Health Data Research UK (HDR UK)

🗣️ Let's talk health data! Health data can be used in lots of different ways: - Scientists might use health data from the NHS to develop new treatments and understand diseases. - A group of friends might use health data from their fitness watches to compete in a step challenge. - An artist might use health data from a community survey as inspiration for a mural. What could you use health data for? 🤔 In our next free Let's Talk Health Data webinar, Take the Lead awardees will share some of the creative ways they used health data to inspire and connect their communities. 🗓️ 2 September 2026, 1 to 2:15pm 📍 Online (free) Last year, Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) (https://hubs.li/Q04t1yZk0) launched 'Take the Lead', a small grants programme supporting community organisations across the UK to lead their own health data activities. ➡️ Secure your place: https://hubs.li/Q04t1xsP0 HDR UK's Take the Lead programme supports community organisations across the UK to lead their own health data activities. The projects were funded by HDR UK, Smart Data Research UK, Cancer Research UK (CRUK), British Heart Foundation (BHF) Data Science Centre and the HDR UK Big Data for Complex Disease Research Driver Programme. #PublicInvolvement #PublicEngagemnt #CommunityEngagement #TakeTheLead #PPIE #HealthData #DataScience #CommunityGrant

What does “efficiency” really mean in an operating theatre? 🏥 Join us for the second free ELAB webinar in our Call for Action on Waiting Lists series, on Tuesday 8 September from 11am to 12pm. Professor Jaideep Pandit from the University of Oxford will challenge conventional measures of theatre efficiency and explore how better scheduling and capacity planning can help improve performance across elective and emergency theatres. ➡️ Register for webinar 2: https://lnkd.in/eUcAAutp Check out what else we’ve got lined up across our Call for Action on Waiting Lists webinar series: https://lnkd.in/eBEczte4 #WaitingLists #NHS #HealthData #DataAnalysis #ElectiveCare #HealthcareAnalytics #HDRUK

Wherever you are in health data, there's a next step on Futures. Maybe you want a career in health data science and don't yet know where to start. Maybe you're already in: a clinician moving into AI, an NHS analyst picking up open-source tools, a researcher deciding what comes after their PhD. Futures is built for all of them: 500+ free courses covering the foundations of UK health data through to AI, NHS analytics and clinical research. You learn at your own pace, from wherever you are, with training grounded in real UK health data practice. No cost. No lock-in. Just the skills your career is made of. Explore the courses 👉 hdruklearn.org #HealthDataScience #CareerGrowth #NHS #HealthData #LifelongLearning

Secure your place for PEDRI Forum 2026! Public Engagement in Data Research Initiative (PEDRI) is bringing together researchers, analysts, engagement practitioners, policymakers and public contributors on 22 September 2026. This is a unique opportunity to share ideas, challenge thinking and showcase what good public engagement in the data and statistics sector looks like in practice. ➡️ Register today: https://hubs.li/Q04sV9B20 #PEDRI2026 #DataScience #PublicEngagement

New funding from ADR UK to the CD3: Cancer Data-Driven Detection programme will help researchers identify who is most at risk of cancer and why some communities are far less likely to be screened. This has the potential to transform how the NHS targets early detection. CD3 is a major UK-wide initiative jointly supported by Cancer Research UK (CRUK), the NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research), the EPSRC, the PETER SOWERBY FOUNDATION, Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) and ADR UK. The new investment will allow researchers to securely link cancer screening, diagnosis and health records with wider population data — building a clearer picture of why screening patterns and cancer outcomes vary so sharply between different communities and what can be done about it. Find out more ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gvERXm3N

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What can you uncover in waiting list data? Join us for the first ELAB webinar in our Call for Action on Waiting Lists series, on Monday 7 September at 1 to 2pm. Tom Smith, Head of Activity Analysis and Forecasting at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, will discuss how the NHSR Waitinglist Package can help us better understand what raw waiting list data is really telling us. ➡️ Register now: https://lnkd.in/exCKbCQ4 Check out what we've got lined up across the rest of our Call for Action on Waiting Lists webinar series: https://lnkd.in/eBEczte4 #WaitingLists #NHS #HealthData #DataAnalysis #DataScience #NHSR #ElectiveCare

🆕 New research from Swansea University / Prifysgol Abertawe, Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd, and the University of York reveals that individuals with #ADHD and learning difficulties are at a significantly higher risk of experiencing violence and requiring emergency care. The study highlights a critical gap in support and emphasises the need for hospital-based violence prevention teams to identify these vulnerabilities and connect neurodivergent patients with targeted support. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eC_p9rZB

We’re delighted to be part of a major new investment from Population Research UK (PRUK), working with Health Data Research UK (HDR UK), the University of Nottingham and the UKCRC Tissue Directory and Coordination Centre to help develop the new Population Research Gateway. At Swansea University’s Secure eResearch Platform (SeRP), Professor Simon Thompson and Emma Squires will lead our contribution, bringing expertise in #TrustedResearchEnvironments, #DataDiscovery, #Metadata, #DataGovernance and access to help make UK Longitudinal Population Studies easier for researchers to find, understand and use. The £1.625 million programme will build on existing discovery services and bring together metadata from across UK LPS, creating a more unified route for researchers to explore available data and identify the resources they need. We’re particularly excited about the opportunity to build on the infrastructure, tools and experience developed across SeRP and the Dementias Platform UK Data Portal & Associated Hubs, and to work with partners across the UK to create a sustainable discovery capability for population research. A fantastic collaborative programme to be part of, and one we’re looking forward to getting started on. #PopulationResearch #HealthDataResearch #LongitudinalStudies #ResearchData #SecureDataEnvironments #TRE #SDE #SeRP Population Data Science at Swansea University SAIL Databank UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration More information about the programme is available at https://lnkd.in/e-MsGqvr

We’re pleased to have partnered with the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) to connect the Health Data Research Gateway with Health Data Australia. This means researchers can now discover health datasets across the UK and Australia through a federated search experience – improving dataset discoverability and supporting new opportunities for international research while keeping data securely governed by existing custodians.