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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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Tackling preventable asthma deaths
Targeting interventions at children at high risk of asthma attacks
- Treatment and prevention
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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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Improving dialysis treatment in the UK
Linking data to analyse kidney patients' treatment
- Individual care
- Treatment and prevention
- Planning
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Assessing a new treatment for severe asthma
Evaluating the safety of a new treatment through real world clinical data
- Treatment and prevention
- Planning
- Patient safety
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Is there a link between asthma drugs and heart attacks?
Using GP data to assess the safety of a commonly prescribed asthma drug
- Individual care
- Treatment and prevention
- Patient safety
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Improving treatments for COPD
Real-time monitoring of a new treatment for COPD in Salford
- Individual care
- Treatment and prevention
Case studies
There is a wide range of ways that patient data can be used to provide better care and improve health. Explore the case studies to learn more. Please let us know if you have good examples to share.