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From neurodegeneration research question to decision-grade feasibility in eight weeks
Wessex Secure Data Environment (SDE) helped global life science company GSK, working in partnership with Health Data Research UK (HDR UK), understand how England’s SDE Network could support complex, real-world research studies in neurodegeneration by…
Wessex SDE publishes new strategy to strengthen public involvement in NHS data research
The Wessex Secure Data Environment (SDE) has published its Communications and Community Involvement & Engagement (CIE) Strategy and Digital Critical Friends Work Programme for 2026/27. Together, they set out how…
Southampton and Portsmouth join forces to tackle sepsis – one of the NHS’s biggest challenges
Sepsis is a serious, life-threatening condition where every hour counts. Hospitals across the NHS already use the National Early Warning Score (NEWS2) to identify patients who are becoming seriously unwell.…
PRANA – Progress update – March 2026
The Pre-hospital Research and Audit Network (PRANA) is on a mission to “Securely link data across patients’ full care pathway for trusted research, that supports whole system learning, improves health…
Celebrating a national milestone for PRANA and the Wessex SDE
As we begin the new year, we’re proud to be celebrating a significant national milestone for PRANA and the Wessex SDE, recognising work that is helping to shape safer roads…
Digital Critical Friends–led Website Improvements
Between June and September 2025, our Digital Critical Friends (DCFs) completed a review of SDE policies and public-facing information, highlighting a number of areas where transparency and accessibility could be…
Health Data User Group launches cohort 2 of its User Advisory Group – sign up now!
The Health Data User Group (HDUG) is delighted to share it is recruiting to cohort 2 of its User Advisory Group (UAG). Established in July 2025 as an extension to the Health…
New Impact Report: How public voices shape the Wessex SDE
The Wessex Secure Data Environment (SDE) continues to place public trust and transparency at the heart of its development, with the latest impact report showing how patient and public insight…
Wessex Public Panel on NHS Data sets out public expectations for NHS data use
A diverse group of residents from across Wessex has helped shape how NHS patient data should be used for research. Their recommendations, published today, set out what people in Wessex…
£600m new funding to accelerate health research and delivery of the SDE Network
On Monday 7 April, the Prime Minister announced that the Government and the Wellcome Trust will invest up to £600 million to create a new Health Data Research Service. This…