UCL plays significant role in pioneering data research centres

UCL is a key partner in four of seven new centres announced by Health Data Research UK. The data hubs, to be set up across the UK from October this year, will speed up research for new medicines, treatments and health technologies to support quicker diagnosis and save lives. They will promote better use of health data by linking up different types of data and making it more easily accessible and user-friendly for research, while maintaining strict controls around data privacy and consent. UCL is a partner in: DATA-CAN - The Health Data Research UK Hub for Cancer, hosted by UCLPartners to transform how cancer data from across the UK is used to improve patient care. By working with patients across the UK to bring their clinical data together, the hub will lead on using data to help develop improved cancer treatments, give patients faster access to clinical trials and understand how to improve NHS cancer services. With one in two people predicted to get cancer during their lifetime, the team believes that using cancer data more effectively could improve survival rates and contribute to saving 30,000 lives each year. DATA-CAN's founding partners are UCLPartners, Queen's University Belfast, University of Leeds and Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Genomics England and IQVIA.