Our data assets
We can provide access to existing data assets to enable secure access to national and regional health and social care data.
If you're not sure, get in touch to learn more about what data we have and how you can securely access it.
Access data for research
The Data Connect team can help research groups to securely access and process health and social care data from different data providers.
In instances where providers share or transfer their data, access will be provided within the University’s Secure Data Service. This is where specifically requested data is securely transferred from the provider’s data store to the University's ISO 27001 and NHS accredited secure data environment.
Where data providers cannot share or transfer data, we can support researchers to access the data through the providers own Secure Data Environment.
Data Connect offers researchers a full suite of support services throughout the research lifecycle - including technical, legal and contractual governance. We’re here to reduce the administrative burden and give you more time to focus on the research itself.
We help you access and make the most of health and social care data. Our team can help tidy up the data and make it ‘research ready’ through processing. If you require guidance, we can also advise on best practice
The following data requests can be supported:
New datasets for sole use by research groups:
Data will be brought into the University Secure Data Environment where it can be accessed only by the research group who have requested it
A new research database
Data Connect will facilitate the provision and management of large and complex research databases that can be utilised by other research groups. Through defined and approved governance, managed by Data Connect, researcher groups may gain access to curated subsets of the data.
Curated data sets from an existing database
Access is provided to a curated dataset from an existing research database for single use projects to answer specific approved research questions. Access to existing research databases can be relatively quick, assuming the data is available and the research project can be approved through a pre-specified process.
More information on curated data sets
CUREd+
The CUREd+ research database includes national hospital data from NHS England, with regional data for Yorkshire linking to the Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) data. This includes electronic patient records data, 999 and 111 data. Additionally for patients using YAS services, prescription and address data will be available.
Connected South Yorkshire (ConSY)
As a data asset, Connected South Yorkshire (ConSY) includes the provision of pseudonymised regional data, technical architecture and complex information governance solutions that are modular and adaptable to specific data requests, reducing administrative burdens and maximising real world impact.