This is a guide from NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research) Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre and UCL (University College London) Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health. It was co-produced with young people to reflect their views about when it is acceptable to link health and other routinely-collected administrative data, such as education and environmental data, for research projects.

ADR (Administrative Data Research) Northern Ireland, VOYPIC (Voice of Young People in Care have co-produced a report with care-experienced young people to showcase the value of administrative data for understanding the relationship between children’s social care contact and homelessness risk in Northern Ireland.

The Centre for Trials Research at Cardiff University share a series of animations available in both English and Welsh to demonstrate how health data can be linked and applied within research.