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CHE academics present research at EuHEA Conference 2026📢 The European Health Economics Association (EuHEA) Conference 2...
04/09/2026

CHE academics present research at EuHEA Conference 2026📢

The European Health Economics Association (EuHEA) Conference 2026 brought together health economists from across Europe and around the world in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, from 15–17 July.

Hosted by the Erasmus Centre for Health Economics Rotterdam (EsCHER), the conference provided an opportunity to share research, explore new methodologies and discuss key challenges facing health economics.

Several CHE academics contributed research across a wide range of topics, including:

🔹 Health technology assessment
🔹 Healthcare utilisation and inequalities
🔹 Hospital capacity and productivity
🔹 Health and social care
🔹 Economic evaluation

Read more about CHE's research: https://www.york.ac.uk/che/research-themes/

Meet our discussant: Raju Reddy FRCA MBA, Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist at Birmingham Children’s HospitalThis yea...
04/09/2026

Meet our discussant: Raju Reddy FRCA MBA, Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist at Birmingham Children’s Hospital

This year’s CHE Policy Forum will explore how external assessment groups shape evidence, scrutiny and transparency in NICE - National Institute for Health and Care Excellence decision-making.

Raju has been Chair of NICE Technology Appraisal Committee A since May 2026, having previously served as Vice/Interim Chair of Technology Appraisal Committee D for over two years.

He has been a consultant paediatric anaesthetist at Birmingham Children’s Hospital since 2008, specialising in paediatric cardiac anaesthesia. Alongside his clinical career, Raju has held a number of roles across the NHS, including secondary care consultant adviser to the Board at Berkshire West CCG and clinical member of the NHS England Individual Funding Request Panel.

Raju holds an MBA from Warwick Business School and has a strong interest in NHS finance, including costing, HRG coding and cost-saving initiatives. His wider experience includes working as Clinical Lead for the UK Department of Health’s Cost Recovery Support Team, a CQC Specialist Adviser, and a visiting attending paediatric anaesthesiologist at Mott Children’s Hospital, University of Michigan.

Join us:
🗓️ Thursday 10 September 2026 | 🕑 2.00–3.30pm
đź“Ť University of York + online

This is a free event but spaces are limited. Get your tickets now: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1993594273137

This week, we had the pleasure of welcoming colleagues from across the health economics and policy community to CHE! 🤝 A...
03/09/2026

This week, we had the pleasure of welcoming colleagues from across the health economics and policy community to CHE! 🤝

As part of the Global Health theme’s research activities, we’ve had some great discussions with Nao Yamamoto, Anna Bershteyn, Walid Herzallah and Aveek Bhattacharya, exploring opportunities to share expertise, develop new ideas and strengthen connections across our organisations.

Nao and Anna, working with New York University, have been collaborating with CHE colleagues to advance the MIGHTI model, with the aim of adapting it for use in lower-income country settings to help inform health resource allocation. 🌍

We’ve also welcomed Anna in her role with Coefficient Giving (CEG), alongside Walid and Aveek, for discussions around current priorities and areas of shared interest between CHE and CEG.

It’s been a valuable opportunity to exchange ideas, explore potential areas for collaboration and consider how our collective expertise can contribute to better health and healthcare decision-making.💡

Thank you to all our visiting colleagues for spending time with the team, we look forward to continuing the conversations!

Why does equity matter in health economic evaluation? 🌍Standard cost-effectiveness analysis may show that an interventio...
02/09/2026

Why does equity matter in health economic evaluation? 🌍

Standard cost-effectiveness analysis may show that an intervention is cost-effective overall, but distributional cost-effectiveness analysis (DCEA) goes further, showing who benefits, who bears the costs, and highlighting potential health inequities.

These approaches are increasingly being applied internationally. For example, the 2025 China guidelines for pharmacoeconomic evaluation encourage researchers to incorporate equity considerations into economic evaluation, including methods such as DCEA developed by researchers at CHE.

Learn how to calculate and communicate these trade-offs in our upcoming live online course.

📅 19 Oct–20 Nov 2026

Register here: https://dcea.he-evalcourses.com/

In case you missed it: this summer, CHE published five new Research Summaries exploring some of the key questions shapin...
02/09/2026

In case you missed it: this summer, CHE published five new Research Summaries exploring some of the key questions shaping health economics, healthcare policy and population health. đź“„

From examining whether longer NHS waiting times for heart surgery can worsen patient health, and whether payments linked to patient outcomes could improve healthcare, to exploring how medicines that treat multiple conditions should be priced and how health inequalities can be measured and valued, these summaries address important questions for health policy and decision-makers. 🤝

Read all five Research Summaries here: https://www.york.ac.uk/che/outputs/research-summaries/

Final call for the Advanced Statistical Methods in Economic Evaluation for Health Technology Assessment course⏳Do not mi...
01/09/2026

Final call for the Advanced Statistical Methods in Economic Evaluation for Health Technology Assessment course⏳

Do not miss the opportunity to:

🚀 Master advanced statistical methods for survival, quality of life, and cost data
🤝 Network with experts and professionals from pharma, academia, and health services
đź“ť Gain hands-on practical experience using Stata software

The course runs from Tuesday 8 to Thursday 10 September at the University of York.

Few spots left, register now: https://www.york.ac.uk/che/courses/statistical-methods/

Meet Loren, CHE’s Communications Officer 👋From studying Media Communications and Psychology in Vienna to working in high...
28/08/2026

Meet Loren, CHE’s Communications Officer 👋

From studying Media Communications and Psychology in Vienna to working in higher education communications across Yorkshire, Loren brings a wealth of experience in strategic communications, and digital engagement to CHE.

Since joining CHE a year ago, Loren has been leading communications across our website, newsletters, social media, and print, working closely with researchers and colleagues across the University to share CHE’s research with a wide range of audiences.

Read more about Loren’s career journey and her work at CHE: https://www.york.ac.uk/che/news/news-2026/spotlight-lorenarteagareed/

How do External Assessment Groups shape NICE - National Institute for Health and Care Excellence decisions?🔍 At our upco...
27/08/2026

How do External Assessment Groups shape NICE - National Institute for Health and Care Excellence decisions?🔍

At our upcoming CHE Policy Forum, Professor Claire Rothery from CHE will explore the evolving role of External Assessment Groups (EAGs) in NICE technology appraisal process, highlighting their critical contributions to evidence scrutiny, methodological innovation, and transparent decision-making.

The presentation will also consider what this means for some of the biggest challenges facing health technology assessment today, including cost-effectiveness thresholds, severity modifiers, decision uncertainty, generative AI and whole-lifecycle approaches to guidance development.

đź“… Thursday 10 September 2026
⏰ 2:00–3:30pm
đź“Ť University of York + online

Discussant: Raju Reddy FRCA MBA, Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist, Birmingham Children’s Hospital
Chair: Professor Mark Sculpher, Head of Department, CHE

This is a free event open to the public but spaces are limited. Book your place: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/che-policy-forum-2026-behind-the-nice-curtain-tickets-1993594273137

CHE Policy Forum 2026: Meet our Presenter, Professor Claire RotheryThis year’s CHE Policy Forum will explore how externa...
21/08/2026

CHE Policy Forum 2026: Meet our Presenter, Professor Claire Rothery

This year’s CHE Policy Forum will explore how external assessment groups shape evidence, scrutiny and transparency in NICE - National Institute for Health and Care Excellence decision-making.

The forum will be led by Professor Claire Rothery, Professor of Health Economics and Co-Lead of the York Technology Assessment Reviews programme. The programme delivers rigorous, independent assessments of new pharmaceuticals, medical devices and diagnostics for NICE.

Claire’s research focuses on health technology assessment methods and decision-analytic modelling, with particular expertise in uncertainty analysis and Value of Information (VOI) for reimbursement and research prioritisation decisions.

She also contributed directly to the 2022 NICE methods and processes review and co-chaired the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) Task Force on Emerging Good Practices for VOI Analysis.

Join us:

🗓️ Thursday 10 September 2026 | 🕑 2.00–3.30pm
đź“Ť University of York + online

Find out more and register to attend: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/che-policy-forum-2026-behind-the-nice-curtain-tickets-1993594273137

Learn to analyse the equity impacts of health programmes and trade-offs with cost-effectiveness đź“ŠOur upcoming Distributi...
20/08/2026

Learn to analyse the equity impacts of health programmes and trade-offs with cost-effectiveness đź“Š

Our upcoming Distributional Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (DCEA) short course is delivered by experts who developed many of the methods and resources now used internationally.

📅 19 October–20 November 2026
đź•’ 5-week live online course
đź’» Interactive sessions, practical exercises & weekly Q&A
đź‘Ą For health economists and health professionals with experience in health economic evaluation

Learn more and register: https://dcea.he-evalcourses.com/

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