Case studies | Understand Patient Data

Improving newborn screening

Using patient data to better screen for, and look after, newborn babies with congenital hypothyroidism.
- Individual care
- Diagnosis
Analysing the link between radiotherapy for Hodgkin Lymphoma and breast cancer

Understanding more about the impact of radiotherapy at a young age
- Treatment and prevention
Learning more about blood cancer

Data from thousands of people is giving new insights into blood cancer
- Understanding disease
- Diagnosis
- Treatment and prevention
- Planning
Understanding the needs of people with cancer

Assessing the concerns of people with cancer using an electronic tool
- Individual care
- Planning
Assessing the benefits of cholesterol lowering drugs

Recruiting thousands of people to a large scale statins clinical trial
- Treatment and prevention
Analysing local variation in stroke prevention

Comparing local performance on managing atrial fibrillation
- Treatment and prevention
- Planning
Evaluating bowel cancer care in Yorkshire

Using patient data to identify and improve areas of poor practice
- Treatment and prevention
- Planning
Demonstrating the safety of a treatment for heart failure

Analysing a potential link between angiotensin receptor blockers and cancer
- Treatment and prevention
- Patient safety
Improving treatment of teenage anxiety and depression

Analysing trends in prescriptions to teenagers experiencing mental health problems
- Treatment and prevention
- Policy
Investigating self-harm in young people

Identifying under reporting of self-harm
- Treatment and prevention
- Policy