Simon Jones

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King's College London
Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery
NNRU
Senior Research FellowAppointed: 2007
Dr Foster Intelligence
Product Development
Chief StatisticianAppointed: 2004
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Mailing Address

Room 4.27A
James Clerk Maxwell Building
57 Waterloo Road
London, England WC2R 2LS
United Kingdom

Contact Information

Phone: 020 7848 3042
simon.jones@kcl.ac.uk
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/nursing/nnru/people/sj

Qualifications

Ph.D., Kingston University, Penrhyn Road, Mathematics, 2005.

Other Expertise

Analysis of health outcome data from large data sets like SUS/HES, health care related mathematical modelling and computer simulation. Time series analysis, especially in area of applying non-linear models to forecasting demand for emergency care

Future Research

RN4Cast (www.rn4cast.eu). This project aim to develop innovative workforce forecasting methods by considering not only volumes, but quality of nursing staff as well as quality of patient care

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Applied Statistics, Computer Simulation Or Modeling, Nursing.

Additional Terms:

Administrative Data Sets (HES, SUS), Applied Statistics, Computer Simulation, Health Outcomes, Time Series Analysis.

Memberships

American Medical Informatics Association
London Mathematical Society
Operational Research Society

Previous Positions

2002-2005, Head of Operational Research and Information Services, Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust, Information Services Dept.
1998-2002, Senior Lecturer, Kingston University, Penrhyn Road, School of Mathematics

Publications

  • Davies MPJ, Sheth HG, Jones S, Presland A (2009) Does General Anesthesia Lead to an Increase in Emergency Medical Readmissions After Ophthalmic Surgery?, ? Joint Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology (PAAO), In Press
  • Davies MPJ, Sheth HG, Jones S (2009) ) Epidemiological Profile of Elective Surgical Ophthalmic Patients Cancelled On or After Admission, Joint Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology (PAAO), San Francisco, CA, In Press
  • Jones S, Davies M (2009) An analysis of last minute cancelations in the NHS, 2003-2008, 51st Annual Conference of the Operational Research Society, Warwick, UK, In Press
  • Jones, S, Interview: 'No shows' cost the NHS millions, BBC Breakfast, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8195255.stm, 12 Aug 2009
  • Le Grand J, Cooper ZN, McGuire A, Jones S (2009) Equity, Waiting Times and the NHS, BMJ, In Press
  • Cooper Z, Le Grand J, Jones S,, Gibbons S, McGuire A (2009) Equity, Quality and The NHS Reforms, Presentation to the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit, Cabinet Office
  • Jones S, Forde J (Feb 2009) Data briefing. Who doesn't show?, The Health service journal, 119 (6144), 19 Abstract
  • Griffiths P, Jones S, Maben J, Murrells T, State of the art metrics for nursing: a rapid appraisal, Working Paper, Kings College, London, , http://www.kcl.ac.uk/content/1/c6/04/32/19/Metricsfinalreport.pdf, 2009
  • Jarman B, Pieter D, Veen A A van der, Kool R B,, Aylin P, Bottle A, Westert G P, Jones S (2009) , The Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratio: a powerful tool for Dutch hospitals to assess their quality of care?, Quality and Safety in Health Care, In Press
  • Griffiths P, Ashworth M, Maben J, Jones S, Murrells T (2009) Staffing and Quality of Care in UK General Practice: Cross sectional study, British Journal of General Practice, In Press
  • Jones S, Barnett N (Oct 2008) Data briefing. Why admission day affects outcomes., The Health service journal, 17 Abstract
  • Jones S, Davies M (Oct 2008) Data briefing. Why the wait for emergency surgery., The Health service journal, 19 Abstract
  • Jones S (2008) Benchmarking Acute Medicine, Medicine The Society of Acute Medicine: 2nd International Conference
  • Jones S, Davies M (Aug 2008) Data briefing. Admissions up for treatable illnesses., The Health service journal, 19 Abstract
  • Jones S, Davies M (Jul 2008) Data briefing. Who is causing all the cancellations?, The Health service journal, 21 Abstract
  • Jones S, Davies M (May 2008) Data briefing. Timely admission reflects efficiency., The Health service journal, 23 Abstract
  • Jones S (Mar 2008) Data briefing. Readmission is not simply correlated to length of stay., The Health service journal, 21 Abstract
  • Jones S (Jan 2008) Data briefing. Waiting times: cutting inequality., The Health service journal, 118 (6089), 21 Abstract
  • NHS Appointment Commission, The Intelligent Board, http://www.appointments.org.uk/docs/intelligent_board_report.pdf, 1 Feb 2006
  • Jones S, Duncan ER, Thomas N, Walters J, Dick MC, Height SE, Stephens AD, Thein SL, Rees DC (Nov 2005) Windy weather and low humidity are associated with an increased number of hospital admissions for acute pain and sickle cell disease in an urban environment with a maritime temperate climate., British journal of haematology, 131 (4), 530-3 Abstract
  • Joy M, Jones S (Aug 2005) Transient probabilities for queues with applications to hospital waiting list management., Health care management science, 8 (3), 231-6 Abstract
  • Thurlow V, Ozevlat H, Jones SA, Bailey IR (May 2005) Establishing a practical blood platelet threshold to avoid reporting spurious potassium results due to thrombocytosis., Annals of clinical biochemistry, 42 (Pt 3), 196-9 Abstract
  • Jones SA, Joy MP, Pearson J (Nov 2002) Forecasting demand of emergency care., Health care management science, 5 (4), 297-305 Abstract

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Last Updated: 8/19/2009

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