| Cathie Sudlow, chair of our Early Detection and Diagnosis Research Committee, has published an independent review of the UK health data landscape.
Titled “Uniting the UK’s Health Data: A Huge Opportunity for Society”, the review highlights health data as critical infrastructure, essential for equitable and effective healthcare delivery and enabling research across the UK.
The report calls for unifying the fragmented health data systems, fostering data sharing through federated networks, and linking health data with other societal datasets, such as those on housing and pollution.
The review also emphasises the need to enhance public trust and recommends creating a national health data service. |
