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.
From improving clinical trials to enabling population studies, the South West SDE will open new possibilities to use health and care data for research.
Secure Data Environments, or SDEs, are online research platforms funded by the NHS. They allow approved researchers to analyse routinely collected health and social care data.