OpenSAFELY

OpenSAFELY is a secure analytics platform for NHS electronic health records.

Team from @BennettOxford & @LSHTM

[Ben Goldacre @bengoldacre]

In 2020 me + @brianmackenna published a detailed paper in @bmj_latest describing how hospital medicines data in England was largely impossible to access for public good.

Thousands of you engaged!

https://t.co/lcnrV7kSqt

What happened next?

BLOG! + 🧵
https://t.co/0tz23CF84v

[Ben Goldacre @bengoldacre]

OpenSAFELY for retail data? Nice mention for our work on @BBCr4today from @HenryDimbleby yesterday. We built @OpenSAFELY: the new, super-secure platform for the NHS for health data. Can you use our approach - just enough access - on retail data? Yes!
https://t.co/AqumfPah7X

[OxPrimaryCareSci @OxPrimaryCare]

New study from @BennettOxford using @OpenSAFELY finds lockdowns didn't significantly change opioid prescribing, but disparities in care persist.

This near real-time data monitoring is vital for the NHS to make opioid use safer.

@anschaf @TheLancetPH

https://t.co/Q3DYrweFR7

[The Lancet Public Health @TheLancetPH]

Changes in #opioid prescribing during the #COVID-19 pandemic in England: an interrupted time-series analysis in the #OpenSAFELY-TTP cohort https://t.co/dZcXXGCQfp

[Ben Goldacre @bengoldacre]

EPIDEMIOLOGISTS

DATA SCIENTISTS

WE ARE HIRING

Come work building and using @OpenSAFELY @openprescribing
Open code and more
https://t.co/DN3qzUA4f8

[Victoria Speed @VictoriaSpeed3]

DOACs at extremes of bodyweight. Ever wondered how many patients over <50kg & >120kg are prescribed DOACs IRL🧮🤔? The fantastic @PrescQIPP team used @OpenSAFELY to report DOACs💊monitoring & 👩‍⚕️prescribing pre/post pandemic from 20.5 million GP records! https://t.co/BWGkEIsKH1

[Ben Goldacre @bengoldacre]

How does our magical @OpenSAFELY platform work?

Find out on @BBCMoreOrLess !

https://t.co/njjEm835gF

[Ben Goldacre @bengoldacre]

EXTRAORDINARY JOB

3 year Oxford college post-doc fellowship at @JesusOxford doing YOUR own research programme in epidemiology, or open science, or data infrastructure, anything aligned to @BennettOxford work on @OpenSAFELY @openprescribing @FDAAAtracker and similar.

JOIN US!

[Ben Goldacre @bengoldacre]

We built a lovely tool that turns raw NHS GP records into analysis-ready datasets. How can we trust that it's working properly? By building automated tests around it. Mini thread... https://t.co/fmCpo2MJT2

[OpenSAFELY @OpenSAFELY]

Work with us!

[Ben Goldacre @bengoldacre]

EPIDEMIOLOGISTS and similar

Job in @OpenSAFELY @BennettOxford @JesusOxford

This is a PERSONAL FELLOWSHIP and you get a COLLEGE affiliation.

So: YOUR brilliant research projects, 3 years, also you get the food, friendships and mediaeval lifestyle

https://t.co/A9Tj3xQDGg

[OpenSAFELY @OpenSAFELY]

@sib313 @bengoldacre @NHSEngland @DHSCgovuk What sort of hospital data? We have lots already - full info in the docs

https://t.co/gUn1Vhsg8V

[Ben Goldacre @bengoldacre]

This was an incredibly tall order, in a very difficult space. You can read about our early days here, featuring incredibly close collaboration alongside @TPP_SystmOne, @LSHTM EHR team, @EMISHealth, @NHSEngland and many more. Great friends and allies all! https://t.co/aQXeSzURxP

[OxPrimaryCareSci @OxPrimaryCare]

@NHSEngland to expand use of the OpenSAFELY secure COVID-19 research platform to help find new treatments for major killer conditions.

The @OpenSAFELY service was developed in collaboration with @BennettOxford at @OxPrimaryCare, @UniofOxford.
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https://t.co/cZdNsQjrYp

[Ben Goldacre @bengoldacre]

BIG NEWS on @OpenSAFELY from us, @NHSEngland, and @DHSCgovuk

I’m delighted to say OpenSAFELY’s future is now secure as NHS England infrastructure, and we will cautiously expand to cover non-COVID research areas.

THREAD!

https://t.co/52Lk585fDg

[Ben Goldacre @bengoldacre]

COME AND WORK WITH ME on https://t.co/hniecs9ZZ6 and https://t.co/JKTS8PBsIB and open science and health data and protecting patients' privacy and MORE!

https://t.co/A9Tj3xQDGg

[Dr V Palin @v1kki_p]

Fab blog by our PhD student, summarising the groups work using the @OpenSAFELY research platform

[OpenSAFELY @OpenSAFELY]

Read our latest guest blog from @BillyZhong229 and team, who have been using OpenSAFELY to research the impact of C19 on antimicrobial resistance.

[Xiaomin(Billy) Zhong, PhD @BillyZhong229]

Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 on common infections: Treatment Pathways, Antibiotic Prescribing, and Exposure https://t.co/Xj7hfGjewV via @BennettOxford

[Ben Goldacre @bengoldacre]

A new analysis out today with 59 MILLION patients' data using @OpenSAFELY on changes in antipsychotic prescribing during the pandemic. https://t.co/srRByD4Imk

How we have been able to safely access this data for research:

https://t.co/XUH9U7BjGs
https://t.co/XKNUTsjwB8

[OpenSAFELY @OpenSAFELY]

Our latest federated analysis across 59million peoples NHS records is out now!

Read the paper - we'll blog more next week!

[BMJ Mental Health @BMJMentalHealth]

Read our latest in #pharmacological treatments: researchers explore whether the #COVID19 pandemic affected #antipsychotic prescribing in at-risk populations 👉 https://t.co/3MWEhtyfUA

[BMJ Mental Health @BMJMentalHealth]

Read our latest in #pharmacological treatments: researchers explore whether the #COVID19 pandemic affected #antipsychotic prescribing in at-risk populations 👉 https://t.co/3MWEhtyfUA