NHS Lothian Data Research Safe Haven 2017

  • Research type

    Research Database

  • IRAS ID

    229029

  • Contact name

    Pamela Linksted

  • Contact email

    pamela.linksted@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk

  • Research summary

    NHS Lothian Research Safe Haven 2017 providing support for projects seeking to use data in electronic health record in NHS Lothian

  • REC name

    North of Scotland Research Ethics Committee 1

  • REC reference

    17/NS/0072

  • Date of REC Opinion

    11 Aug 2017

  • REC opinion

    Further Information Favourable Opinion

  • Data collection arrangements

    LRSH obtains extracts of a number of established NHS datasets relating to patients who have been treated in NHS Lothian. These data extracts are from NHS Scotland National Databases and clinical systems and contain routinely collected data on individuals accessing the relevant service. LRSH also hosts a number of bespoke health and clinical collections, study datasets and registers. These datasets are retained within NHS Lothian IT systems within a secure setting.

  • Research programme

    LRSH hosts or seeks access to a range of health-related datasets that are of interest to researchers from a wide range of topic areas. LRSH assists researchers in gaining access to de-identified extracts of the data within a secure environment where the risks to privacy and confidentiality are minimised.

  • Research database title

    NHS Lothian Research Safe Haven 2017 providing support for projects seeking to use data in electronic health record in NHS Lothian

  • Establishment organisation

    R&D NHS Lothian

  • Establishment organisation address

    ACCORD

    Queen's Medical Research Institute

    47 Little France Crescent

    EH16 4TJ