Kent, Medway and Sussex Secure Data Environment (SDE)
Introduction
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The Kent, Medway and Sussex Secure Data Environment is particularly well suited to research drawing on linked primary, secondary and community care data for longitudinal and pathway-based studies."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"The KMS SDE is part of NHS England’s Data for Research and Development Programme, a member of the NHS Research Secure Data Environment Network, and part of the "},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"https://southernsdepartnership.nhs.uk/","target":"_blank","rel":"noopener noreferrer nofollow","class":null}}],"text":"Southern SDE Partnership."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":" "}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"The KMS SDE:"}]},{"type":"bulletList","content":[{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"has subject matter experts who support researchers throughout the lifecycle of their project from initial feasibility to planning for at scale implementation"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":" has a regional population demographic that offers an exceptional opportunity for research teams to explore issues that can inform local system transformation now and also provide findings to inform future national policy"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"has regional challenges that reflect those faced nationally - the demography and scale of the issues means that the KMS region is facing these challenges some years ahead of the rest of England"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":" is working towards providing researchers with access to data within four weeks of your final Data Access Committee approval"}]}]}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"includes many tools from Azure to Visual Studio."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"bold"}],"text":"Data services"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"The KMS SDE data includes individuals:"}]},{"type":"bulletList","content":[{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"registered with a general practice, within the Kent, Medway and Sussex boundary"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":" resident within the Kent, Medway and Sussex boundary"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"who attend a care setting within the Kent, Medway and Sussex boundary."}]}]}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":" Most data is available at Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA) level, representing 400–1,200 households and 1,000–3,000 residents."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"The datasets contain more than 4 billion GP encounters across the region, covering 100% of practices in Kent and Medway and 94% in Sussex, spanning 20 years."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"All data is patient-level, sourced from both local service providers and national feeds. Researchers can view the data source within each dataset."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"bold"}],"text":"Further information"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"bold"}],"text":"A full list of available datasets is published below. Any other "},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/research-powered-by-data/find-health-data-for-your-research/kent-medway-and-sussex-secure-data-environment/","target":"_blank","rel":"noopener noreferrer nofollow","class":null}},{"type":"bold"}],"text":"datasets mentioned on our researcher page"},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"bold"}],"text":" can be sourced by the KMS SDE team."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"As the KMS SDE develops further, its data pipeline will expand and the catalogue of available datasets will be updated accordingly."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"If you have any questions about the Kent, Medway and Sussex SDE, please contact "},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"mailto:scwcsu.kmssde@nhs.net","target":"blank","rel":"noopener noreferrer nofollow","class":null}}],"text":"scwcsu.kmssde@nhs.net"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"bold"}],"text":"For more information on data, platform and other consultancy services visit "},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/research-powered-by-data/find-health-data-for-your-research/kent-medway-and-sussex-secure-data-environment/","target":"blank","rel":"noopener noreferrer nofollow","class":null}},{"type":"bold"}],"text":"Kent, Medway and Sussex SDE"},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"bold"}],"text":"."}]}]}
