Biostatistician trying to work out the best ways of evaluating medical tests. Views expressed are my own and do not necessarily reflect my employer or funders.

Birmingham, UK
Joined February 2012
Jon Deeks FMedSci retweeted
Are shop-bought health tests putting you at risk? A landmark new study from our researchers highlights serious concerns about the safety & reliability of self-testing kits sold in UK stores - testing for everything from vitamin deficiency to bowel cancer birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/s…
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More info about what we are doing 👇 to develop evidence requirements for DTCT. We are convening stakeholder meeting so get in touch birmingham.ac.uk/research/ap…
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Jon Deeks FMedSci retweeted
CURRENTLY ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS The first phase of the 125th Anniversary Fellows and Chairs scheme is currently accepting applications. To find out more or to apply: fellowsandchairs.birmingham.… #fellowshipopportunity
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Jon Deeks FMedSci retweeted
A lot of love went into this new #CochraneDTAHandbook! Was such a delight to support @deeksj, @pmmbossuyt, Yemisi Takwoingi & @leeflang_m - read our launch Editorial on why it’s such a great addition for Cochrane & the wider field 👇
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Jon Deeks FMedSci retweeted
We have worked on this handbook for about 20 years with many jany colleagues wirldwide. I am now so happy to see it launched!
It's officially launched!!! @cochranecollab's brand-new #CochraneDTAHandbook 🌟 Was an absolute delight to support @deeksj @pmmbossuyt Yemisi Takwoingi & @leeflang_m on this! More details cochrane.org/news/introducin… @CochraneDTAteam
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Jon Deeks FMedSci retweeted
It's officially launched!!! @cochranecollab's brand-new #CochraneDTAHandbook 🌟 Was an absolute delight to support @deeksj @pmmbossuyt Yemisi Takwoingi & @leeflang_m on this! More details cochrane.org/news/introducin… @CochraneDTAteam
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Jon Deeks FMedSci retweeted
Proud to see our new publication in @bmj_latest and hoping clinicians find it useful. Many thanks to co-authors @drjessicawatson and @LewisBuss4.
This new Practice article discusses what to do when patients ask: "Can I have blood tests to check everything is alright?" bmj.com/content/382/bmj-2023…
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Jon Deeks FMedSci retweeted
We're so proud of Prof. Arri Coomarasamy, a much-loved member of our team, who has been awarded an OBE by His Majesty the King in recognition of his work in improving maternal health for families across the world. Congratulations 🌟 Read more: orlo.uk/Vb6ou
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Jon Deeks FMedSci retweeted
One of the most important questions the COVID-19 inquiry will NEVER ask- why the UK Government wasted close to £4 billion on the infamous Innova lateral flow test?, by @sonia_elijah open.substack.com/pub/soniae… Now accessible for everyone to read!
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Jon Deeks FMedSci retweeted
I’d already started working on this when Tesco announced they were selling testing kits. No regulation and no one seems to even care what information people are getting/who might use them and the consequences pulsetoday.co.uk/analysis/sc…
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Jon Deeks FMedSci retweeted
From the 12 Days of Stats Christmas in BMJ. "The gold not the mould" is my motto for 2023 bmj.com/content/379/bmj-2022…
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Jon Deeks FMedSci retweeted
Rapid, but measured,focussed, and revealing, esp perhaps of the effects of rushing to comment on a paper none if the v many authors are exposed as having properly read
Accepting that LFTs will miss some infectious cases does not automatically mean they are useless; proper assessment of their benefits & drawbacks will mean we use them more appropriately, as for any medical or public health intervention. Our rapid response bmj.com/content/376/bmj-2021…
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Jon Deeks FMedSci retweeted
This is extraordinary. Non-medic, sociologist & JCVI member @rwjdingwall just alleged on @BBCNewsnight that Long Covid is essentially psychosomatic, with only an anecdotal evidence base. Clearly the React study (0.5 million participants) passed him by. xitter.cf/hughes_eilir/status/14…
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Yesterday may have been “freedom day” but now is not the time to play fast and loose with statistics. As the public are being asked to rely more on their own judgement it is vital that the government’s use of statistics helps inform that. We have some recommendations (a thread)
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We're pleased to announce the launch of Global Access Health following our acquisition. This transition expands Mologic’s capabilities to provide affordable #diagnostics to countries left underserved. Read more here: bit.ly/3is35qK @gatesfoundation @OpenSociety
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Jon Deeks FMedSci retweeted
Replying to @BenQuinn75
@BenQuinn75 please keep going with this - important investigative journalism.
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Jon Deeks FMedSci retweeted
Worth asking Michael Gove, PM and Chancellor for a dated record of their written or verbal consent to enrol in a trial in which they all ‘randomly’ got allocated to the same group? #PHE must surely have these on record? Something 🐟 is going on.
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Jon Deeks FMedSci retweeted
Moonshot: it started a mess, and is now, as SoS well demonstrates by his behav and naive tweets, & esp after yet more £££ has been flung at it, a much greater mess. See bmj.com/cgi/content/full/bmj…
Replying to @ScienceShared
Please, journalists, ask why the testing guidance is so incredibly unclear and incoherent, and why the Health Secretary seemingly did not follow his own testing guidance... Please.
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Jon Deeks FMedSci retweeted
NEW DATA: The UK has just recorded the highest number of new COVID-19 cases in the world. -
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