Supporting life-saving research with health data
The Eastern England Secure Data Environment provides secure access to de-identified NHS patient data for analysis, enabling researchers in our region and across the UK to analyse and find ways to prevent, diagnose and treat diseases and improve healthcare. We are owned and run by the NHS.
Supporting your data needs
We work with patients and public groups to ensure that everything we do is focused on the potential to deliver benefits to patients – this underpins everything we do.
We have governance frameworks in place to support research groups and NHS organisations who manage health data to keep data safe, whilst also making it Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Re-usable (FAIR) for life-saving research.
We help researchers from the NHS, universities, charities, and commercial companies to find, access, and analyse health data securely.
Are you a researcher?
Find out how the SDE can support real world studies, clinical trials and more.
Do you manage health data?
Work with us to unlock the benefits of your data for health research.
Are you a patient?
Join us to help shape the SDE, find out how your data is used and how you can opt-out.
Safer data, better research, improved patient outcomes
The Eastern England SDE is a leading resource for research from discovery science to precision medicine and health service improvements.
Unique datasets
Secure access to diverse, linked patient data not available elsewhere, including secondary care prescribing data and diagnostic results.
Patient privacy
Only approved researchers who can demonstrate a need for data to be used for public benefit, in line with the Five Safes Framework, can access the SDE.
High quality research
We offer a flexible, secure research platform with high-performance computing and advanced analytics tools to support world-leading research.
Expert support
We provide end-to-end hands-on help with feasibility checks, data linkage, compliance requirements, bespoke dataset creation, and health economics assessments.
Ready to discuss your data needs?
Get in touch with our team of experts today.
Trusted by NHS, research and industry partners
We partner with world-leading research institutes, major NHS trusts, genomics research facilities and the biotech cluster across Eastern England.
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“The Eastern England SDE provides one of the strongest environments for testing and running research studies using health data. It offers a safe, trusted space that enables regional organisations to participate in national research initiatives, while keeping sensitive data within the NHS.”
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“Our Trust is using the Eastern England SDE as a secure analytics platform. For the first time it gives us a secure space in which we can use data science tools and collaborate with trusted researchers and collaborators without needing to move, share or copy data. This is supporting our research while keeping patient data safe.”
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“Collaborating with this dedicated and forward-thinking team is incredibly enjoyable and rewarding – enhancing both the quality and impact of all our efforts. We are helping to surface data in the Eastern England SDE that wouldn’t otherwise be available for research by working in partnership with NHS organisations from across the region.”
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“What makes our team special is that we understand researchers and their pressures – as well as their technical and governance needs. That means we can build solutions that are not only secure and compliant, but that genuinely work for our partners and the patients they serve.”
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