Health Data Research Sonar

Quarterly public committee overseeing research, health intelligence, data quality and information governance.

This is an intelligence signal rather than a call to action. The original update provides the full context and is worth reading for anyone following Wales's health-data ecosystem.

A no-fee workshop route for cross-cutting RWE questions spanning regulatory, HTA and NHS decision-making.

This is an intelligence signal rather than a call to action. The original update provides the full context and is worth reading for anyone following the UK-wide health-data ecosystem.

The MND Association has joined the UK's largest health-research programme as an affiliate charity, helping ensure people affected by motor neurone disease are represented in the programme and shaping research insight into the condition.

This is an intelligence signal rather than a call to action. The original update provides the full context and is worth reading for anyone following the UK-wide health-data ecosystem.

BIA's July policy roundup frames the Health Data Research Service, linked primary-care data for consented cohorts, and a coherent national health-data strategy as central to UK life-sciences innovation—calling for affordable, harmonised access for smaller companies.

This is an intelligence signal rather than a call to action. The original update provides the full context and is worth reading for anyone following the UK-wide health-data ecosystem.

The independent group advises NHS England on internal and external access to data. Further meetings run weekly through September.

This is an intelligence signal rather than a call to action. The original update provides the full context and is worth reading for anyone following England's health-data ecosystem.

The Fund’s analysis of NHS ambient voice technology argues that structured, interoperable clinical data, clear governance, technical capability and transparent evaluation are essential if AI deployment is to improve care rather than deepen fragmented data and digital exclusion. It identifies an opportunity for population-health approaches to the emerging HDRS.

This is an intelligence signal rather than a call to action. The original update provides the full context and is worth reading for anyone following England's health-data ecosystem.

ABPI argues that sustained collaboration among investors, researchers, regulators and industry is needed to turn AI from a promising tool into a practical driver of medicines research and development.

This is an intelligence signal rather than a call to action. The original update provides the full context and is worth reading for anyone following the UK-wide health-data ecosystem.

Wellcome welcomes UKRI's new five-year strategy to power breakthrough discoveries and support more than 20,000 researchers, while urging clear prioritisation and sustained investment in the capability behind lasting impact.

This is an intelligence signal rather than a call to action. The original update provides the full context and is worth reading for anyone following the UK-wide health-data ecosystem.

The report includes encompass and calls for clearer collective reporting on technology, data and digital transformation.

This is an intelligence signal rather than a call to action. The original update provides the full context and is worth reading for anyone following Northern Ireland's health-data ecosystem.

The regulator calls for timely, linked and representative UK data to support safety surveillance, licensing and real-world evidence.

This is an intelligence signal rather than a call to action. The original update provides the full context and is worth reading for anyone following the UK-wide health-data ecosystem.

A significant infrastructure move for researchers working with the National Genomic Research Library.

This is an intelligence signal rather than a call to action. The original update provides the full context and is worth reading for anyone following England's health-data ecosystem.

Final reports from six Early Adopter projects show how more than 10 UK trusted research environments tested shared approaches to federated access, secure analytics, AI development, output checking and cross-TRE working.

This is an intelligence signal rather than a call to action. The original update provides the full context and is worth reading for anyone following the UK-wide health-data ecosystem.

The Academy's new annual assessment pairs record life-sciences investment with a warning that falling healthy life expectancy, persistent inequalities, an ageing clinical-academic workforce and research-delivery pressures are widening the gap between scientific strength and patient benefit.

This is an intelligence signal rather than a call to action. The original update provides the full context and is worth reading for anyone following the UK-wide health-data ecosystem.

A fresh update from Wales’ national trusted research environment and its public-interest model.

This is an intelligence signal rather than a call to action. The original update provides the full context and is worth reading for anyone following Wales's health-data ecosystem.

The portfolio covers data use and public trust, digital research infrastructure, HDR UK, methods and data-science capacity.

This is an intelligence signal rather than a call to action. The original update provides the full context and is worth reading for anyone following the UK-wide health-data ecosystem.

London Region I will test up to ten AI medical devices in NHS settings and build real-world evidence on safety and effectiveness.

This is an intelligence signal rather than a call to action. The original update provides the full context and is worth reading for anyone following England's health-data ecosystem.

BIA's Health Data Vision 2035 calls for a trusted, interoperable and secure health-data ecosystem, with HDRS positioned to support UK innovators alongside research excellence, accelerating prevention, precision medicine, clinical research and NHS adoption.

This is an intelligence signal rather than a call to action. The original update provides the full context and is worth reading for anyone following the UK-wide health-data ecosystem.

Four of eight DARE UK Phase 2 projects involve Scotland’s Regional Safe Havens, RDS and eDRIS.

This is an intelligence signal rather than a call to action. The original update provides the full context and is worth reading for anyone following Scotland's health-data ecosystem.

HRA supports secure use of longitudinal NHS data for trial design and recruitment, while stressing confidence, choice and transparency.

This is an intelligence signal rather than a call to action. The original update provides the full context and is worth reading for anyone following the UK-wide health-data ecosystem.

UPD's live policy briefing welcomes a secure single route to NHS data for research and innovation, while stressing that HDRS must make public benefit, transparent governance, clear accountability and meaningful public involvement foundational rather than retrospective.

This is an intelligence signal rather than a call to action. The original update provides the full context and is worth reading for anyone following England's health-data ecosystem.

KidsRare will connect high-quality paediatric rare-disease data across UK hospitals, aiming to improve early diagnosis, strengthen research and speed development of better treatments. It is a flagship strand of LifeArc's Health Data Strategy.

This is an intelligence signal rather than a call to action. The original update provides the full context and is worth reading for anyone following the UK-wide health-data ecosystem.

The East of England and East Midlands SDEs have combined, creating one of the largest regional health-data research initiatives.

This is an intelligence signal rather than a call to action. The original update provides the full context and is worth reading for anyone following England's health-data ecosystem.

A commissioned funding call for comparative and cost-effectiveness studies where conventional randomised trials are not feasible.

Use the funder's original call page to check eligibility, the current scope and the full application timetable. This is a practical funding signal for teams working in the UK-wide health-data ecosystem.

£50,000–£300,000 for a high-risk development step that generates critical data for a medicine, device, diagnostic or digital health product.

Use the funder's original call page to check eligibility, the current scope and the full application timetable. This is a practical funding signal for teams working in the UK-wide health-data ecosystem.

Open outline route for academic teams developing therapeutics, diagnostics, devices or research tools; no funding cap, with data management and public-involvement plans assessed.

Use the funder's original call page to check eligibility, the current scope and the full application timetable. This is a practical funding signal for teams working in the UK-wide health-data ecosystem.

£1m MRC pilot covering data-access costs for eligible MRC-funded researchers using the UK-wide Our Future Health resource; compute costs remain the research team's responsibility.

Use the funder's original call page to check eligibility, the current scope and the full application timetable. This is a practical funding signal for teams working in the UK-wide health-data ecosystem.

£170,000–£205,000 plus 15% PRP; London with regular travel to Hinxton. Lead the technology, product and architecture strategy for the new national service.

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New executive appointment, reporting to the CEO and working with the senior team and Board. Establish HDRS's people function from inception, spanning recruitment, resourcing, talent, organisational design, reward, employee relations and culture. Location, remuneration and closing date are not published in the employer's live announcement.

Before applying, use the original employer listing to confirm the role is still open, the full person specification and the application route. It is included because it has a clear connection to the UK-wide health-data ecosystem.

£170,000–£200,000 plus 15% PRP; permanent hybrid executive role across Wellcome Genome Campus, Euston and remote working. Set HDRS's commercial strategy and partnership model across the NHS, funders, data custodians, life sciences, technology and academia.

Before applying, use the original employer listing to confirm the role is still open, the full person specification and the application route. It is included because it has a clear connection to the UK-wide health-data ecosystem.

A senior national role focused on public trust and engagement for the new Health Data Research Service. Location and remuneration are not published on the accessible campaign listing.

Before applying, use the original employer listing to confirm the role is still open, the full person specification and the application route. It is included because it has a clear connection to the UK-wide health-data ecosystem.

Competitive salary plus 14.5% pension contribution and relocation support where applicable. Hybrid, three days on site at Manchester Science Park; lead security, governance, cloud and cyber-resilience for a global biomedical research resource.

Before applying, use the original employer listing to confirm the role is still open, the full person specification and the application route. It is included because it has a clear connection to England's health-data ecosystem.

Band 7, £49,387–£56,515 pro rata; Truro with remote working considered. Lead ETL, SQL Server, Power BI and data-quality practice for the Trust's data warehouse and RADAR analytics platform during an EPR migration.

Before applying, use the original employer listing to confirm the role is still open, the full person specification and the application route. It is included because it has a clear connection to England's health-data ecosystem.

£90,900–£113,625; permanent, full-time role with home or remote working. Join the HRA Executive Team to lead timely, proportionate health and social care research approvals across England.

Before applying, use the original employer listing to confirm the role is still open, the full person specification and the application route. It is included because it has a clear connection to England's health-data ecosystem.

£34,157–£44,621; full-time maternity-cover role in Cambridge. Support the rapidly expanding Health Informatics team with business operations for data-enabled health and care innovation.

Before applying, use the original employer listing to confirm the role is still open, the full person specification and the application route. It is included because it has a clear connection to England's health-data ecosystem.

£34,157–£44,621; full-time Cambridge role. Build usable budget-impact and cost-effectiveness models for real-world evaluations of health and care innovations.

Before applying, use the original employer listing to confirm the role is still open, the full person specification and the application route. It is included because it has a clear connection to England's health-data ecosystem.

NHS Agenda for Change Band 8a; six-month full-time contract. Hybrid London role co-designing and evaluating a digitally enabled neurodiversity-support pilot across Brent and Ealing.

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London or Manchester. Shape long-term NHS cloud propositions, translate national policy into delivery plans and advise AWS healthcare leadership.

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London or Manchester. Own relationships with NHS trusts and integrated care systems, advancing cloud, data-platform and AI/ML workloads aligned to the NHS Long Term Plan.

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London or Manchester. Grow strategic relationships with the clinical-software and healthcare-SaaS vendors supporting NHS digital transformation, including data, AI and analytics platforms.

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London role for a clinically trained leader shaping NHS opportunities in AI-enabled pathways, genomics and population-health analytics.

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Bristol, London or Manchester. Lead UK public-sector AI adoption across NHS bodies and partners, including clinical decision support, population health and data-governance use cases.

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£93,500–£161,800; London. Lead complex health-AI research programmes across data, infrastructure, evaluation, clinical teams and responsible AI.

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£93,500–£161,800; London or Enfield. Build privacy engineering foundations for health AI products handling sensitive health and personal data.

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£93,500–£161,800; London. Lead applied AI work that connects health research, clinical expertise and product engineering.

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£120,000–£150,000; London hybrid. Build the GenAI platform behind Flo’s privacy-first, clinically backed health features, including evaluation, fine-tuning and safety infrastructure.

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£91,600–£115,000; London hybrid. Lead secure ingestion, normalisation and use of clinical, wearable and user-reported data for Flo’s unified health record and virtual-care services.

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London hybrid. Lead applied ML teams and production prediction systems at the privacy-first female-health platform; no salary is published in the live listing.

Before applying, use the original employer listing to confirm the role is still open, the full person specification and the application route. It is included because it has a clear connection to England's health-data ecosystem.

Vauxhall, London. Build secure EHR and medical-device data pipelines for AI-driven clinical monitoring, using standards including HL7 and FHIR; no salary is published.

Before applying, use the original employer listing to confirm the role is still open, the full person specification and the application route. It is included because it has a clear connection to England's health-data ecosystem.

Remote UK maternity-cover post providing senior administrative and operational support across HDR UK's central team.

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From £103,400; Cambridge, Leeds or London with blended working. Lead architecture across Genomics England’s research tribe, including platforms for generating, governing and using research data.

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£39,355–£45,413; a technical writing and metadata standards role supporting secure research platforms and sensitive-data research.

Before applying, use the original employer listing to confirm the role is still open, the full person specification and the application route. It is included because it has a clear connection to Wales's health-data ecosystem.

England-wide route for first-time NHS non-executive directors. It actively seeks leaders in digital, technology, AI, data and analytics; appointments are typically paid, part-time roles requiring around 3–4 days a month, although remuneration is not set for the pool itself.

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Paid at NIHR rates. Patients and carers can shape research questions, trial explanations and dissemination.

The original page has the authoritative remit, time commitment, remuneration or expenses information and recruitment process. It is a route to help shape work across the UK-wide health-data ecosystem.

Remote, beginner-friendly involvement for parents and caregivers; £27.50 per hour plus data costs.

The original page has the authoritative remit, time commitment, remuneration or expenses information and recruitment process. It is a route to help shape work across England's health-data ecosystem.

A voluntary committee role for healthcare professionals and lay members, with induction, training and expenses provided.

The original page has the authoritative remit, time commitment, remuneration or expenses information and recruitment process. It is a route to help shape work across the UK-wide health-data ecosystem.

Four voluntary three-year appointments, including a data-science route for expertise in developing and using large, linked datasets; expenses are paid.

The original page has the authoritative remit, time commitment, remuneration or expenses information and recruitment process. It is a route to help shape work across the UK-wide health-data ecosystem.

Three-year voluntary chair appointment for a national expert committee advising government on carcinogenicity risks; environmental epidemiology and evidence-based risk assessment are in scope.

The original page has the authoritative remit, time commitment, remuneration or expenses information and recruitment process. It is a route to help shape work across the UK-wide health-data ecosystem.

Researchers and professionals can put themselves forward for MRC expert-panel and committee vacancies, helping assess biomedical and health research applications.

The original page has the authoritative remit, time commitment, remuneration or expenses information and recruitment process. It is a route to help shape work across the UK-wide health-data ecosystem.

Paid online advisory-group work shaping a routine-health-records study on inequalities in cardiovascular care.

The original page has the authoritative remit, time commitment, remuneration or expenses information and recruitment process. It is a route to help shape work across England's health-data ecosystem.

Free Belfast event for patients, service users and the public to learn about safe health-data use, share views and help shape future conversations; lunch is included and places are first come, first served.

The original page has the authoritative remit, time commitment, remuneration or expenses information and recruitment process. It is a route to help shape work across Northern Ireland's health-data ecosystem.

A ministerially approved board appointment leading governance of the national genomics organisation; £26,600 a year for 4–6 days a month.

The original page has the authoritative remit, time commitment, remuneration or expenses information and recruitment process. It is a route to help shape work across the UK-wide health-data ecosystem.

Expression-of-interest route for members of the UK health-data research community to help shape the programme for HDR UK's 2027 Conference in Belfast.

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An 18-month UKRI policy fellowship to embed and adapt microsimulation for Public Health Wales, informing work on economic inactivity, labour markets and health inequalities. Scheme awards range from £180,000–£280,000 FEC, with UKRI funding 80%.

Use the funder's original call page to check eligibility, the current scope and the full application timetable. This is a practical funding signal for teams working in Wales's health-data ecosystem.

Funded PhD using linked routine maternity data from UCLH, Homerton and St Thomas’ to study pregnancy intention, inequalities and outcomes. Covers home fees, a £21,805–£23,805 annual stipend and £5,000 for research and training.

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A broad library of flexible online courses covering databases, AI, health data, software and public involvement.

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Video-based training on data utility, synthetic data, public trust and inclusive engagement in data-enabled trials.

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Online workshop series on teaching technical programming and data-science skills, for people building health-data research capability.

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Online, three-level R course for health-data researchers, running on 2 November; general admission is £175.

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Four bite-sized online modules, supplementary resources and a quiz covering confidentiality and data protection.

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Free, alternating OpenSAFELY office hours and ehrQL coding-club sessions, plus regular online and in-person workshops, seminars and user-group meetings for researchers using secure electronic-health-record data.

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Accredited online learning including Good Clinical Practice, data quality, inclusion and research delivery.

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A 17 September OMOP training day followed by the 18 September symposium, with practical streams on OMOP CDM in R, ETL and federated analysis, and clinical phenotyping. General admission is £40.

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Two free online workshops for the health-data research community: a tool-agnostic introduction to data visualisation on 29 September and a practical R and ggplot2 session on 1 October; registration is open until 30 September.

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In-person London conference on moving AI, genomics, predictive analytics, wearables, diagnostics and joined-up data from pilots into sustained NHS impact. Tickets start from £110 plus VAT.

Check the original organiser page for the latest format, prerequisites, price and registration details. It is a skills-building route relevant to England's health-data ecosystem.