Case studies | Understand Patient Data

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
Extending the UK flu vaccination programme

Using surveillance data to justify vaccinating children against flu
- Treatment and prevention
- Policy
Demonstrating the safety of oral contraceptives

Using long term data to understand the effects of widely used drugs
- Patient safety
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
Improving the treatment of bacterial meningitis in young babies

Monitoring infection rates in babies under three months old
- Treatment and prevention
- Policy
Can diabetes drugs cause bladder cancer?

Using data to assess the evidence of risks and benefits
- Patient safety
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
Comparing cancer survival

Understanding why cancer survival varies between countries
- Understanding disease
- Policy