Posts by Sarah Toomey

A new study using SAIL Databank suggests those with COVID-19 who lose their lives, even with underlying health conditions, die much sooner than we might have otherwise expected.

For Vulnerable People

The authors had analysed 850,000, anonymised, individual patient records within SAIL Databank to look for an association between age and survival rates against an index of comorbidities. They also examined 145 patients within SAIL Databank who had ‘influenza’ recorded as the cause of death for the year 2011.

Preliminary data from the MS Register is showing that people with MS are likely to not be at any more risk of catching the Coronavirus or of having a serious outcome, than the general population.

For Vulnerable People

Over 4100 people have responded to the MS Register initial (baseline) survey, 2000 of these people have gone on to answer a follow up survey. Two hundred people who have told us that they have a confirmed (by lab test or been told by a health care professional) or suspected case of coronavirus.

Data science and linked data aiding understanding of the unfolding COVID-19 epidemic in Wales and informing the development and evaluation of counter-measures.

For Government

In keeping with the One Wales philosophy we have quickly created a cross-institutional team of data scientists, biological scientists, clinicians and policy makers who have come together to leverage existing and new datasets and apply their expertise to provide timely evidence to inform policy and practice in order to reduce the impact of the epidemic on the Welsh population.

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