Navigating the Global Impact of NICE Decisions. An insightful article from the Office of Health Economics (OHE) highlights how decisions by NICE significantly shape international HTA landscapes, with negative decisions often having a particularly strong influence. At YHEC, our

Our Medical Writing Tip of the Month looks at weasel words. 'Weasel words' replace data to give a rough indication of scale. As these numbers are open to interpretation, it is good practice to avoid using these words. For example, "a small RCT. " could mean different things

👋 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. He explains how YHEC's information specialists are a core, integral part of the review

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

New vacancy: Research Assistant. Are you a recent graduate with a degree in economics, biomedical sciences, psychology, mathematics or statistics? York Health Economics Consortium (YHEC) is looking for a Research Assistant to join our Pharmaceutical Sector. You'll undertake

Enhance your expertise in Health Technology Assessment (HTA) with our online two-day workshop, Practical Issues in Producing Network Meta-Analyses (NMA) for HTA. 📅 16 and 17 September 2025 | 💻 Online. •Understand key steps in NMA for indirect treatment comparisons.•Learn to

This week, our Word of the Week is Return on Investment (ROI). ROI is a performance measure used to evaluate the efficiency of a project or to compare the efficiency of a number of different projects. ROI measures the amount of return on a project relative to its cost. Read

YHEC is committed to offering opportunities to the next generation of researchers. We are delighted to be hosting students on placement over the summer. The students will be working with the team to gain valuable experience of careers in research consultancy. Find out more

Our Medical Writing Word of the Month is Trifurcate. Trifurcate means having three branches or forks. An example sentence: "While the left main coronary artery is typically split into two branches, it is trifurcated in around 10% to 15% of all left main coronary artery

Advancing Cost-Effective Cardiovascular Prevention in Spain. Our latest published work, co-authored by YHEC's Associate Director, Stuart Mealing, and Senior Research Consultant, Amy Dymond, offers critical insights into the cost-effectiveness of the CV-Polypill for secondary

Our team had a fantastic experience at the NIHR Hospital at Home and Virtual Wards Conference, where Barbara Uzdzinska and Rachael MacDonald presented their work on developing economic models for Hospital at Home services. Particularly valuable were the discussions around

📢 New Training Opportunity from YHEC: Identifying Economic Evidence for HTA. 🗓️ Wednesday 11 September 2025. Are you involved in health technology assessment or systematic reviews of economic evidence? Designed to enhance your skills in identifying economic literature to inform

🔍 Delivering Impact through Innovation. YHEC is proud to have contributed to several high-impact projects featured in the latest Health Innovation Yorkshire and Humber report. Working with our partners, we’ve tackled diverse topics, including using technology to reduce.

Are you attending The King's Fund Integrated Care Summit? Come and speak to YHEC's Nick Hex and Jo Hanlon today to find out how we can provide health economic and policy support for integrated care systems and other local health systems. #KFICS25 #IntegratedCare #TheKingsFund

This week, our Word of the Week is Efficiency. Efficiency refers to either obtaining the greatest health benefit from interventions using the available resources, or achieving a given health benefit in a way that minimises costs/resource use. Read more about the difference

📢 Training Opportunity: Public Health Economics and Wider Policy Considerations. Join YHEC’s expert team on Monday 21 July for an online training course exploring the application of economic evaluation in public health and wider policy settings. The course offers practical

The 10-year NHS Plan was published yesterday, including a commitment to establishing a single virtual ward system. YHEC’s highly experienced team has been exploring the evidence on virtual wards: our economic model can be used in decision making to identify if virtual wards

It's great to work at YHEC! Project Director, Robert Malcolm and Research Consultant, Luc Curtis-Gretton attended a postgraduate science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine (STEMM) careers fair at the University of York to talk to students about their roles. Luc

📢 YHEC is delighted to be exhibiting at The King's Fund Integrated Care Summit 2025 on 08 July. Come and talk to Nick Hex and Jo Hanlon to discuss how we can provide health economic and policy support for integrated care systems and other local health systems. See you there!