Enabling research that’s faster, fairer, safer
The South West Secure Data Environment (SDE) is an innovative and efficient approach to conducting research with millions of people’s health and care records, while maximising privacy and security.
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Enabling research that’s faster, fairer, safer
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How will data be protected in the South West SDE?
What research will the South West SDE enable?
What is a Secure Data Environment (SDE)?
How will data be protected in the South West SDE?
Find out how we secure your data so it can contribute to groundbreaking research while protecting your confidentiality.
What research will the South West SDE enable?
From improving clinical trials to enabling population studies, the South West SDE will open new possibilities to use health and care data for research.
What is a Secure Data Environment (SDE)?
Secure Data Environments, or SDEs, are online research platforms. They allow approved researchers to analyse routinely collected health and social care data.
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Meet the team
Amy Dillon
Data Access Lead, University of Bristol
Anna Johnson
Partnerships Director, Health Innovation South West
Becky Warnes
Programme Manager, Health Innovation South West
Charlie Kenward
Research Clinical Lead, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board
Chrissie Walker
Research Manager, Health Data, University of Exeter
Harriet Bennett
Project Manager, Health Innovation South West
Henry Ireland
Programme Director, Health Innovation South West
Katalin Bagi
Research Portfolio Manager, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board
Nick Kennedy
Chief Research Information Officer, Royal Devon University Healthcare Trust
Rachel Denholm
Research Lead, University of Bristol
Zoe Trinder-Widdess
Communications Lead, NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) West
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Our partners
Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board
Bristol Health Partners
Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board
Devon Integrated Care Board
Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board
HDR-UK South West
Health Innovation South West
Health Innovation West of England
NHS England – South West
NIHR Applied Research Collaboration South West Peninsula
NIHR Applied Research Collaboration West
NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre
NIHR Exeter Biomedical Research Centre
Somerset Integrated Care Board
South West Councils
South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust