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How are healthcare datasets used in the UK for research? (4:40)

HDR UK

Centre for Trials Research - Cardiff University

5 August 2026

Last Updated

1 January 2024

This video describes how healthcare systems datasets can be accessed in the UK and the current landscape of clinical trials accessing these data for trial outcomes. Increasingly healthcare systems data can also be used to enhance recruitment to clinical trials, we provide an overview of this opportunity.

Instructor

Fiona Lugg-Widger

Senior Research Fellow and Deputy Director for Data

Fiona is a senior research fellow and deputy director for data at the Centre for Trials Research. Fiona has expertise in the des...

Organisations

HDR UK

Centre for Trials Research - Cardiff University

The Centre for Trials Research at Cardiff University is the largest group of academic clinical trials staff in Wales.