NHS England Secure Data Environment user management guide
Find out how to add, update and remove users in the NHS England Secure Data Environment (SDE).
This guide will help you manage users in the NHS England Secure Data Environment (SDE). It provides guidance on:
- signing into the online user management service
- adding new users
- viewing user details
- updating user roles
- activating and deactivating users
- activating and deactivating Stata for a user
- changes to tooling or VDI (compute power) for users
Contact us
If you experience any issues using the NHS England SDE, contact the National Service Desk via email at [email protected] or phone 0300 303 5035.
You can get extra support if your health or personal circumstances make it difficult to learn about how to manage your users in the SDE.
To ask for assistance or for information in a different format, contact us at [email protected].
If you have difficulty contacting us by email, call our Customer Contact Centre on 0300 311 22 33.
Last edited: 25 March 2026 4:59 pm