David Tovey

‘Dirty Business’: is this the whole story? Channel 4’s new series about sewage in our rivers and beaches will rightly make people angry. But it fails to recognise that things have changed already.

Yes, Thatcher’s privatisation. Yes, Blair’s deregulation. Yes, the 2010s “bonfire of red tape”. But does Channel 4’s Dirty Business ignore what’s happened since 2024? Here’s what’s changed ⤵️

@eastangliabylines.co.uk @stephenmcnair.bsky.social

In 1922, insulin co-discoverer Frederick Banting refused to profit from the discovery and offered it to the world as a global public good.

Today, many people with diabetes still don't have access to affordable and quality treatment and care.

Including nonrandomized evidence in living systematic reviews: lessons learned from the COVID-NMA initiative Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are more likely to be included in evidence syntheses of health interventions due to their methodological rigor. However, the integration of nonrandomized studies (N...

Including nonrandomized evidence in living systematic reviews: lessons learned from the COVID-NMA initiative - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...

Pleased to have played a small part as a co-author of this article in @jclinepi.bsky.social ‘The many roles of decision thresholds for primary research, evidence synthesis and health decision-making’ kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...

Attending the Lewes Labour Party #Transformations meeting today. The organisers seem to be encouraging comment on X, but can’t help wondering whether other participants may also have jumped that particular ship…

And in 2025 this remains a problem

Editors' Choice – September 2025 - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology by @davidit.bsky.social and @andreatricco.bsky.social www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...

The challenges and opportunities of artificial intelligence and their impact on the journal - our Editors’ Choice for October issue www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...

Does questionnaire structure influence response in postal surveys? - PubMed This study tested the effect of questionnaire structure on response, speed of return, and content of answers in a postal survey. All 259 patients aged 30-59 years who consulted with back pain at four ...

In J Clin Epi I've published a couple of papers on questionnaire design pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12589865/ & pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18945586/ plus one on clinically important differences pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16360560/

Reusing clinical trial data to consolidate and advance medical knowledge - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...

For Monday crowd. INSPECT-SR, a tool to help you identify problematic (inc. fraudulent) RCTs, now available.

Thanks for such a brilliant commentary. Transparency is necessary but not sufficient in many circumstances

Methods resources for authors new to conducting systematic reviews with network meta-analysis: A Scoping Review - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...

A scoping review identifies comments suggesting modifications to PRISMA-P 2015 - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...

Priority-setting criteria for clinical practice guideline development on rare genetic neurodevelopmental disorders: a Delphi study within the European Reference Network (ERN) ITHACA The prioritization of clinical practice guideline (CPG) efforts is particularly challenging for rare genetic neurodevelopmental disorders given the large number of (ultra)rare conditions and limited r...

Priority-setting criteria for clinical practice guideline development on rare genetic neurodevelopmental disorders: a Delphi study within the European Reference Network (ERN) ITHACA - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...

Disappointing but perhaps not surprising

Our message is one of hope, and we see this as a time of opportunity for leaders in the field to stand up for sound methods and high-quality science.

Editorial, April 2025
www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...

New publication led by @proflouisemarston.bsky.social using multiple imputation to target a hypothetical estimand in a pandemic restriction-free world for a trial in
schizophrenia - demonstrating the potential impact of the pandemic on the trial results

#keyconcepts Statistical strategies to analyze local control after radiotherapy - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...

Calculating Follow-Up Completeness: a comparison of multiple methods under different simulated scenarios and a use-case - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...

Methods resources for authors new to conducting systematic reviews with network meta-analysis: A Scoping Review - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...

A scoping review identifies comments suggesting modifications to PRISMA-P 2015 - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...

Great to see journals based in the US and elsewhere standing up for scientific integrity.

Corrigendum to ʻMethodological systematic review recommends improvements to conduct and reporting when meta-analyzing interrupted time series studies’. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 145 (2022) 55–69 - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...

So sorry to read this Richard. All best wishes to you and your family

Thanks for this notifcation Florian but I feel obliged to point out that @jdwilko.bsky.social was very much the first and lead author!

Delighted to see our @jclinepi.bsky.social commentary on redundant publication and potential research waste in the field of reporting guidelines is now fully online and accessible for 50 days via this link: authors.elsevier.com/c/1kbcJ3BcJQ...

You wait ages and then two arrive at once: reporting guidelines shouldn’t be like buses - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...

Risk of bias assessment tools often addressed items not related to risk of bias and used numerical scores - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...

Scoping review of registration of observational studies finds inadequate registration policies, increased registration, and a debate converging towards pro-registration - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...