Part of Data for Research and Development Programme - Evaluation
Programme vision and scope
Vision
“By 2025, our vision is to have a world-leading NHS-wide health data research infrastructure that enhances patient care, sustains the NHS, and supports innovation, while benefiting the economy through attracting life sciences to work in the UK. Our investments will support an efficient and resilient innovation ecosystem, ensuring rapid access to best-in-class data-enabled care improvements that will prevent, diagnose, and treat our biggest healthcare challenges, with benefits across multiple sectors.”
Scope
- Develop an England-wide ecosystem of NHS-owned and managed infrastructure to allow researchers access to secure, high-quality, linked datasets.
- Expanding the scope, capacity and capability of an England-wide national health data infrastructure platform.
- Developing a network of sub-national/regional linked NHS health data infrastructure platforms and services.
- Increase clinical trials capacity and capability by setting up trials more efficiently.
- Enable researchers to access a range of linkage-enriched genomics datasets from linked sources.
- Generate returns to the NHS by attracting life sciences investment and applying commercial principles.
- Enhance positive patient and public support.
Last edited: 7 May 2026 1:49 pm