The Y&H SDE is a secure NHS data storage and access system. It brings together healthcare data in one place, and allows researchers and innovators to use it safely for their work.
Our SDE provides a chance to completely transform the Yorkshire and Humber region by creating infrastructure for storing data and allowing secure access to it, while maintaining the highest standards of NHS data confidentiality.
Check out the different datasets available within our Secure Data Environment (Y&H SDE) for your research. If you’re interested in accessing any of these datasets, please contact us.
The Y&H SDE adheres to legal frameworks and follows best practices to ensure safe and proper use of the data we store and manage. This involves complying with codes of practice under the Data Protection Act 2018, national standards, transparency notices, the “Five Safes” framework for data security, and implementing measures like data access controls, de-identification, and secure data environment guidelines.
The Connected Bradford database holds linked health and social data for over 700,000 individuals residing in the Bradford and Airedale region. It is spanning a period of over forty years and covers near real time activity.
A LANDMARK health study’s interim report into Bradford’s Clean Air Zone has revealed early evidence of positive change in public health since it was launched, reducing visits to GPs in ever-increasing numbers and saving the NHS tens of thousands of pounds every month.
A KEY partner of the Yorkshire and Humber Secure Data Environment (SDE) has secured £5.1m from the Government to improve data infrastructure that will aid cancer and disease research.
