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.
The UK-wide Networked Data Lab (NDL) is a collaborative network of analytical teams across the UK working together using linked datasets on key issues facing health and care services today. Its latest research reveals a devastating and lasting impact of the pandemic on those asked to shield. The NDL aims to provide health system leaders…
Professor of Public Health and Director of SeRP, SAIL Databank and Population Data Science at Swansea University, Professor Ronan Lyons, chats to Oliver Hides last week on BBC Radio Wales. Professor Lyons discusses Welsh Governments implementation of ‘COVID Passes’ with Oliver, who was sitting in for Gareth Lewis on the drive-time slot. In force from…
Back in July of this year, we discussed with members of the ‘One Wales’ group the collaborative approach aiding understanding of vaccine uptake and safety in wales in the over 80s. The group has now examined vaccination inequities in the over 50s amongst ethnic minorities and in areas of deprivation. The One Wales team is…
Read the latest blog from Cystic Fibrosis Trust posted on 31st August 2021 that details the research undertaken by the One Wales team – “The uptake on the vaccine from people with CF is encouraging – and a step in the right direction” https://www.cysticfibrosis.org.uk/news/covid-19-vaccination-among-the-cf-population-in-wales During the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s become clear that getting up-to-date and…
The health and social care sector are never far from the top of the list of areas needing further insight to help make services and the experiences of people using them better – and that has only been amplified as both the immediate and consequential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are felt.
