Connected Yorkshire Research Database
Research type
Research Database
IRAS ID
314829
Contact name
John Wright
Contact email
Research summary
Connected Yorkshire Research Database
REC name
East Midlands - Derby Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
22/EM/0127
Date of REC Opinion
13 Jun 2022
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion
Data collection arrangements
The Connected Yorkshire database includes inpatient, outpatient, accident & emergency data, maternity, specialty data, palliative care data from Acute Providers across Bradford and surrounding areas. Urgent and emergency care data from Yorkshire Ambulance Service. Mental health, community and schools service data from Bradford District Care Trust. Primary care data, appointments, medications and diagnoses from GP practices. Adult and children social care data, crime, education, housing, benefits, environmental and child measurement data. Crime and incidence data from West Yorkshire Police as well as housing data from private housing organisations.
Research programme
The Connected Yorkshire Research Database builds on the success of the Born in Bradford study which has demonstrated the power of linking routinely recorded data to improve health outcomes and produced important results relevant world-wide. The Connected Yorkshire Research Database will be used as a resource for future research on individuals health and development across the region and will also be used for secondary use analysis, population health management, service improvement and evaluation. This information will provide a better understanding of health needs, map pathways of care across organisations, better identification and targeting of vulnerable individuals so that services are provided to those who need them whilst reducing inequalities. We hope to use this resource to develop new patient care interventions and quality improvement programmes that integrate health, social care and the wider determinants of health.
Research database title
Connected Yorkshire Research Database
Establishment organisation
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Establishment organisation address
Bradford Institute for Health Research - Bradford Royal Infirmary
Duckworth Lane
Bradford
BD9 6RJ