Health and Care Research Wales recently announced £6.5m investment in new research projects across Wales, as part of their 2020-21 funding, designed to ‘fund high-quality research that addresses different research needs across Wales’. Many of these new research projects will use the SAIL Databank Trusted Research Environment (TRE) to address their research questions. Containing billions…
It has been shown that people who experience depression are more likely to develop heart disease than those who don’t. The reasons behind this are not fully understood. This new study to investigate cardiovascular risk factors and treatments in patients with depression aims to find out why. The study, supported by a British Heart Foundation…
The UK-wide Networked Data Lab (NDL) is a collaborative network of analytical teams across the UK working together using linked datasets on key issues facing health and care services today. Its latest research reveals a devastating and lasting impact of the pandemic on those asked to shield. The NDL aims to provide health system leaders…
Professor of Public Health and Director of SeRP, SAIL Databank and Population Data Science at Swansea University, Professor Ronan Lyons, chats to Oliver Hides last week on BBC Radio Wales. Professor Lyons discusses Welsh Governments implementation of ‘COVID Passes’ with Oliver, who was sitting in for Gareth Lewis on the drive-time slot. In force from…
The 2020/21 SAIL Databank Annual Report is now available to view and download. The report has a large focus on SAIL’s work and impact during COVID-19 and how SAIL has adapted swiftly to meet the demands of health and administrative data research during a global pandemic. The report details SAIL’s extensive networks of partners and…
Eight out of 23 newly funded research projects in Wales, funded by Health and Care Research Wales, are to use SAIL Databank based in Population Data Science at Swansea University in their pursuit to uncover potentially life-saving insights into a range of health and social care challenges. These key investments from their 2020-21 funding call…
The data also revealed high levels of mental health diagnoses among this group in a study by Family Justice Data Partnership using SAIL Databank.
Back in July of this year, we discussed with members of the ‘One Wales’ group the collaborative approach aiding understanding of vaccine uptake and safety in wales in the over 80s. The group has now examined vaccination inequities in the over 50s amongst ethnic minorities and in areas of deprivation. The One Wales team is…
From ADR Wales. The COVID-19 pandemic showed how access to timely data is critical for researchers and policymakers to best understand a situation and its impact on society. Due to the increased need for this data, the data acquisition team at ADR Wales and its partnered SAIL Databank have secured to date 28 new data…
They may be seen as the ones least vulnerable to transmission and the negative health impacts of Covid-19, but pandemic restrictions disrupted young people’s education, physical activity and opportunities to socialise.
