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ID-501: Air Quality and Health Westminster

Safe People

Organisation name

Westminster City Council

Applicant name(s)

Clare Lyons-Baker

Funders/ Sponsors

Safe Projects

Project ID

ID-501

Lay summary

We would like to extract relevant healthcare data to attempt to detect/ evidence exacerbations of illnesses relating to changes to the air quality in Westminster and to monitor activity to see if local policy changes targeting air quality have an impact on exacerbations.

Public benefit statement

The overall aim is to see if changes to policies aimed to reduce the exposure of vulnerable communities through targeted local action can help reduce the health impacts from poor air quality, especially at times of extreme climatic conditions and in particular in areas of existing health inequalities.

Other approval committees

Project start date

15/01/2026

Project end date

14/07/2026

Latest approval date

15/01/2026

Safe Data

Dataset(s) name

Data sensitivity level

De-Personalised

Release/Access date

19/01/2026

Safe Setting

Access type

TRE

Safe Outputs

Link to research outputs