Sarah Toomey, Author at Population Data Science

Blog – investigating the effect of COVID-19 on the incidence of long-term conditions in Wales & the development of a dashboard enabling outputs to be shared more easily

27 January 2023Blog, For the NHS

The Research COVID-19 has indirectly impacted the healthcare system, owing to surge and sustained pressures on the system. This has resulted in delays in screening services and postponement of elective surgeries and other non-urgent medical treatments. However, these pressures’ effects on managing long-term or chronic conditions still need to be fully understood. Long-term conditions (LTCs),…

New Data Lab at the forefront of developing population health

26 January 2023News

An innovative new Data Lab developed by the National Centre for Population Health & Wellbeing Research is at the forefront of developing population health research. The Data Lab creates easily accessible linked datasets which researchers can use for data discovery enabling researchers to develop their research questions and pilot analysis methods and see if data…

COVID-19 booster uptake and breakthrough for healthcare workers in Wales

25 January 2023News

A new research study published in the journal, Vaccine, has uncovered rates of COVID-19 booster vaccination uptake and subsequent infection breakthrough amongst healthcare workers in Wales. Breakthrough infections are those who were administered a booster dose, who went on to become infected with COVID-19. The study used anonymised, individual-level, linked electronic health records (EHR) and…

Research Unwrapped podcast series – Born in Wales researcher Hope Jones speaks to Sharon Jones (Lead Research Midwife) and Heather O’Shea (Infant Feeding Co-ordinator)

24 January 2023Blog

Research Unwrapped is a podcast series highlighting topics and research from the National Centre for Population Health & Wellbeing Research. In this episode, Born in Wales researcher Hope Jones speaks to Sharon Jones (Lead Research Midwife) and Heather O’Shea (Infant Feeding Co-ordinator) from Swansea Bay University Health Board. In the podcast, Hope chats to Sharon and Heather about what areas…

Research blog: Uncovering the cost burden of cellulitis for the NHS in Wales

23 January 2023Blog

A 20-year population-scale study of patients with cellulitis, published in the International Wound Journal, has revealed the full economic cost burden for the NHS in Wales. Caused by bacterial infection, cellulitis can make skin, anywhere on the body, painful, hot or swollen, sometimes accompanied by blistering. Cellulitis accounts for a significant financial and resource cost…

Harmonising electronic health records for reproducible research: challenges, solutions and recommendations

17 January 2023News

The UK-wide Cardiovascular COVID-19 research collaboration known as the CVD-COVID-UK Consortium has published new research in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, describing the implementation of an efficient, transparent, scalable, and reproducible health data harmonisation method. This new method enables multi-nation collaborative research across the UK’s Trusted Research Environments (TRE’s), highly secure computing environments that provide remote access…

Research using SAIL wins UK’s Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) award.

11 January 2023News

The Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee (WHSSC) were the proud recipient of the ‘Addressing health inequalities through NHS finance action award’ at a ceremony held in December 2022. The HFMA Awards programme recognises the work of finance teams and individuals from across UK healthcare, focusing on the importance of engaging clinicians in financial management. The…

Research blog: Welsh care home study finds proportion of residents with dementia a significant risk factor for COVID-19 infection.

15 December 2022Blog, News

A new study using SAIL Databank suggests that environmental and social COVID-19 mitigation measures in care home settings may be more effective in reducing infection than focusing on individual risk factors. People in the community with dementia have been more likely to be hospitalised with COVID-19, but there is a lack of evidence on how…

New research reveals just 1 in 3 pregnant women in Wales would have Covid-19 vaccination

13 December 2022News

A new study led by researchers at Swansea University has revealed that potentially only one in three pregnant women in Wales would actually have the Covid-19 vaccine during pregnancy, even though two in three said they would have the jab. Vaccine hesitancy is an important consideration among vulnerable populations, such as pregnant women especially during…

Centre researchers present Case Study on school meals in Wales at UK launch event

1 December 2022News

Researchers from the National Centre for Population Health & Wellbeing Research and Public Health Wales presented their Case Study on school meals in Wales at a launch event in London. At the event held on the 17th November, representatives from all four UK devolved nations presented the current status of school meals. The event which…

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