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Making TREs the default across the NHS: A first step
In June 2022, the NHS published its new data strategy Data Saves Lives. The strategy is a broad ranging document, covering seven ‘key areas’.
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National Data Guardian report cites and reinforces Bennett Institute work on building public trust in use of data for research
Building a strong case for the broader adoption and use of Trusted Research Environments across the NHS.
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Bennett Insights: An Overview of UK Data Policy Developments
An overview of the UK Government’s nine data policy documents published April - July 2022.
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OpenPrescribing June 2022 Newsletter
Our latest newsletter including information on: Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science, we are recruiting, Goldacre Review, updated Outlier Dashboards, recent changes to OpenPrescribing Measures, OpenSAFELY news, and new data news.
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Better, Broader, Safer Uses of Data Help Data Saves Lives
Today the NHS has published the final version of it’s “Data Saves Lives” strategy, setting out its key commitments in seven key areas
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Identifying outlier prescribing behaviour: how is your practice unusual?
We have a new tool available at OpenPrescribing: our outlier prescribing dashboards will show you what your favourite CCG, PCN, STP or practice are prescribing more (or less) than everyone else. Read more about how it works and how to use it here.
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Goldacre Review outlines how to achieve better, broader, and safer use of health data for research and analysis
Over the past year Ben and our policy lead Jess, have conducted interviews with over 300 individuals, held 8 open focus groups, reviewed over 100 written submissions, and conducted extensive desk research, to reach the conclusions that were published yesterday in the Goldacre Review.
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Invitation: CIPHA-OpenSAFELY Introduction Event
CIPHA and OpenSAFELY are hosting an introduction event for researchers in the North West of England who would like to work with CIPHA data using OpenSAFELY.
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Closing the STEM gap is a collective responsibility
Our policy lead, Jess Morley, discusses the challenges involved in closing the gap in representation and reward for women working in these fields, and what we in the Bennett Institute are trying to do to help lower some of the associated barriers.
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OpenPrescribing December Newsletter
Our latest newsletter including information on: We are recruiting, recent changes to OpenPrescribing Measures, new Outlier Prescribing tool, maps update, recent research publications, OpenSAFELY news, and new data news.
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Changes to OpenPrescribing.net measures
Recently we started reviewing a number of measures that needed the most urgent attention. As a result a number have been updated and a couple have been retired.
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First Impressions of a New Start
I joined Bennett Institute in August 2021 to work as a data scientist on OpenSAFELY. This blog post describes my experience getting up and running with the OpenSAFELY pipeline.
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Exploring automated output checking with OpenSAFELY
This is a guest blog from the team at Cantabular, who have been exploring how their technology might fit into the OpenSAFELY ecosystem.
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Oxford announces the founding of the new Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science
The Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science at the University of Oxford has been established to pioneer the better use of data, evidence and digital tools in healthcare and policy, optimizing the impact of interventions to achieve improved outcomes.
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OpenSAFELY co-pilot programme: assisting users on their OpenSAFELY journey
All new users of the OpenSAFELY platform get access to our supportive co-pilot programme, where each new OpenSAFELY user is assigned a member of the OpenSAFELY team as their co-pilot for the duration of their project.
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OpenSAFELY: Public Opinion
This week sees the publication of an independent Citizens’ Jury commissioned for NHSx and the National Data Guardian which found that OpenSAFELY was by far the most strongly and consistently supported of all NHS COVID data projects examined.
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OpenSAFELY: The Origin Story
On our first anniversary, from the Policy Lead in the Bennett Institute, this is the brief story of the positive side from all our lives: how OpenSAFELY came to life, and what we’ve achieved so far.
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OpenPrescribing March Newsletter
Our latest newsletter including information on: new job roles, hospital only measure, total oral morphine equivalence measures, OpenPrescribing and Bennett Institute Papers.
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