Case studies | Understand Patient Data

Extending the UK flu vaccination programme

Using surveillance data to justify vaccinating children against flu
- Treatment and prevention
- Policy
Improving the treatment of bacterial meningitis in young babies

Monitoring infection rates in babies under three months old
- Treatment and prevention
- Policy
Monitoring the long term safety of cystic fibrosis drugs

Using the UK Cystic Fibrosis Registry to improve care and safety
- Treatment and prevention
- Patient safety
Are flu vaccines effective?

Using GP data to evaluate the effectiveness of flu vaccination
- Treatment and prevention
- Planning
Tracking Parkinson's

Improving understanding of the biological changes involved in Parkinson's
- Understanding disease
- Diagnosis
- Treatment and prevention
Disproving the link between the MMR vaccine and autism

Conclusively demonstrating that there is no link between the MMR vaccine and autism
- Individual care
- Understanding disease
- Treatment and prevention
- Patient safety
Living with Multiple Sclerosis

Collecting self reported data to better understand the lives of people with MS
- Understanding disease
- Treatment and prevention
- Policy