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Creating a near real-time monitoring dashboard for medication dispensing during COVID-19 using SAIL Databank.

29 April 2022Blog, For the NHS, News

COVID-19 has led to substantial changes in community pharmacy drug dispensing patterns. Measures for keeping the spread of the COVID-19 virus under control resulted in many face-to-face activities moving to online and telephone consultations unless necessary. Many individuals experienced this change in their routine interaction with clinical services such as blood tests, repeated medication, GP…

Swansea University awarded 2.4 Million renewal funding for world-class dementia data repository

22 November 2021News

Swansea University has been awarded 2.4 million in funding to continue and develop the Dementias Platform UK (DPUK) Data Portal – a world-class data repository for dementia research. The renewal of funding is part of a multi-million-pound investment by The UK’s Medical Research Council (MRC) in partnership with industry and the third sector.

DATAMIND: A new UK data hub for mental health research joins Population Data Science group

13 May 2021News, Uncategorized

Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) and the Medical Research Council (MRC) have today announced a new Hub to provide innovative data resources for mental health research and innovation. The Hub will improve the discoverability and usability of diverse data sources for research to help improve the lives of people with mental health problems.

Swansea University team to join EU project that will organise and share information on COVID-19

10 November 2020COVID-19, For Government, News, Uncategorized

A team from Population Data Science at Swansea University is to join a network of 41 partners from across 30 countries as part of the ‘Population Health Research Infrastructure’ (PHIRI), a new mechanism for organising and sharing information on COVID-19.

Study to help improve health, education and wellbeing of children in Wales launched

14 September 2020News

Researchers at the National Centre for Population Health & Wellbeing Research, funded by Welsh Government through Health and Care Research Wales, have launched a study to help inform how to improve health, education and wellbeing for all children in Wales.

The merits of linked data in Cystic Fibrosis research

13 August 2020Blog

A team from Population Data Science at Swansea University, the University of Liverpool and the Cystic Fibrosis Trust spoke to us about their recent collaborative paper.

SAIL Databank & SeRP achieve new NHS Digital standard

21 July 2020News

Both SAIL Databank & SeRP have achieved the new high-watermark standard set out by NHS Digital’s Data Security and Protection Toolkit for any organisation that accesses NHS data.

SAIL Databank and SeRP technology to play key role in an international collaboration to accelerate COVID-19 research

26 June 2020For Government, News

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

18 June 2020News

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

16 June 2020For Vulnerable People, News

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.

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