Ashley Scrimshire
Research Fellow

Research

Projects

• Scaling up Quality Improvement for Surgical Teams (QIST) – Avoiding surgical site infection and anaemia at the time of surgery: A cluster randomised controlled trial.
• Characteristics, Outcomes and Management of Periprosthetic fractures: A National Service Evaluation (COMPOSE)
• TIDE – An RCT investigating whether there are effective alternatives to nasal mupirocin for early decolonisation of MRSA amongst adult hospital in-patients

Research group(s)

• Trials and Statistics

Publications

Selected publications

• Scrimshire A.B., Booth A., Fairhurst C., Reed M., Tadd W., Laverty A., Corbacho B., Torgerson D., McDaid C. 2020. Scaling up Quality Improvement for Surgical Teams (QIST) – Avoiding surgical site infection and anaemia at the time of surgery: protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial. Trials 21, 234. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-020-4152-3

• Scrimshire AB, Fairhurst C, McDaid C and Torgerson DJ. Effectiveness of pre-operative anaemia screening and increased Tranexamic acid dose on outcomes following unilateral primary, elective total hip or knee replacement: a statistical analysis plan for an interrupted time series and regression discontinuity study [version 1; peer review: 1 approved]. F1000Research 2020, 9:224 (https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.22962.1)

• Scrimshire AB, A Booth, C Fairhurst, A Kotze, MR Reed, C McDaid. 2020 (accepted pending publication). Pre-operative iron treatment in anaemic patients undergoing elective total hip or knee arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-036592

• Scrimshire AB, Gawad M, Davies R, George H. 2018. Management and Outcomes of Isolated Paediatric Tibial Spine Fractures. Injury; Feb;49(2) p437-442

• Scrimshire AB, Holt EM. 2013. Watching cement dry: A necessary but costly irritation in lower limb orthopaedics. BMJ 2013;347:f7395 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f7395

• Davies RM, Scrimshire AB, Sweetman L, Anderton MJ, Holt EM. 2016. A decision tool for whole-body CT in major trauma that safely reduces unnecessary scanning and associated radiation risks: An initial exploratory analysis. Injury, Jan; 47(1) p 43-9. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2015.08.036.

• Hughes J, Scrimshire AB, Steinberg L, P Yiannoullou, C Hall, K Newton, Pearce L, Macdonald A. 2017. Interventional Radiology service provision and practice for the management of traumatic splenic injury across the Regional Trauma Networks of England. Injury, May; 48(5) p1031-4. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2017.02.031.

• P Yiannoullou, C Hall, K Newton, Pearce L, Bouamra O, Jenks T, Scrimshire AB, Hughes J, Lecky F, Macdonald A. 2017. A review of the management of blunt splenic trauma in England and Wales: Have regional trauma networks influenced management strategies and outcomes? Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons England, 99:p63-9. doi: 10.1308/rcsann.2016.0325.

• ASiT/BOTA Lost Tribe Study Group, Scrimshire AB. 2017. Early years postgraduate surgical training programmes in the UK are failing to meet national quality standards: An analysis from the ASiT/BOTA Lost Tribe prospective cohort study of 2,569 surgical trainees. Int J Surg. 2018 Apr;52:376-382. doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2017.09.074.

• BONE Collaborative, Scrimshire AB. 2019. Weight-bearing in ankle fractures: An audit of UK practice. The Foot. June (39) p28-36 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foot.2019.02.005

• BOTA Collaborators, Scrimshire AB. 2018. An audit of clinical training exposure amongst junior doctors working in Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery in 101 hospitals in the United Kingdom. BMC Med Educ 18, 1 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-017-1038-5

External activities

Memberships

• CORNET (vice chair) – Collaborative Orthopaedic Research Network
• BOA - British Orthopaedic Association
• BOTA - British Orthopaedic Trainees' Association
• RCSEng – Royal College of Surgeons of England
• Q community