Case studies | Understand Patient Data

Extending the UK flu vaccination programme to children

Using surveillance data to demonstrate the benefits of vaccinating children against flu
Equal access to bowel cancer treatments in Yorkshire

Using patient data to identify and improve areas of poor practice
Demonstrating the safety of an anti-obesity medication

Using data to ensure the safety of medications
Monitoring joint replacement surgery

Analysing registry data to improve performance and safety
Comparing the uptake of emergency operations for heart attack across England

Using registry data to examine rates of emergency coronary intervention across England
Using data to plan services for people living with and beyond cancer

Using patient data to look at what happens to someone after receiving a cancer diagnosis
Comparing cancer survival rates worldwide

Using cancer registries to examine cancer survival variation between countries
Assessing a new treatment for severe asthma

Evaluating the safety of a new treatment through real world clinical data
Investigating trends in diabetes across ethnic groups

Understanding why diabetes rates vary between ethnic groups