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Where support falls short: Tackling variation in SEND provision
Dr Jennifer Saxton and Dr Ariadna Albajara Saenz at the University of Cambridge explore how special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) support varies depending on where someone lives. Every...
Exploring good health through data with Somali women
Julianna Smith, from Health in the Margins CIC, shares their Take the Lead project working with Somali women and what good health means to the community.
New ways to listen: What creative health data means for our community
Patricia Vella-Burrows, Founder and Director of Music4Wellbeing, reflects how Take the Lead helped them use health data to bring their community together.
European Health Data Space: UK alignment as a strategic priority to enable improved outcomes for all
With the European Health Data Space set to influence standards, infrastructure and approaches to health data use across Europe for years to come, Anne explores what this means for the UK and why...
How open is “open” when we talk about open science?
At HDR UK, our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion, alongside our international and global strategy, recognises that disparities in opportunity, resources, and capacity continue to shape...
Strengthening the foundations for respiratory research
Professor Jenni Quint shares how the Respiratory Data Science Catalyst is strengthening data infrastructure and uniting the community to accelerate research into chronic and acute respiratory...
Getting started with the new Cohort Discovery Service
In this blog, we explore the latest improvements to the Cohort Discovery Service and how the redesigned experience helps researchers identify relevant patient cohorts more quickly, easily and...
How to strengthen health data research following the UK Biobank incident
Accreditation of secure data environments would ensure consistent standards for health data research.
The legal framework governing access to health data for research in the UK
Access to health data for research in the UK is shaped by a complex legal and governance framework that is harder to navigate than it needs to be. Cassie Smith sets out the key legal barriers and...
