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Enabling improvements in health and social care through a secure, pioneering data service

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How to Apply

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As well as service-management requests from the NHS, DataLoch also considers applications from researchers who wish to securely access health and social care data from the South-East Scotland region. Researchers can be from private- and third-sector organisations, as well as from academic or clinical settings. Applicants and applications need to meet a number of key governance criteria to ensure their purposes are legitimate and in the public interest.

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Data Security

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DataLoch brings together routine data collected as part of people’s day-to-day interactions with health and social care services. NHS Lothian is the lead Data Controller of all data hosted by DataLoch. Protecting the individual identities of all those in the data is the DataLoch team’s most important priority.

Data Security

Meet the Team

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Our close-knit team of clinical experts, data analysts, service managers, and governance specialists enable improvements in health and social care that will make a real difference to the everyday lives of residents in South-East Scotland. The team is led by Professor Nick Mills, an experienced clinician and health data researcher.

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Behind the scenes at DataLoch 27/02/2024

Our latest update takes a close look at some of the work we do at DataLoch beyond preparing data extracts for NHS service-improvement project...
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Unveiling the Impact of the SARA Project: collaboratively improving health data access 11/12/2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of health care, data plays a pivotal role in transformative discoveries and enhancing patient outcomes. Howeve...
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