Dr Rebecca Simpson

All publications

Journal articles

• Lewis J, M. Jacques R, Hasan M, Croft S, Campbell R, Simpson R, Croft S, Williams S, Gutteridge C, Gallier S , Evison F et al (2026) Winter all year round in urgent and emergency care: a large retrospective analysis of routinely collected NHS data across England, 2021–2022. BMC Health Services Research. View this article in WRRO
• Kumar A, Simpson RM, Husk K, Johnson GD & Burton C (2026) High frequency emergency department use and heterogeneity of reasons for attendance by children and young people: a retrospective cohort study.. BMJ Paediatr Open, 10(1).
• Alyami RA, Simpson R, Oliver P, Campbell R & Julious SA (2026) A letter intervention to GPs practices to promoting prescription uptake in school-age children with asthma during summer holidays (TRAINS study): a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial. npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, 36. View this article in WRRO
• Boddy SL, Simpson RM, Walters SJ, Walsh T, McDermott CJ, Mcdermott C, Chhetri SK, Turner MR, Crawley F, Annandale J , Chandran S et al (2025) Further development of a patient-reported outcome measure to assess the impact of oral secretion problems in people living with MND. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, 26(5-6), 507-515. View this article in WRRO
• Boddy SL, Simpson RM, Walters SJ, Bamford H, Walsh T & McDermott CJ (2025) Estimating the minimum important difference in the ALSFRS-R-instrument in people living with MND. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, 26(3-4), 249-258. View this article in WRRO
• Kumar A, Husk K, Simpson R, Johnson GD & Burton C (2024) Use of emergency departments by children and young people following telephone triage: a large database study. Emergency Medicine Journal, 41(11), 668-675. View this article in WRRO
• Taylor P, Stone T, Simpson R, Kyeremateng S & Mason S (2024) Emergency department presentations in palliative care patients : a retrospective cohort study. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 14(e1), e476-e479. View this article in WRRO
• Alyami RA, Simpson R, Oliver P & Julious SA (2023) Evaluation of the impact of letters to GP practices to promote asthma prescription uptake in school-age children during summer (TRAINS study): a pragmatic cluster-randomised controlled trial. The Lancet, 402, S22-S22.
• Probst H, Reed H, Stanton A, Simpson RM, Walters SJ, Simpson H, Brown G, Hielscher S, Bryan-Jones K, Johnson J , Horsman J et al (2023) A randomised clinical feasibility trial of a breast immobilisation device: the SuPPORT 4 All bra. Clinical Oncology, 35(12), 801-810. View this article in WRRO
• Alyami RA, Simpson R, Oliver P & Julious SA (2022) TRial to Assess Implementation of New research in a primary care Setting (TRAINS): study protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial of an educational intervention to promote asthma prescription uptake in general practitioner practices. Trials, 23. View this article in WRRO
• Noble AJ, Mason SM, Bonnett LJ, Reuber M, Wright J, Pilbery R, Jacques RM, Simpson RM, Campbell R, Fuller A , Marson AG et al (2022) Supporting the ambulance service to safely convey fewer patients to hospital by developing a risk prediction tool: Risk of Adverse Outcomes after a Suspected Seizure (RADOSS)—protocol for the mixed-methods observational RADOSS project. BMJ Open, 12(11). View this article in WRRO
• Simpson RM, Jacques RM, Nicholl J, Stone T & Turner J (2022) Measuring the impact introducing NHS 111 online had on the NHS 111 telephone service and the wider NHS urgent care system : an observational study. BMJ Open, 12(7). View this article in WRRO
• Mason S, Stone T, Jacques R, Lewis J, Simpson R, Kuczawski M & Franklin M (2022) Creating a real-world linked research platform for analyzing the urgent and emergency care system. Medical Decision Making, 42(8), 999-1009. View this article in WRRO
• O'Cathain A, Simpson R, Phillips M & Knowles E (2022) Tendency to call an ambulance or attend an emergency department for minor or non-urgent problems: a vignette-based population survey in Britain. Emergency Medicine Journal, 39(6). View this article in WRRO
• Turner J, Knowles E, Simpson R, Sampson F, Dixon S, Long J, Bell-Gorrod H, Jacques R, Coster J, Yang H , Nicholl J et al (2022) Corrigendum: Impact of NHS 111 Online on the NHS 111 telephone service and urgent care system: a mixed-methods study. Health Services and Delivery Research, 9(21), 148-149.
• Jacques RM, Ahmed R, Harper J, Ranjan A, Saeed I, Simpson RM & Walters SJ (2022) Recruitment, consent and retention of participants in randomised controlled trials : a review of trials published in the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Journals Library (1997–2020). BMJ Open, 12(2). View this article in WRRO
• Partridge DG, Sori A, Green DJ, Simpson R, Poller B, Raza M, Kaur H, Jessop H, Colton B, Nield A , Evans CM et al (2022) Universal use of surgical masks is tolerated and prevents respiratory viral infection in stem cell transplant recipients. Journal of Hospital Infection, 119, 182-186. View this article in WRRO
• Turner J, Knowles E, Simpson R, Sampson F, Dixon S, Long J, Bell-Gorrod H, Jacques R, Coster J, Yang H , Nicholl J et al (2021) Impact of NHS 111 online on the NHS 111 telephone service and urgent care system: a mixed-methods study. Health Services and Delivery Research, 9(21). View this article in WRRO
• Simpson RM, O'Keeffe C, Jacques RM, Stone T, Hassan A & Mason SM (2021) Non-urgent emergency department attendances in children : a retrospective observational analysis. Emergency Medicine Journal, 39(1), 17-22. View this article in WRRO
• Mawson S, Keen C, Skilbeck J, Ross H, Smith L, Dixey J, Walters SJ, Simpson R, Greenfield DM & Snowden JA (2021) Feasibility and benefits of a structured prehabilitation programme prior to autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) in patients with myeloma; a prospective feasibility study. Physiotherapy, 113, 88-99. View this article in WRRO
• Lewis J, Stone T, Simpson R, Jacques R, O’Keeffe C, Croft S & Mason S (2021) Patient compliance with NHS 111 advice: Analysis of adult call and ED attendance data 2013–2017. PLoS ONE, 16(5). View this article in WRRO
• Simpson RM, Knowles E & O’Cathain A (2020) Health literacy levels of British adults: a cross-sectional survey using two domains of the Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ). BMC Public Health, 20(1).
• Probst H, Reed H, Stanton A, Robertson C, Simpson R, Walters S, Simpson H, Brown G, Bryan-Jones K, Hielscher S & Din O (2020) PH-0164: A randomised clinical feasibility trial of a breast immobilisation device:The SuPPORT 4 All Project.. Radiotherapy and Oncology, 152, S78-S79.
• Walters S, Simpson R & Jacques R (2020) Sample Size Estimation for Trials and Other Two Group Comparisons.
• O'Cathain A, Simpson R, Phillips M & Dickson J (2020) Tendency to contact general practice instead of self-care : a population vignette study. British Journal of General Practice Open (BJGP Open), 4(2). View this article in WRRO
• O'Cathain A, Knowles E, Dickson J, Long J, Connell J, Bishop-Edwards L, Simpson R, Coster J, Abouzeid L, Bennett S , Croot E et al (2020) Drivers of 'clinically unnecessary' use of emergency and urgent care: the DEUCE mixed-methods study. Health Services and Delivery Research, 8(15).
• Reale S, Simpson R, Marr C, Carstairs S, Cecil J, Hetherington M & Caton S (2019) Snack portion sizes for preschool children are predicted by caregiver portion size, caregiver feeding practices and children's eating traits. Nutrients, 11(12). View this article in WRRO
• Simpson R, Croft S, O’Keeffe C, Jacques R, Stone T, Ahmed N & Mason SM (2019) Exploring the characteristics, acuity and management of adult ED patients at night-time. Emergency Medicine Journal, 36(9), 554-557. View this article in WRRO
• Bunn JG, Croft S, O'Keeffe C, Jacques R, Simpson RM, Stone T, Conroy SP & Mason S (2019) Urgent care axis for the older adult: where is best to target interventions?. Emergency Medicine Journal, 36(1), 22-26. View this article in WRRO
• Julious SA, Horspool MJ, Davis S, Franklin M, Smithson WH, Norman P, Simpson RM, Elphick H, Bortolami O & Cooper C (2018) Open-label, cluster randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation of a brief letter from a GP on unscheduled medical contacts associated with the start of the school year: the PLEASANT trial. BMJ Open, 8(4). View this article in WRRO
• Pilbery R, Lewis J & Simpson R () Emergency department attendance by callers to NHS111 who end the call prior to triage: A time-to-event-analysis. PLOS One, 21(4), e0346969-e0346969.
• Simpson RM, Lewis J, Campbell MJ, Desoysa L, Dodd PJ, Green D, Offorha BC, Rombach I, Walters SJ & Julious S () Sample size calculations for pilot cluster-randomised controlled trial: a review 2010–2020. Pilot and Feasibility Studies.
• Lee EC, Jacques RM, Simpson RM & Walters SJ () Multiplicity adjustment approaches in publicly funded multi-arm trials: a comprehensive review of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Journals Library. Trials.
• Lewis J, Simpson RM, Stone T, Ennis N, Jay N, Croft S, Pilbery R & Mason SM () Clinical advisors at NHS 111 improve accuracy for paediatric patients and their advice is more reliably followed: a retrospective observational cohort study. Archives of Disease in Childhood.
• Lewis J, Stone T, Simpson R, Jacques R, O’Keeffe C, Croft S & Mason S () Correction: Patient compliance with NHS 111 advice: Analysis of adult call and ED attendance data 2013–2017. PLOS ONE, 19(7), e0307203-e0307203.

Conference proceedings

• Alyami R, Julious S, Oliver P, Simpson R & Campbell R (2025) A pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial (cRCT) of an educational intervention to promote asthma prescription uptake in General Practitioner Practices. Paediatric asthma and allergy (pp PA5887-PA5887)
• Lewis J, Simpson R, Stone T, O’keeffe C, Ennis N, Jay N, Croft S & Mason S (2023) 2321 Accuracy of and patient compliance with NHS111 advice given by clinically vs non-clinically trained call-handlers regarding paediatric patients. RCEM Annual Scientific Conference Glasgow 2023 Meeting Abstracts (pp 864.1-864)
• Lewis J, Jacques R, Simpson R, Hasan M, Croft S, Croft S, McMurray R & Mason S (2023) 2315 Understanding seasonal demand for emergency care: aggregating routine data from regional emergency departments and acute hospital admissions. RCEM Annual Scientific Conference Glasgow 2023 Meeting Abstracts (pp 883-884)
• Alyami R, Oliver P, Simpson R & Julious S (2023) Preventing Summer Holiday Drop in Prescription Uptake for School-Age Children with Asthma: A Pragmatic Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of a Letter to GP Practices (TRAINS). General practice and primary care (pp PA4597-PA4597)
• Simpson R, Julious SA & Baird WO (2017) An investigation of the factors which influence children with asthma having unscheduled medical contacts around the start of the new school year in England and Wales: a mixed methods study. TRIALS, Vol. 18

Posters

• Jacques R, Simpson R & Walters S Recruitment, consent and retention of participants in individually randomised controlled trials: a review of trials published in the National Institute for Health Research Journals Library (1997-2020).
• Simpson R, Jacques R, Lewis J, Firth N, Bursnall M, Flight L & Walters S Intra-cluster correlation for patient reported outcome measures in individually randomised cluster trials.
• Colecchia J, Lewis J, Simpson R, Desoysa L, Offorha B, Campbell M, Dodd P, Green D, Rombach I, Walters S & Julious S Sample sizes in pilot cluster randomised trials from 2010-2020.
• Jacques R, Simpson R, Hasan M, Croft S, Campbell R, Bath P, Croft S & Mason S Exploring variation in ED attendances and acute hospital admissions for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions.

Datasets

• Lee E, Jacques R, Simpson R & Walters S Extracted data from a comprehensive review of parallel group multi-arm trials published in the NIHR online Journals Library.

Other

• Cantrell A, Jacques R, McInerney C, Mason S, Simpson R, Lewis J, Sampson F, Croft S, Lasserson D, Croot E , Croft S et al () A rapid evidence review of same-day emergency-care services (SDECs), comparing definitions, descriptions and actual use: Protocol.

Preprints

• Pilbery R, Lewis J & Simpson R (2024) EXploring the journeys of Patients who End their Calls prior to Triage by NHS111: The EXPECT study, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
• Alyami RA, Simpson R, Oliver P & Julious SA (2022) TRial to Assess Implementation of New research in a primary care Setting (TRAINS): study protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial of an educational intervention to promote asthma prescription uptake in General Practitioner Practices, Springer Science and Business Media LLC.