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Wessex SDE secures support for five national health data transformation projects
Wessex SDE will lead five projects funded by the Health Data Research Service (HDRS), while contributing to a further eight projects led by partners across the…
Government innovation plans highlight growing role for secure health data research
New government plans for research and innovation highlight the growing importance of secure health data. Wessex SDE is already helping turn this ambition into reality, including through Connect-D, which is developing the foundations for a national dementia…
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…