This blog, written by a statistician at the Department for Work and Pensions, shares five practical tips to make data easier to understand and engaging, helping people tell better stories using data.

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.

This report from Smart Data Research UK explores a range of public perspectives on smart data and how it’s used in research. Smart data is information generated through everyday use of digital technologies such as mobile phones, wearable health devices, store loyalty cards and smart technology.