NHS SDE network

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SDEs will become the main route for accessing NHS data for research.

The North West SDE is one of 11 regional SDEs, along with the National SDE, within the NHS Research SDE Network in England.

This network is designed to provide safer, more secure and faster access to different types of NHS data without it leaving the environments. It also ensures the highest standards of privacy, security and interoperability across all SDEs.

The regional SDEs include:

Research Secure Data Environment Network - Location Map for England
  • NW – North West: Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • E – Eastern: Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • K – Kent, Medway and Sussex: Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
  • L – London: University College London Hospitals
  • NENC – North East and North Cumbria: Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
  • SW – South West: NHS Bristol, North Somerset & South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board
  • TVS – Thames Valley and Surrey: Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • W – Wessex: University Hospital Southampton
  • WM – West Midlands: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
  • YH – Yorkshire and Humber: Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Data Saves Lives strategy

The Data Saves Lives strategy, published in June 2022, commits to creating a system of data access (rather than data sharing) for research and analysis. This means all NHS health and social care data being used in this way will remain on NHS platforms throughout.

The strategy sets out how SDEs will deliver improved secure access to NHS data for research. They are funded by the Data for Research and Development programme.

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