking for your next challenge? Do you have a background in economics, econometrics, statistics, epidemiology or health data science? Are you interested in working wit...

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If you want people to understand what you're doing, don't put figures and tables at the end. Sincerely, Everyone

"To get Britain working we need to get Britain healthy" - our BMJ editorial today with ideas for government @lukemunford.bsky.social @healthequitynorth.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/388/...

To get Britain working we need to get Britain healthy

An approach linking health and skills could boost employability In the UK, 2.8 million people are economically inactive and in receipt of health related welfare benefits.1 Almost a million young peop...

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Doctors are in the business of supporting vulnerable people. As Virchow said: "The physician is the natural attorney of the poor." Anyone who believes healthcare can ever be completely apolitical, or separate from the issues of the day, is kidding themselves. #WSM2025

We’re recruiting a full-time post-doc to work with @katiespencer.bsky.social! If you have #econometric, #data science or #epidemiology skills this post investigating the causes of the deprivation gap in #cancer survival could be for you. Get in touch for more info! tinyurl.com/2fes4pmj

Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Research Fellow

Are you an ambitious researcher looking for your next challenge? Do you have a background in economics, econometrics, statistics, epidemiology or health data science? Are you interested in working wit...

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Are you a health economist, epidemiologist or data scientist with experience using routine healthcare data? Interested in equity in cancer care? Come and join this exciting @nihr.bsky.social funded project! Work with a range of stakeholders and build your skills. jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Research Fellow

Are you an ambitious researcher looking for your next challenge? Do you have a background in economics, econometrics, statistics, epidemiology or health data science? Are you interested in working wit...

jobs.leeds.ac.uk

Very excited to say that in 2025 I'll become an NIHR Advanced Fellow! @nihr.bsky.social Finding out how we spend money in NHS cancer care, if this influences the deprivation gap in survival and how policy can reduce the gap. @universityofleeds.bsky.social @annetteboaz.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social

Why not submit an abstract of your latest health and care services research for the @hsruk.bsky.social annual conference to be held in Newcastle in July? More information at hsruk2025.org #healthpolicysky #healthresearch #healthservicesresearch #academicsky #medsky

Upgrade your #causalinference arsenal. A revision of our book "Causal Inference: What If" is available at miguelhernan.org/whatifbook Thanks to everyone who suggested improvements, reported typos, and proposed new citations and material. Enjoy the #WhatIfBook plus code and data. Also, it's free.

Update: this list has now 100 (!) women political economists to follow! 🤩 Thanks so much for the (self-)recommendations, I'm thrilled to connect and reconnect with you all here & so looking forward to learning more about your work! Still 50 spots open! 🙋 go.bsky.app/QFrdfh3

We still have a relatively poor understanding of the relationship between evidence and policy. Program evaluation in particular is often motivated by a desire to make policy better. But how effective is program evaluation itself?Michelle Rao's JMP tackles this question. www.michellerao.com/research

Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) against women is a major public health and inequality concern. It's not clear what causes it or how to reduce it. Gaby Deschamps' JMP considers that IPV is positively correlated with motherhood, and asks if we can understand why. www.gabrieladeschamps.com/research

Interesting to see this on AI-assisted qual. We’ve been trialling this at Nesta to assess strengths and weaknesses. Findings below. Key thing for me is: don’t think about it as qual - you lose the richness of human conversation. But it is a powerful technique… 1/n www.nesta.org.uk/blog/can-ai-...

Can AI drive innovation in qualitative research? Here’s what we’ve learnt.

AI could scale up qualitative research to a whole new level, but not without limitations

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Hetan Shah@hetanshah.bsky.social · 2y ago

AI chatbots could help lower the cost and increase the reach of survey research - interestingly on political questions participants found it easier to express their views as the chatbot is a ‘non judgemental entity’ www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ai-chat...

Tom Roques #RoyalCollegeofRadiologists highlighting the crucial role of workforce planning and development in delivering equitable global access to radiotherapy #radonc #WorldRadiotherapyAwarenessDay @rose.graysky.social

Katie Spencer@katiespencer.bsky.social · 2y ago

Kicking off the launch of #WorldRadiotherapyAwarenessDay #WRAD2025 Exciting to see the global coalition coming together to highlight the importance of #Radiotherapy #radonc for patients with cancer across the world.

Kicking off the launch of #WorldRadiotherapyAwarenessDay #WRAD2025 Exciting to see the global coalition coming together to highlight the importance of #Radiotherapy #radonc for patients with cancer across the world.

The November national newsletter from across all 15 NIHR ARCs mailchi.mp/nihr/novembe... #HealthInequalities, implementing nationwide interventions to improve #MentalHealth care, building #KnowledgeMobilisation capacity, multiple long-term conditions #MLTC research, awards, training, events & more

The NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs) November 2024 newsletter

The national newsletter from across all the NIHR ARCs. In this edition: Regional health inequalities, a type 2 diabetes self-management programme tailored to the UK’s African and Caribbean communities...

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Are policies like medicines? Not really, no. Time for a new push on empiricism medium.com/@jamestplunk... Excellent blog on the limits of what might be termed medical model approach in evidence to inform answers to complex social problems

Are policies like medicines?

Not really, no. Time for a new push on empiricism.

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HOW TO TRANSITION FROM TWITTER TO BLUESKY!! (Another image because alt text couldn’t fit it all)

"If you really want to deliver best practice for each individual patient, you may need to get off your soapbox and become curious about why so many patients end up not swallowing your guidelines and advice" @johnlauner.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/387/...

Updated starter pack for education and labor economics 📈📉 Help me add more people! Recent additions (1/2) @colinpgreen.bsky.social @imarinescu.bsky.social @hhsievertsen.bsky.social @montesinosmv.bsky.social go.bsky.app/JChuCgc

"Reading and conducting instrumental variable studies: guide, glossary, and checklist" - nice new paper in the @bmj.com from @tfeend.bsky.social and colleagues! #EpiSky #StatsSky www.bmj.com/content/387/...

Reading and conducting instrumental variable studies: guide, glossary, and checklist

Instrumental variable analysis uses naturally occurring variation to estimate the causal effects of treatments, interventions, and risk factors on outcomes in the population from observational data. U...

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The PACE-A trial results have been published in European Urology. The phase 3 trial compares the quality of life of #ProstateCancer patients treated with stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) versus surgery, 2 years after treatment. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Radical Prostatectomy Versus Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Clinically Localised Prostate Cancer: Results of the PACE-A Randomised Trial

Randomised data on patient-reported outcomes (PROs) for stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) and prostatectomy in localised prostate cancer are lacki…

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Our new analysis reveals concerning variation in #NHS waiting times depending on patients' age, sex, ethnicity and how deprived their local area is. Findings from our #QualityWatch programme with the Health Foundation. 👇 www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/nh...

NHS hospital care: Who is waiting and what are they waiting for?

Backlogs in NHS care and long waiting times in England are widespread, and politicians, policymakers and the public are well aware of this. But headline numbers obscure important distinctions, and que...

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Just moved across from @katiespencer72 on X. Looking forward to building back better 😊 #Cancer #RadOnc #Equity #HealthData #HealthEconomics