Bio
Nick Jones is a DPhil student at the University of Oxford, supervised by Dr Clare Taylor, Professor Richard Hobbs, Dr Margaret Smith and Dr Yaling Yang. Nick’s research includes randomised clinical trials and observational studies using big datasets of routinely collected primary care data, aimed at improving the diagnosis and management of common cardiovascular disease in the community. Alongside this research, Nick works as a GP and GP Cardiologist in the NHS. In addition to his clinical training, Nick has completed a Masters in Evidence-Based Healthcare at the University of Oxford and a Masters in Clinical Education at Newcastle University.
Research interests
Nick’s DPhil project includes the analysis of a large database of patients anonymised NHS GP health records. Nick is using this database to determine the risk of stroke for people who have atrial fibrillation and heart failure, compared to people with either condition alone or neither. Atrial fibrillation and heart failure are common conditions, which frequently exist together because of shared risk factors and disease mechanisms. Heart failure and atrial fibrillation often leave people at a high risk of stroke and so many people with these conditions will require preventive treatment with a blood thinner. Analysing the database can help determine which groups of patients are not receiving the recommended blood thinning treatment and identify possible reasons why.
Nick will integrate his results from these contemporary observational primary care data with the results from his systematic review focused on service interventions to improve prescribing of blood thinning treatment. Through this Nick will examine the cost-effectiveness of implementing these service interventions for eligible patients with atrial fibrillation +/- heart failure at scale in the NHS, using decision analytic modelling.