Understanding Patient Data explores key moments in a person’s journey through the health system when they may be most open to learning about how data informs their care and how their data could support research.

UK Health Data Research Alliance’s report provides recommendations for creating a data use register. A data use register is a public record showing how data is being used for research, who is using it and why. It helps show the value and benefits of using health data.

This resource summarises public attitudes toward the use of patient data, based on research studies from 2010 to the present. It highlights key themes, such as support for using anonymised data for health research if there is public benefit, and concerns about industry using the data.