Data Connect is at ISPOR Europe 2026, in collaboration with SCHARR
Visit stand 725 to find out how we are connecting companies with real-world health and social care data through research to drive discovery, inform policy, and improve lives regionally, nationally, and globally.
This November we are collaborating with the Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research (SCHARR) at ISPOR Europe 2026 in Vienna. You can visit the team at Stand 725.
What we do
Data Connect is a University of Sheffield Centre of Excellence providing an end-to-end service for companies to conduct research. We simplify data access, ensure robust information governance, and deliver research-ready datasets within safe, secure environments.
Core pillars of support
- Data access & linkage: Navigate complex data access procedures and securely link routine health, emergency care, and social care records across England.
- Information Governance (IG): Clear compliance hurdles with expert guidance on ethics, legal bases, approvals, and public involvement. Provides specialist technical and regulatory support that significantly reduces the time, complexity, and risk associated with accessing routine data.
- Proven track record: Complete your research in partnership with a centre of excellence within a world renowned university.
- Secure Data Environment: ISO27001-certified and NHS-accredited cloud-based Secure Data Environment (SDE).
Potential future support
- Data for research scoping service
- Data quality assurance
- Linkage of commercial data with NHS routine data
- Access to SDE data assets
How to work with us
We collaborate with academic researchers, NHS trusts, public sector organisations, funding agencies, and industry partners.
- Access Existing Data: Apply for curated databases like CUREd+ or ConSY.
- Bring Your Own Data: Request support to import, clean, and securely host bespoke datasets
- Co-Develop Bids: Include Data Connect as an operational partner on major grant applications.
Featured flagship datasets
- Scope: Linked routine care records spanning A&E, ambulance, 111, hospital admissions, outpatients, mental health, and mortality data.
- Key use cases: System-wide patient journey mapping, emergency care utilisation, and service delivery evaluation.
- Scope: Secure regional database co-produced to capture integrated health and social care pathways in South Yorkshire.
- Key use cases: Regional healthcare planning, population health, and targeted intervention modelling.
Why partner with us?
1. Expert wraparound ecosystem
We connect you with specialist capabilities across the University of Sheffield, including:
- Data Analytics Service: High-level data science and statistical modelling.
- Sheffield Bioinformatics Core: Advanced computational biology for complex biomedical research.
- Public & Patient Engagement (PPIE): Meaningful public involvement embedded directly into project design.
2. Proven real-world impact
Data Connect enables research that directly influences clinical practice and healthcare strategy:
- Evaluation of NHS Virtual Wards and remote health monitoring.
- National insights into Urgent & Emergency Care system pressures.
- Pioneer in DARE UK initiatives and multi-centre health data integration across Northern England.