Health Services Research UK Conference 2022

Learning and development session: Succeed at accessing and using linked health data: Top tips from funders, data controllers and award holder

Tuesday 5 July, 14.50–16.00

Josh Keith (Assistant Director of Data Analytics), Amanda Watt (Research Manager) and Joe Hewton (Research Officer) with grant holders from UCL and HQIP will be looking at how data linkage studies are notoriously challenging and laborious, with delays often extending years.

In this session they will highlight ten top tips to help anyone involved in the set up of a data linkage study and what they should know when creating and using linked health data sets.

Research presentation discussion session: Issues in primary care theme

Wednesday 6 July, 10.20–11.30

• Lucinda Allen (Policy Officer) presents ‘Addressing the inverse care law in general practice: Analysis of national policies to improve general practice in deprived areas in England since 1990, and implications for future policy’.
• Caroline Fraser (Policy Analyst) presents ‘Trends in continuity of care in general practices before and during the COVID-19 pandemic’.

Workshop: Children and young people's mental health – new insights using linked data from Networked Data Lab

Wednesday 6 July, 10.20–11.30

Sebastien Peytrignet (Senior Data Analyst) chairs a discussion with colleagues from the Leeds Office of Data Analytics, Public Health Wales, and Imperial College Health Partners.

Find out how analytical teams across the UK came together via the Networked Data Lab to use linked health datasets, delivering novel insights into children and young people’s mental health.

Workshop: Implementing remote consultation – how are patients interacting with a digital service and how are they impacted?

Wednesday 6 July, 13.40–14.50

In recent years GP practices have introduced digital services to allow patients to access GP services online, including digitally supported access, triage and remote consultation.

Arne Wolters (Head of the Improvement Analytics Unit) leads this workshop exploring the impact on patients – including how they interact with digital services, what type of consultations patients request and receive, how they experience digitally supported access, and the impact on health inequalities.