Data and Connectivity brings together key assets of the UK data infrastructure by working in partnership with stakeholders from across the four nations to organise medical, biological and social science data on an unprecedented scale.
COVID-19 Data and Connectivity
Data and Connectivity –led by led by Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) in partnership with Office for National Statistics (ONS)– connects UK health data to support and accelerate research on COVID-19, enabling streamlined data access and analysis for COVID-19. Data and Connectivity supports the five National Core Studies (NCS) established by the UK government.
Click here to find out about the Data and Connectivity Funding Call
The COVID-19 Data and Connectivity National Core Study, partnering with the Alan Turing Institute, invite the UK’s data science community to contribute to the national COVID-19 response and future pandemic preparedness, in our Funding Call.
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NCS Data and Connectivity uses and builds on the Health Data Research Innovation Gateway (the ‘Gateway’), a window shop platform for health data in the UK. Use the Gateway to explore NCS datasets and collections and request access to data for your research.
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Read our ‘Data available for COVID-19 research across the UK‘ brochure:
Discover our collection and papers on the HDR Innovation Gateway
Read our Data and Connectivity Case Studies
HDR UK and ONS are continuing to work in partnership with our Delivery partners to lead the Data and Connectivity Study. Our progress and impact can be tracked via our monthly sprint reports and our NCS Gateway Dashboard.
Explore our key progress and impact
Explore our 12 funded projects to accelerate use of data for vital COVID-19 research
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We have worked with our Delivery partners and key stakeholders to map vaccine data flows and linkages required for COVID-19 vaccine research, identify key research questions and enable data access. Vaccine datasets now available to request access to via the Gateway
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As NCS Data and Connectivity is a part of the UK’s research response to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is imperative that patient and public involvement and engagement is a core theme that runs throughout its work.
We are working with patients and members of the public in a number of different ways to ensure we are truly embedding the patient and public voice in a meaningful way.
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Through the COVID-19 Data and Connectivity programme, we are responding to COVID-19 by improving access to significant data.
Latest News
Get the latest news and opinion updates on what’s going on across Data and Connectivity and the other NCS programmes.
Long COVID in children poorly understood by doctors
The clinical definition of long COVID in children is at present very limited and poorly understood by doctors, according to a new report published 21 July, 2021. The report also found that symptoms typically associated with long COVID were having a significant physical and psychological impact on children’s day-to-day lives. Long COVID is commonly used to describe signs and...
COVID-19 vaccine data listed and available to request through HDR Innovation Gateway
Researchers now able to directly request access to national vaccine datasets enabling vital COVID-19 research.
Current projects
HDR UK selects 12 projects to accelerate use of data for vital COVID-19 research
12 urgent research projects are to receive new funding following a rapid call for COVID-19 data research initiatives by Health Data Research UK, Office for National Statistics and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). The successful projects will build on existing UKRI and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) work to use national data to answer key COVID-19 research questions.
COVID-19 Data and Connectivity
Data and Connectivity –led by led by Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) in partnership with Office for National Statistics (ONS)– connects UK health data to support and accelerate research on COVID-19, enabling streamlined data access and analysis for COVID-19. Data and Connectivity supports the five National Core Studies (NCS) established by the UK government.
Gateway Collection of NCS
Over the past few months, experts and key funders have identified a number of key areas where the UK must increase research scale to respond to near term strategic, policy and operational needs, and ultimately maintain resilience against Covid-19 through the winter and beyond. These are the NCS.
Data and Connectivity Videos
Watch our series of monthly video blogs showcasing the latest COVID-19 news and research.
Find and request access to data on the Gateway
Get involved
Our partners
The ONS – programme co lead
NHS Digital (England)
SAIL Databank / University of Swansea (Wales)
Public Health Scotland / EPCC University of Edinburgh (Scotland)
HSC Honest Broker Service (Northern Ireland)
OpenSAFELY – TRE delivery partner