Data scientist’s supporting the One Wales response
Since the earliest days of the COVID-19 outbreak in the UK, the SAIL Databank has played a pivotal role in the One Wales strategic response to this unprecedented global threat.
THE ONE WALES VISION INFORMING DECISIONS DURING COVID-19
In recent times our team of data scientists have been increasingly called upon to provide valuable intelligence based on the anonymised data that we securely hold within our very own, world leading SAIL Databank.
SAIL Databank and SeRP technology to play key role in an international collaboration to accelerate COVID-19 research
A new International COVID-19 Data Research Alliance and Workbench will support the rapid development of therapies to combat the global effects of COVID-19. Established by Health Data Research (HDR) UK and partners, following funding announced by the COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator and the Gates Foundation.
Collaborative project to explore the effects of the built environment on child health and obesity
New collaborative research project, which will explore the effects of the built environment on child health and obesity.
New study highlights vulnerabilities of pregnant women living in Wales at risk of their babies being removed from their care
A new research has revealed that pregnant women living in Wales – who are at risk of their babies being removed from their care in the first year of life – are more likely to have had mental health problems compared to other pregnant women.
Born into Care: 1000 mothers in care proceedings in Wales Maternal health, wellbeing and pregnancy outcomes
A blog from Professor Karen Broadhurst (Lancaster University) & Dr. Lucy Griffiths (Swansea University). This blog is focused on two main findings from our recently published report “1000 Mothers in Care Proceedings in Wales”.
New rapid-results research projects set up to help people with multiple sclerosis during pandemic
A new research project born out of the current COVID-19 pandemic will track the moods of people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) over time to monitor its effect on accelerating the progression of the disease.
Research undertaken by Adolescent Mental Health Data Platform points way to dealing with looming mental health crisis from COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic looks set to create a mental health crisis affecting young people in the UK, and experts at Swansea University Medical School are finding out how best to deal with it.
SAIL Databank’s Professor Ronan Lyons speaks to BBC Radio 5 Live about COVID-19
In an interview with Rachel Burden, who presents 5 Live’s Breakfast Show, Ronan speaks of how SAIL Databank is being used to inform the Welsh Government’s strategic response to the pandemic.
Public support is needed to help SAIL Databank and COVIDENCE UK against the coronavirus
The study is being supported by SAIL (Secure Anonymous Information Linkage) Databank based at Swansea University Medical School. It is a world-leading, population databank, entrusted by the Welsh NHS to safely store the Welsh population’s health data, collected routinely by GPs and hospitals.