Bringing together colleagues from within the Population Data Science group and across Wales including HDR UK, ADR Wales, SAIL Databank, ADP, BREATHE, Welsh Government, Public Health Wales and NHS Wales Informatics Service (NWIS) has resulted in an agile and responsive approach to tackling data analysis and intelligence generation based on both the constant and newly developing priorities for tackling COVID-19 in Wales.
The One Wales team will continue to work together to identify gaps in knowledge and streamline efforts to deliver vital intelligence to help policymakers understand and plan around the issue of COVID-19 in Wales and across the UK.
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.
