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Understanding the needs of children with vision impairment or blindness
Using patient data to find out how many children have vision impairment or blindness, which then led to better screening.
- Planning
- Policy
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Improving newborn screening
Using patient data to better screen for, and look after, newborn babies with congenital hypothyroidism.
- Individual care
- Diagnosis
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Improving management of chronic kidney disease
Monitoring blood test results alerts GPs if a person’s health is deteriorating
- Individual care
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Treating mental health and substance abuse
Using GP data to estimate the number of people with mental health and substance abuse problems
- Planning
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Improving treatment of teenage anxiety and depression
Analysing trends in prescriptions to teenagers experiencing mental health problems
- Treatment and prevention
- Policy
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Investigating self-harm in young people
Identifying under reporting of self-harm
- Treatment and prevention
- Policy
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A better understanding of mental illness
Linking data to improve treatment and prevention of mental illness
- Understanding disease
- Treatment and prevention
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Using GP records to learn more about the health of carers
Learning more about carers to ensure they get the support they need
- Planning
- Policy
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Using genetics for healthcare and research
The 100,000 Genomes Project links genetic with health data to investigate disease
- Understanding disease
- Treatment and prevention
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Supporting research into rare kidney disease
Using registry data to search for treatments for rare diseases
- Individual care
- Understanding disease
- Treatment and prevention