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    • OpenSAFELY

    OpenSAFELY NHS Service Analytics

    On 7th May 2020, the OpenSAFELY Collaborative pre-printed the world’s largest study into factors associated with death from COVID-19, based on an analysis running across the full pseudonymised health records of 40% of the English population.

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    • OpenSAFELY

    Using electronic health records and open science in the COVID-19 pandemic

    We recently presented on behalf of our team (grp-EHR) at an open science workshop, hosted by the MRC Biostatistics Unit at the University of Cambridge. This was a great opportunity for us to reflect on our team’s experiences using OpenSAFELY, and more broadly embracing open and team science approaches to our work.

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    • OpenSAFELY

    An Update on Our Co-piloting Programme: What's New?

    As a team of co-pilots, we regularly take time to discuss how co-piloted projects are going and what we can do to help pilots and co-pilots make the most of their time together.

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    • OpenSAFELY

    Conducting Research Using OpenSAFELY: My Experience of the Co-pilot Service

    Rachel Seeley is the Head of Analytics at PrescQIPP CIC and has recently completed a project in OpenSAFELY on the safer use of anticoagulant medication. In this guest blog, Rachel describes her experience with using the OpenSAFELY platform and our co-pilot programme.

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    • Research Integrity

    First Impressions of the EU CTIS Registry

    The Clinical Trial Information System (CTIS) is the European Union’s new registry set to fully replace the existing EU Clinical Trials Registry next year. Nick DeVito decided to take a spin through the registry and record some of his initial thoughts.

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    • OpenPrescribing

    OpenPrescribing June 2022 Newsletter

    Our latest newsletter including information on: Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science, we are recruiting, Goldacre Review, updated Outlier Dashboards, recent changes to OpenPrescribing Measures, OpenSAFELY news, and new data news.

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    • OpenSAFELY

    Invitation: CIPHA-OpenSAFELY Introduction Event

    CIPHA and OpenSAFELY are hosting an introduction event for researchers in the North West of England who would like to work with CIPHA data using OpenSAFELY.

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    • OpenSAFELY

    Closing the STEM gap is a collective responsibility

    Our policy lead, Jess Morley, discusses the challenges involved in closing the gap in representation and reward for women working in these fields, and what we in the Bennett Institute are trying to do to help lower some of the associated barriers.