One year since the emergence of COVID-19 in the UK, and the production of data driven analysis informing government and public service delivery continues at pace. In Wales, the swift creation of the One Wales approach galvanised expertise and brought together organisations at the heart of decision making.
ADR Wales has been recognised as an exemplar for data collaboration in the new Digital Strategy for Wales. The Strategy, which sets out the roadmap for digital services and inclusion in Wales highlighted the role played by the ADR Wales partnership which brings together Government and academia to provide data driven analysis to areas of…
New research finds no cases of the rare blood disorder have been identified in the COVID-19 vaccinated population of Wales. A rapid evaluation of the Welsh healthcare data was undertaken to respond to an urgent request for information on COVID vaccine-related blood clots. The focus of the analysis was to understand whether reports of a…
One of the features that sets the SAIL Databank apart is the ability for researchers to be truly flexible in where they access their anonymised data. Through processes and technological developments crafted over the last 10 years, SAIL has perfected access to secure research without compromise to security, data quality or user experience. But what…
SAIL Databank’s Senior Research Manager and Data Scientist, Ashley Akbari, speaks to DHEW about how the Trusted Research Environment (TRE) technology behind the SAIL Databank is supporting the One Wales response.
As cases of Covid-19 increased in the UK, access to timely data was, and continues to be, a fundamental part of understanding and tackling the virus for those working within policy and research.
The programme-makers interviewed Swansea University’s Professor Ronan Lyons, Director of SAIL Databank, who summarised the insights gleaned from the rich health data in SAIL from the first peak of the virus.
New real time analysis demonstrating the spread of Covid-19 in Wales has directly informed the One Wales response to Covid-19 in Wales.
Trusted relationships, built on strong processes, policies and a common understanding have been at the heart the rapid delivery of research intelligence for the One Wales response to COVID-19.
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.
