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Beckie Simpson

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

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Beckie Simpson @beckiesimpson.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
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
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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...
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Jen Lewis @jenlewis.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
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
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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...
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Beckie Simpson @beckiesimpson.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
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
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Beckie Simpson @beckiesimpson.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
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....
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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...
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Beckie Simpson @beckiesimpson.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
New paper!! Estimating the minimum important difference in the ALSFRS-R-instrument in people living with MND www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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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...
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NIHR ARC Yorkshire & Humber @arc-yharc.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
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
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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.
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SCHARR Medical Statistics Group @scharr-msg.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
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...
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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.
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Beckie Simpson @beckiesimpson.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
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...
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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.
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Jen Lewis @jenlewis.bsky.social · 16/10/2024
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.
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