A study of more than 126,000 children born in Wales has found that those with care experience had higher recorded proportions of neurodevelopmental conditions (NDCs) and were diagnosed at a younger age. Researchers from Swansea University and Cardiff University analysed linked administrative data, including health, social care, and education records, from the SAIL Databank. The…
Our 2026 Summer Internship Programme came to an end on Wednesday 2nd of September, with a showcase event to highlight the impactful projects this year’s cohort have been working towards, and celebrate their outstanding achievements this summer. In June, we welcomed 17 interns into our multidisciplinary teams across Population Data Science. Over the past 12…
Dr Helen Daniels from our team talks to Dr Helen Munro about the development of Women’s Health Hubs in Wales, the lessons emerging from their implementation, and how they could support the wider ambition to improve women’s health across Wales. Earlier this year, I was incredibly fortunate to receive a personal award from Health and…
A new analysis has highlighted the extent to which young people in Wales experience severe disadvantage during the transition into adulthood. Researchers from the ADR Wales Housing & Homelessness research team followed roughly 61,000 young people from their 16th birthdays for up to nine years, examining records for mental ill-health, drug misuse, alcohol misuse and…
A new population-scale research resource is bringing together data from across health, education and social care to help researchers better understand the factors that shape children’s health and wellbeing in Wales. Children in Wales: The Cohort for Health and Wellbeing Inequality (CWTCH) has been developed using routinely collected, anonymised data within the SAIL Databank at Swansea University. The new…
Professor Lucy Griffiths of Swansea University has been elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, one of 74 leading social scientists recognised this year for their outstanding contributions to research, policy and practice. The Academy’s Fellowship is made up of distinguished individuals from academia, the public, private and third sectors. Fellows are selected…
A major research award has been secured to evaluate a pioneering approach to mental health support across Wales, aiming to improve access, patient experience and outcomes for people in need of care. Funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), the £3.4m Programme Grant for Applied Research will support a national evaluation…
The Secure eResearch Platform (SeRP) at Swansea University is delighted to announce its role in a major £1.625 million investment from Population Research UK (PRUK). Partnering with Health Data Research UK (HDR UK), the University of Nottingham, and the UKCRC Tissue Directory and Coordination Centre, SeRP will bring its expertise to help develop the new…
Researchers have discovered that people with ADHD are more likely to experience violence and attend hospital emergency departments. New research by Cardiff University, Swansea University and the University of York looked at how neurodevelopmental diagnoses were linked to assault-related attendances at Emergency Departments. The team analysed population data from residents in Wales between 2012 and…
SAIL Databank News. Published 06/08/2026 Swansea University researchers, using the SAIL Databank, led a major European study published in PLOS One, investigating how socio-economic circumstances influence survival among children born with major congenital anomalies. Based at Swansea University, SAIL Databank is funded by Welsh Government through Health and Care Research Wales and the Economic and…
