Supporting the responsible and secure use of data to improve health and social care

We are excited to share several significant updates and enhancements that we have focussed on over the past six months. Firstly, we have introduced several improvements to our application processes to enhance the experience for researchers. Secondly, we have improved our critical care data and integrated postcode data to open up new project opportunities. In addition, we invite researchers to enquire about data from NHS Lothian hospital systems that we have not yet included in our Metadata Catalogue, which could be highly beneficial for research.

Our Metadata Catalogue describes the data that we have brought together and quality checked. However, we hold further datasets that are available to those willing to take on the responsibility to understand the data’s scope and limitations.