Mr Rhys Pockett

Senior Lecturer

Public Health

+44 (0) 1792 606503

r.d.pockett@swansea.ac.uk

Office - 133
First Floor
Vivian Building
Singleton Campus

Available For Postgraduate Supervision

Research Links

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4135-7383

ResearchGate

About

I have worked in the public health and epidemiology sector for over 21 years specialising in analysing healthcare datasets.

After graduating with a BSc (Hons) in Maritime Environmental Science in 1999 I started working for the University of Wales College of Medicine and the National Public Health Service for Wales running and developing the All Wales Injuries Surveillance System (AWISS) and was heavily involved in the development of the subsequent Emergency Department Dataset (EDDS). While there I graduated, in 2002, with a Masters in Public Health (MPH).

In 2007 I moved to Cardiff Research Consortium, a health outcomes consultancy, as an epidemiologist analysing large healthcare datasets primarily on industry funded studies, while there I worked on studies for such companies as Amgen, Astra Zeneca, BMS, F.Hoffman-La Roche, Genzyme, GSK, Janssen-Cilag, Pfizer, Sanofi-Aventis, and Sanofi-Pasteur.

I moved to the Swansea Centre for Health Economics (SCHE) in late 2011 where I continues working with real world data to support economic analyses. As well as working on trials I continues to work with pharmaceutical companies undertaking burden of disease and cost of disease studies, as well as risk modelling and survival analysis to support HTA submissions and market access strategies.

At Swansea University I am a Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology and teach epidemiology to undergraduate and postgraduate students within the School of Health and Social Care.

Areas Of Expertise

Real World Data analysis
Burden of Disease
Cost of Disease
Survival Analysis
Health Economic Evaluation

Career Highlights

Teaching Interests

I am currently module leader for the postgraduate modules Public Health Evidence and Epidemiology and Foundations in Research as part of the Public Health and Health Promotion, Long Term and Chronic Condition Management, Gerontology and Ageing, and Community and Primary Health Care Practice programmes.

Additionally I give individual lectures as part of the modules Public Health and Epidemiology, Foundations in Public Health and Primary Health Care, Public Health and Lifelong Learning for Physician’s Associates, and Professional Practice.

Research

Publications

Research Highlights

Davies, F., Edwards, M., Price, D., Anderson, P., Carson-Stevens, A., Choudhry, M., Cooke, M., Dale, J., Donaldson, L., Evans, B., Harrington, B., Harris, S., Hepburn, J., Hibbert, P., Hughes, T., Hussain, F., Islam, S., Pockett, R., Porter, A...., & Cooper, A. (2024). Evaluation of different models of general practitioners working in or alongside emergency departments: a mixed-methods realist evaluation. Health and Social Care Delivery Research, 12(10), 1-152.
https://doi.org/10.3310/jwqz5348, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66228
Cullen, K., Jones, M., Pockett, R., Burton, A., Cross, T., Rowe, I., Paley, L., Tataru, D., Alexander, G., Marshall, A., & Fitzsimmons, D. (2023). Cost of hepatocellular carcinoma to the national health service in England: a registry-based analysis. BMJ Open Gastroenterology, 10(1), e000998
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgast-2022-000998, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62472
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgast-2022-000998
Burton, A., Tataru, D., Driver, R., Bird, T., Huws, D., Wallace, D., Cross, T., Rowe, I., Alexander, G., Marshall, A., Burton, A., Marshall, A., Alexander, G., Rowe, I., Driver, R., Kumar, V., Cross, T., Cullen, K., Pockett, R...., & Aithal, G. (2021). Primary liver cancer in the UK: Incidence, incidence-based mortality, and survival by subtype, sex, and nation. JHEP Reports, 3(2), 100232
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhepr.2021.100232, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63450
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhepr.2021.100232
Humphrey, N., Hennessey, A., Troncoso, P., Panayiotou, M., Black, L., Petersen, K., Wo, L., Mason, C., Ashworth, E., Frearson, K., Boehnke, J., Pockett, R., Lowin, J., Foxcroft, D., Wigelsworth, M., & Lendrum, A. (2022). The Good Behaviour Game intervention to improve behavioural and other outcomes for children aged 7–8 years: a cluster RCT. Public Health Research, 10(7), 1-100.
https://doi.org/10.3310/vkof7695, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60029
Deluca, P., Coulton, S., Alam, M., Boniface, S., Donoghue, K., Gilvarry, E., Kaner, E., Lynch, E., Maconochie, I., McArdle, P., McGovern, R., Newbury‐Birch, D., Patton, R., Pellat‐Higgins, T., Phillips, C., Phillips, T., Pockett, R., Russell, I., Strang, J., & Drummond, C. (2022). Effectiveness and cost‐effectiveness of face‐to‐face and electronic brief interventions versus screening alone to reduce alcohol consumption among high‐risk adolescents presenting to emergency departments: three‐arm pragmatic randomized trial (SIPS Junior high risk trial). Addiction, 117(8), 2200-2214.
https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15884, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59564

All Research

Journal Articles

Davies, F., Edwards, M., Price, D., Anderson, P., Carson-Stevens, A., Choudhry, M., Cooke, M., Dale, J., Donaldson, L., Evans, B., Harrington, B., Harris, S., Hepburn, J., Hibbert, P., Hughes, T., Hussain, F., Islam, S., Pockett, R., Porter, A...., & Cooper, A. (2024). Evaluation of different models of general practitioners working in or alongside emergency departments: a mixed-methods realist evaluation. Health and Social Care Delivery Research, 12(10), 1-152.
https://doi.org/10.3310/jwqz5348, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66228
Cullen, K., Jones, M., Pockett, R., Burton, A., Cross, T., Rowe, I., Paley, L., Tataru, D., Alexander, G., Marshall, A., & Fitzsimmons, D. (2023). Cost of hepatocellular carcinoma to the national health service in England: a registry-based analysis. BMJ Open Gastroenterology, 10(1), e000998
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgast-2022-000998, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62472
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgast-2022-000998
Deluca, P., Coulton, S., Alam, M., Boniface, S., Donoghue, K., Gilvarry, E., Kaner, E., Lynch, E., Maconochie, I., McArdle, P., McGovern, R., Newbury‐Birch, D., Patton, R., Pellat‐Higgins, T., Phillips, C., Phillips, T., Pockett, R., Russell, I., Strang, J., & Drummond, C. (2022). Effectiveness and cost‐effectiveness of face‐to‐face and electronic brief interventions versus screening alone to reduce alcohol consumption among high‐risk adolescents presenting to emergency departments: three‐arm pragmatic randomized trial (SIPS Junior high risk trial). Addiction, 117(8), 2200-2214.
https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15884, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59564
Humphrey, N., Hennessey, A., Troncoso, P., Panayiotou, M., Black, L., Petersen, K., Wo, L., Mason, C., Ashworth, E., Frearson, K., Boehnke, J., Pockett, R., Lowin, J., Foxcroft, D., Wigelsworth, M., & Lendrum, A. (2022). The Good Behaviour Game intervention to improve behavioural and other outcomes for children aged 7–8 years: a cluster RCT. Public Health Research, 10(7), 1-100.
https://doi.org/10.3310/vkof7695, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60029
Robling, M., Lugg-Widger, F., Cannings-John, R., Angel, L., Channon, S., Fitzsimmons, D., Hood, K., Kenkre, J., Moody, G., Owen-Jones, E., Pockett, R., Sanders, J., Segrott, J., & Slater, T. (2022). Nurse-led home-visitation programme for first-time mothers in reducing maltreatment and improving child health and development (BB:2-6): longer-term outcomes from a randomised cohort using data linkage. BMJ Open, 12(2), e049960
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049960, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59380
Harris, S., Pockett, R., Dighton, G., Wood, K., Armour, C., Fossey, M., Hogan, L., Kitchiner, N., Larcombe, J., Rogers, R., & Dymond, S. (2021). Social and economic costs of gambling problems and related harm among UK military veterans. BMJ Military Health, 169(5), bmjmilitary-2021.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjmilitary-2021-001892, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57868
Deluca, P., Coulton, S., Alam, M., Boniface, S., Cohen, D., Donoghue, K., Gilvarry, E., Kaner, E., Maconochie, I., McArdle, P., McGovern, R., Newbury-Birch, D., Patton, R., Pellatt-Higgins, T., Phillips, C., Phillips, T., Pockett, R., Russell, I., Strang, J., & Drummond, C. (2021). Brief interventions to prevent excessive alcohol use in adolescents at low-risk presenting to Emergency Departments: Three-arm, randomised trial of effectiveness and cost-effectiveness. International Journal of Drug Policy, 93, 103113
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103113, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56102
Burton, A., Tataru, D., Driver, R., Bird, T., Huws, D., Wallace, D., Cross, T., Rowe, I., Alexander, G., Marshall, A., Burton, A., Marshall, A., Alexander, G., Rowe, I., Driver, R., Kumar, V., Cross, T., Cullen, K., Pockett, R...., & Aithal, G. (2021). Primary liver cancer in the UK: Incidence, incidence-based mortality, and survival by subtype, sex, and nation. JHEP Reports, 3(2), 100232
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhepr.2021.100232, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63450
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhepr.2021.100232
Robling, M., Lugg-Widger, F., Cannings-John, R., Sanders, J., Angel, L., Channon, S., Fitzsimmons, D., Hood, K., Kenkre, J., Moody, G., Owen-Jones, E., Pockett, R., Segrott, J., & Slater, T. (2021). The Family Nurse Partnership to reduce maltreatment and improve child health and development in young children: the BB:2–6 routine data-linkage follow-up to earlier RCT. Public Health Research, 9(2), 1-160.
https://doi.org/10.3310/phr09020, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56228
Meier, G., Watkins, J., McEwan, P., & Pockett, R. (2020). Resource use and direct medical costs of acute respiratory illness in the UK based on linked primary and secondary care records from 2001 to 2009. PLOS ONE, 15(8), e0236472
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236472, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55288
Deluca, P., Coulton, S., Alam, M., Boniface, S., Donoghue, K., Gilvarry, E., Kaner, E., Lynch, E., Maconochie, I., McArdle, P., McGovern, R., Newbury-Birch, D., Patton, R., Pellatt-Higgins, T., Phillips, C., Phillips, T., Pockett, R., Russell, I., Strang, J., & Drummond, C. (2020). Screening and brief interventions for adolescent alcohol use disorders presenting through emergency departments: a research programme including two RCTs. Programme Grants for Applied Research, 8(2), 1-144.
https://doi.org/10.3310/pgfar08020, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa49175
Boktor, J., Ninan, T., Pockett, R., Collins, I., Sultan, A., & Koptan, W. (2018). Lumbar fusion for lytic spondylolisthesis: Is an interbody cage necessary?. Journal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spine, 9(2), 101
https://doi.org/10.4103/jcvjs.JCVJS_20_18, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa40768
http://www.jcvjs.com/text.asp?2018/9/2/101/234736
Boktor, J., Pockett, R., & Verghese, N. (2018). The expandable Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion - 2 year follow up. Journal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spine, 9(1), 50-55.
https://doi.org/10.4103/jcvjs.JCVJS_21_18, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa39519
http://www.jcvjs.com/text.asp?2018/9/1/50/230610
Pockett, R., McEwan, P., Ray, J., Tran, I., Shutler, S., Martin, S., Yousef, Z., & Bakhai, A. (2018). Prospective utility study of patients with multiple cardiovascular events. Journal of Medical Economics, 1-6.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13696998.2018.1454453, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa39094
Pockett, R., Watkins, J., McEwan, P., & Meier, G. (2015). Burden of Illness in UK Subjects with Reported Respiratory Infections Vaccinated or Unvaccinated against Influenza: A Retrospective Observational Study. PLOS ONE, 10(8), e0134928
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0134928, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa24713
Anderson, P., Dalziel, K., Davies, E., Fitzsimmons, D., Hale, J., Hughes, A., Isaac, J., Onishchenko, K., Phillips, C., Pockett, R., Phillips, C., Fitzsimmons, D., Hall, K., Davies, E., Pockett, R., & Anderson, P. (2014). Survey of digestive health across Europe: Final report. Part 2: The economic impact and burden of digestive disorders. United European Gastroenterology Journal, 2(6), 544-546.
https://doi.org/10.1177/2050640614554155, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa24712
Chamberlain, G., Baboolal, K., Bennett, H., Pockett, R., McEwan, P., Sabater, J., & Sennfält, K. (2014). The Economic Burden of Posttransplant Events in Renal Transplant Recipients in Europe. Transplantation, 97(8), 854-861.
https://doi.org/10.1097/01.TP.0000438205.04348.69, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18748
Pockett, R., Cevro, E., Chamberlain, G., Scott-Coombes, D., & Baboolal, K. (2014). Assessment of Resource Use and Costs Associated with Parathyroidectomy for Secondary Hyperparathyroidism in End Stage Renal Disease in the UK. Journal of Medical Economics, 17(3), 198-206.
https://doi.org/10.3111/13696998.2013.869227, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18749
Pockett, R., Campbell, D., Carroll, S., Rajoriya, F., & Adlard, N. (2013). A comparison of healthcare resource use for rotavirus and RSV between vulnerable children with co-morbidities and healthy children: a case control study. Journal of Medical Economics, 16(4), 560-565.
https://doi.org/10.3111/13696998.2013.774278, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18750
Pockett, R., Campbell, D., Carroll, S., Rajoriya, F., & Adlard, N. (2013). Rotavirus, respiratory syncytial virus and non-rotaviral gastroenteritis analysis of hospital readmissions in England and Wales. Acta Paediatrica, 102(4), e158-e163.
https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.12124, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18751
Pockett, R., Adlard, N., Carroll, S., & Rajoriya, F. (2011). Paediatric hospital admissions for rotavirus gastroenteritis and infectious gastroenteritis of all causes in England: an analysis of correlation with deprivation. Current Medical Research and Opinion, 27(4), 777-784.
https://doi.org/10.1185/03007995.2011.555757, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18752
Gordon, J., Pockett, R., Tetlow, A., McEwan, P., Home, P., & Pockett, R. (2010). A comparison of intermediate and long-acting insulins in people with type 2 diabetes starting insulin: an observational database study. International Journal of Clinical Practice, 64(12), 1609-1618.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1742-1241.2010.02520.x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18753
POCKETT, R., CASTELLANO, D., MCEWAN, P., OGLESBY, A., BARBER, B., CHUNG, K., & Pockett, R. (2010). The hospital burden of disease associated with bone metastases and skeletal-related events in patients with breast cancer, lung cancer, or prostate cancer in Spain. European Journal of Cancer Care, 19(6), 755-760.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2354.2009.01135.x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18754
Lyons, R., Brophy, S., Pockett, R., John, G., Brophy, S., Lyons, R., & Pockett, R. (2005). Purpose, development and use of injury indicators. International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion, 12(4), 207-211.
https://doi.org/10.1080/17457300500172776, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa24847
http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/16471152

Conference Contributions

Boktor, J., Ninan, T., Davies, S., Pockett, R., Collins, I., Sultan, M., Koptan, W., El Meligui, Y., & Pockett, R. (2017). Lumbar fusion for lytic spondylolisthesis: is an interbody cage necessary?. In The Spine Journal (pp. S12
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spinee.2016.12.038, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa32366
Pockett, R. (2017). Proceedings of the 14th annual conference of INEBRIA: New York, NY, USA, September 14–15, 2017..
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa39528
Pockett, R., McEwan, P., Ray, J., Tran, I., Shutler, S., Martin, S., Yousef, Z., Bakhai, A., & Pockett, R. (2016). Prospective Utility Study of Patients with Multiple Cardiovascular Events. In Value in Health (pp. A348-A349).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2016.09.2408, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa31849
Pockett, R., O'Leary, C., Winfield, T., Anderson, P., Nasser, A., Ansell, D., & Pockett, R. (2016). The Hector Study: Health Economics Study of Codeine And Tramadol Non-Responders – A Sub Population Analysis. In Value in Health (pp. A574
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2016.09.1316, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa31850
Pockett, R., O’Leary, C., Anderson, P., Nasser, A., Winfield, T., Ansell, D., & Pockett, R. (2015). How are Pain Treatment Response Rates In Primary Care Influenced By Co-Prescription of Cyp2d6 Inhibitors?. In Value in Health (pp. A659
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2015.09.2389, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa24715
Ansell, D., Khan, I., Proudfoot, C., Gbenedio, T., Joulain, F., Pockett, R., Catterick, D., Gooch, K., & Pockett, R. (2015). Cardiovascular Event Rates in a High-Risk General Population Cohort of 340,000 Individuals in the United Kingdom. In Value in Health (pp. A382-A383).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2015.09.821, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa24716
Pockett, R., McEwan, P., Beckham, C., Shutler, S., Martin, S., Yousef, Z., Bakhai, A., & Pockett, R. (2014). Health Utility in Patients Following Cardiovascular Events. In Value in Health (pp. A328
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2014.08.598, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa24718
Meier, G., Pockett, R., McEwan, P., Watkins, J., Humphreys, I., & Pockett, R. (2013). Use of Antibiotics and Prescription Medication in Influenza Disease in the United Kingdom. In Value in Health (pp. A347
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2013.08.149, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa24719
Meier, G., Pockett, R., McEwan, P., Watkins, J., Humphreys, I., & Pockett, R. (2013). Burden of influenza disease in the united kingdom (uk): A linked general practice research database (gprd) analysis. In Value in Health (pp. A86
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2013.03.398, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa24717
Pockett, R., Campbell, D., Adlard, N., Rajoriya, F., Carroll, S., & Pockett, R. (2011). PIH18 Rotavirus Gastroenteritis in Vulnerable Children: A UK Case Control Study. In Value in Health (pp. A400-A401).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2011.08.922, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa24720

Taught Modules

SHC150 Professional Practice 1

This is an introductory module that prepares students for work in the healthcare science clinical practice environment.
SHGM109 Life Course Perspectives of Public Health and Health Promotion

This module will enable students to develop their knowledge and understanding of the perspectives of the life course (i.e., public health issues that span the human life course), linking to the UK Public Health Register (UKPHR) standards or similar. Each week will touch on some of the everyday life course public health issues seen in recent years and are also peaking on the global scale via tutorial sessions and CANVAS resources. Students will be randomly allocated to groups representing various world regions during the early days of the module. These assigned world regions will form the basis of the module assessment in which each group must agree on writing a report on a specific life course issue (with word allocations for individual contributions from each team member) and a group presentation. Students will be able to understand, apply and analyse their knowledge of the life course issues in public health through the critical integration, synthesis, and utilisation of public health information/evidence to generate reports that would improve population health and wellbeing. Students will choose a public health life course issue for enquiry and consider the process of assessing, planning, and writing a report to inform relevant stakeholders of their selected life course issues with an executive summary and recommendations on mitigating the impact of said issues, thereby improving population health. Further, the module aims to integrate the UKPHR standards (updated in 2018) to promote their appropriate use, especially points 2, 3, 6, 7 and 8.
SHGM17 Public Health Evidence and Epidemiology

This module will prepare students for their role in relation to Public Health and Health Promotion Practice to enable them to critically analyse the quality of the research epidemiological evidence that underpins their particular perspective be it a generic/specific role in Public Health and Health Promotion.
SHGM35 Foundations in Public Health and Primary Health Care

The module is designed to develop knowledge and skills in public health practice and primary health care. Underpinning concepts and approaches to public health practice and the role of public health in primary health care will be critically examined. Collaborative ways of working between sectors will be explored within the above context in order that students can plan and evaluate strategies for the improvement of health of individuals, groups and local populations.
SHGM38 Foundations in Research

The purpose of this module is to provide a critical understanding of the research process and methodological approaches to sound applied research. The module will be delivered in a systematic approach facilitating individual and group learning, and will stimulate the development of research skills that will enable learners to apply them in their work environment and contribute to strengthening the notion and implementation of evidence based practice.
SHGM57 Dissertation (MSc Public Health and Health Promotion)

This module builds on the knowledge and skills developed in part one of the programme. Specifically, students will be prepared to work independently in order to critically explore the evidence base for a topic of interest or relevance to their own professional practice.
SHGM62 Foundations in Research

The module builds on students¿ previous knowledge of research and aims to expand their knowledge and understanding of the research process. The main aim is to assist students to apply knowledge and skills of research methods learned to their own personal and professional development.

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Taught Modules

SHC150 Professional Practice 1

SHGM109 Life Course Perspectives of Public Health and Health Promotion

SHGM17 Public Health Evidence and Epidemiology

SHGM35 Foundations in Public Health and Primary Health Care

SHGM38 Foundations in Research

SHGM57 Dissertation (MSc Public Health and Health Promotion)

SHGM62 Foundations in Research