York Health Economics Consortium (YHEC)
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York Health Economics Consortium provides consultancy and research in Health Economics for the NHS, Pharmaceutical and Health Care Industries
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YHEC would like to welcome Rebecca Rosi, who joins us as Research Consultant. Welcome, Rebecca!
YHEC has delivered 16 training courses in 2025, including sessions on meta-analysis, HTA and environmental sustainability and early economic modelling.

Our programme for 2025 is now over, but you can contact the team for bespoke training.

Visit our website: www.yhec.co.uk/what-we-do/b...
Structured expert elicitation (SEE) is everywhere at the moment in health economics, health technology assessment, and stakeholder engagement – but what is it really? In this short video, YHEC's Andria Joseph breaks it down in simple terms.

Find out more from Andria at #ISOQOL and #ISPOREurope
YHEC would like to welcome Elisha Witcomb, who joins us as Research Consultant. Welcome, Elisha!
🎯 Meet the Team: Robert Malcolm, Project Director at YHEC

Curious about what it’s like to forge a career in health economics, digital health or population health evaluation? In our latest blog, we sit down with Robert Malcolm.
🔗 Read the full interview: www.yhec.co.uk/resource/mee...
A new article, co-authored by YHEC's Melissa Pegg, has been published.

The paper highlights a multistakeholder initiative which aims to integrate environmental impact alongside traditional HTA dimensions such as cost and clinical effectiveness.

Read more: www.yhec.co.uk/resources-an...
🏥 The NIHR i4i Product Development Awards are open (deadline: 03 December 2025).

YHEC can help strengthen your proposal with the economic, clinical and strategic evidence needed for adoption.

💡 Let’s talk: www.yhec.co.uk/contact-us/
A new paper in PharmacoEconomics - Open by YHEC’s Sarah Medland and Stuart Mealing uses an individual patient-level simulation model to assess the impact of automated vs manual red blood cell exchange in sickle cell disease.

Learn more: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

#SickleCellDisease
The patient voice isn’t a tick-box - it’s added-value evidence. In her YHEC blog, Andria Joseph looks at the role of patient-reported outcomes in rare diseases: www.yhec.co.uk/resource/pat...

Join us at ISOQOL 2025 and ISPOR Europe 2025 for further discussions and insights.

#ISOQOL #ISPOREurope
📰 Our latest newsletter is out!

Catch up on what’s new at YHEC - from recent publications and upcoming training courses to the latest insights from our team of health economics and evidence synthesis experts.

👉 Read the latest issue here: createsend.com/t/y-B6DC1FA0...
How do international payers view surrogate endpoints in nephrology? We have the details.

YHEC's Stuart Mealing attended an international payer workshop in Amsterdam last week to discuss the use of surrogate endpoints from nephrology trials in HTA.

Find out what he said about the workshop below.
Cost-effective solutions for diabetes care: YHEC Project Director, Robert Malcolm, offered insights on real-world evidence as part of an expert panel at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes.

Contact us to find out more about YHEC's work in this important space: yhec.co.uk/contact-us/
🚨 NIHR Invention for Innovation (i4i) FAST Programme Grant Call is now open!

Strengthen your application with support from YHEC. Our expert, multidisciplinary team can help you showcase the clinical and cost-effectiveness of your innovation.

More details: www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/i4i-...
A new study, co-authored by YHEC’s William Green, has been published in Parkinson’s Disease. It evaluates the cost-effectiveness of opicapone versus entacapone as add-on therapy for people with Parkinson’s experiencing end-of-dose motor fluctuations.

Read more: yhec.co.uk/resources/pu....
YHEC Project Director, Robert Malcolm, is an expert panellist at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Vienna today. He'll be discussing the key issue of using real-world data to assess diabetes technology.

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

#RWE #EASD2025
YHEC staff met recently for a strategy day, to share ideas and discuss how we work.

Director, Professor Matthew Taylor, said: "This collaborative approach lets every team member shape YHEC's future, driving innovation and strengthening our shared ethos."

Meet our team: yhec.co.uk/meet-the-team/
🌟 Meet the Team: Debs Watkins🌟
Debs is a Research Consultant at YHEC with expertise in reviews and evidence synthesis. She has a background in paediatric nursing and a Master’s in Global Health and Development.

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

#EvidenceSynthesis #SystematicReviews #HTA
YHEC Director of Digital Health Technologies Consulting, Hayden Holmes, shared his insights into AI and colonoscopy at the Artificial intelligence in Gastroenterology Conference at the Royal College of Physicians.

Contact us to find out about our work in this emerging field: yhec.co.uk/contact-us/
We'll be attending the ISOQOL 32nd Annual Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin this October. We're looking forward to connecting with fellow health economics and patient-reported outcomes experts to discuss the latest advancements in quality of life research. See you there!

#ISOQOL #PROs
YHEC would like to welcome Mary Jordan, who joins us as Project Director. Welcome, Mary!
YHEC's Hayden Holmes was pleased to meet HRH Queen Camilla at York's Ebor Festival. Hayden was representing the Move the Masses charity.

YHEC supports charity work and all staff are offered the opportunity to take volunteering days. Find out more about working at YHEC: yhec.co.uk/careers/
Join YHEC's one-day online training course, How to Build an HTA Dossier, on Wednesday 15 October 2025.

You'll gain valuable insights into stakeholders, what makes a compelling dossier and how to effectively report required data: yhec.co.uk/training/rev...

#HTA #HealthEconomics #EvidenceSynthesis
📢 Training Opportunity: Public Health Economics

Join YHEC's online training course, led by our expert team, on Thursday 25 September. Learn how economic evaluation can be applied in public health and policy settings in this practical half-day course.

Find out more: yhec.co.uk/training/out...
In a new blog post, YHEC Director of Pharmaceutical Consulting, Stuart Mealing, outlines the challenges in demonstrating value for rare disease therapies: sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/y...

Contact us for help with your project: yhec.co.uk/contact-us/

#RareDiseases #HealthTechnologyAssessment #HTA