How you can request access to Cohort Discovery

We use a proportionate governance approach based on the Five Safes Framework. To access Cohort Discovery, you must demonstrate your Safe People status either as a researcher, NHS analyst or equivalent. This will be assessed based on your Gateway registered user profile and if relevant, your ORCID record.

Your application will confirm that your use of Cohort Discovery will be for the sole purpose of understanding the size of populations relevant to a particular research question (i.e. that it is a Safe Project) and that any resulting study or clinical trial will be for public benefit as defined by the National Data Guardian for health and social care. 

If, after your application, your Safe People or Safe Project status is indeterminate, we will contact you for further information and reserve the right not to provide access.