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Improving transparency in the use of health data for research

A summary of responses to the UK Health Data Research Alliance (the 'Alliance') Green Paper on recommendations for Data Use Register standards.
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The Lancet Digital Health: Power to the people

The UK Health Data Research Alliance, convened by Health Data Research UK (HDRUK), is an independent alliance of large-scale health data custodians with the goal of developing and disseminating best practice for the ethical and responsible use of health datasets.
Power to the People

Building trust in data access through patient and public involvement in governance

The UK Health Data Research Alliance response to HDR UK’s Public Advisory Board Recommendations.
Building trust in data access through patient and public involvement in governance
Our Work

Alliance Trusted Research Environments (TRE)

We are working to meet researchers’ technical and functionality requirements, whilst providing confidence to data custodians and the public, via a rigorous system of data access.
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The Health Data Research Innovation Gateway

A one-stop-shop to discover, access, manage and drive the ethical and safe use of data, exploiting cutting-edge analytics and big data technologies to improve health outcomes for people across the UK.
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Data Standards and Quality Sub-Group

Comprising data officers from across the Alliance, this sub-group coordinates Alliance guidance and policy regarding data quality, data standards, meta data standards, dataset publishing, and data provenance.
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Diversity in Data

Diversity in data is a cross-cutting theme which aligns with HDR UK’s diversity and inclusion policy.
Diversity and Inclusion in Data

About our members

The Alliance members work together to offer an exceptional opportunity to provide access to rich and diverse health data for research and innovation in a trustworthy and ethical way.

50 Alliance Members

A snapshot of some of our members...

Our members represent the UK’s major NHS organisations including NHS trusts, research charities, institutes and registries, bringing high value datasets, new approaches to developing tools and techniques for data research at scale to make improvements to people’s lives through research.

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