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One person's data may seem small individually, but combined with others can unlock answers to life-changing treatments.

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Shirlene Oh, Chief Strategy and Population Health Officer at Hampshire Hospitals.

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People need to remember the bigger picture - access to data can mean life-saving new treatments. What if it's you one day needing that treatment - or your daughter, or your sister?

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I'm encouraging everyone to support this project and help us make a real difference. Nyaradzai, Southampton.

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The power of the Wessex SDE comes from the regional partners coming together and working in partnership with the public.

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Together we can harness our data at scale and unlock the potential research to benefit our health and care system sooner.

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Christine McGrath, Managing Director, Wessex SDE.

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We have a wealth of data about ourselves - if we can use that for researchers to ask some of those really critical questions around the best ways for people to keep healthy,

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for me that is a really exciting way of getting better health outcomes for people.

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Dr Paul Johnson, Chief Medical Officer, NHS Dorset.

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I've seen first-hand the growing impact of conditions like diabetes on the South Asian and Caribbean communities. More research is vital to tackling this. Sandra, Fareham.