We are delighted to announce today, Wednesday 1 September 2021, that NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit becomes our second official and confirmed Foundation sponsor.
Mental Health is a high priority for the UK government, with more and more focus on parity of esteem; that is, equally valuing mental and physical health care. Over the last decade NHS Digital has been working hard to develop, maintain and enhance information systems that can be used to inform policy and the public debate about the effectiveness of mental health interventions across England.
This is an opportunity for people who believe in the power of open data to drive health improvements to come together.
Blog by Dr Marc Farr, Founder, OpenDataSavesLives: do we really need to wait for the government’s data proposals when we can do so much already - if we are brave?
On Thursday 8 July 2021 and as part of our #OpenDataSavesLives 2021 event series, we featured a town hall style debate around the hot topic of #GPDPR (sharing of general practice data for planning and research). During the event, we asked the #OpenDataSavesLives community to submit their response comments and questions on NHS Digital’s GPDPR strategy.
We are thrilled to announce that we at Open Data Saves Lives are working alongside NHS Digital on a new project to map the availability of mental health data across the UK and better understand how it is currently used.
Dr Marc Farr, Chief Analytical Officer, East Kent Hospitals NHSFT shares his view on the pandemic and if it has demonstrated anything, it’s that there’s huge benefit, if done properly and securely, in linking data for the common good.
We are delighted to announce today, Thursday 1 July 2021, that TPP becomes our first official and confirmed Foundation sponsor.
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