UPD countdown to Christmas day 7/15: New guest blog! 🎄 In today’s UPD guest blog, John Tazare and Helen Strongman from EHR group - LSHTM share their research and discuss their perspectives on the impact of opt-outs on health research. Read below!👇 understandingpatientdata.org.uk/news/nhs-data-…

UPD countdown to Christmas day 8/15 🎁 Today, we're highlighting a case study from our research on Integrated Care Systems' (ICSs) use of patient data. Click below to read more about Dorset ICS's Dorset Intelligence and Insight Service 👇 understandingpatientdata.org.uk/sites/default/…

UPD countdown to Christmas day 9/15🎄 Check out this opportunity to be part of @NHSE’s Patient and Public Engagement and Communications Group, which acts as a sounding board and critical friend for key NHSE data programmes. Deadline is January 6th!⏰ 🔗england.nhs.uk/get-involved/g…

UPD countdown to Christmas day 10/15🎄 ICO - Information Commissioner's Office has published an update on its trial of a revised approach to enforcement in the public sector, which favoured alternative enforcement action over fines . Have your say via the consultation below👇 ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/…

UPD countdown to Christmas day 11/15 🎅 Routinely collected patient data can be used in many different ways to improve health and care - some of which are summarised below. To read more about what data is used for, visit our website: understandingpatientdata.org.uk/why

UPD countdown to Christmas day 12/15 🎁 We've had a great reaction to our recent animation explaining SDEs and TREs, but did you know we have a whole host of animations explaining how data saves lives and improves care?🤔 📽️Explore the animations here: understandingpatientdata.org.uk/animations

UPD countdown to Christmas day 13/15 🎄 Health data policy can be complex, so we put together this explainer resource that breaks down what each one means for you and your data 🤔 Think we're missing something important? Get in touch!📨 understandingpatientdata.org.uk/explaining-hea…

UPD countdown to Christmas day 14/15 🎅 Today we say goodbye to our Head of UPD, Nicola Hamilton!🥲She has played a pivotal role in driving UPD forward since we moved to NHS Confed, and we wish her all the best🌟 Look out for details of our future plans in the new year!🥳

UPD countdown to Christmas day 15/15 🎁 It's the last day! We're signing off for our Christmas break, returning on 6th Jan 🗓️ We hope you all have wonderful holiday and new year celebrations🥳🎉🪩🍾 See you next year!👋

New year, new health data policy announcements 📆 As part of wider reforms, the Government has announced plans for a new digital platform to make it easier to share up-to-date data between the NHS and adult social care providers. Read more👇 gov.uk/government/new…

NEW RESEARCH📢 Today we're publishing the outputs from our project focusing on the experiences and perspectives of Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller communities on the collection and use of ethnicity data in health services. 🔗Explore the outputs here: understandingpatientdata.org.uk/equitable-data…