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July 15, 2026

DATA-CAN and the West Midlands Secure Data Environment partner to…

DATA-CAN, the UK’s Health Data Research Hub for Cancer, and the West Midlands Secure Data Environment (WM SDE) have announced a partnership to strengthen the UK-wide…

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June 25, 2026

Young people help shape the future of health data research…

Between January and March 2026, more than 150 young people aged 12 to 26 took part in 13 engagement sessions across the region, online and in…

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February 20, 2026

Optimising SDEs for AI Health Technologies

A report summarising how Secure Data Environments (SDEs) can be optimised to support AI health technology development has been published. Aim of the project Led by…

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February 17, 2026

Stakeholder Summit – 24th March 2026

This is your chance to find out more about the West Midlands SDE, the types of research we support and how we can boost your projects.…

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February 16, 2026

West Midlands SDE appoints new Digital Pathology Annotation Service to…

West Midlands Secure Data Environment (West Midlands SDE) hosted by University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust has awarded a contract to Histofy to support advanced annotation…

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December 18, 2025

Visionary leader appointed for Health Data Research Service

Patients to benefit from faster life-saving treatments as new leader appointed for health data service. Baroness Nicola Blackwood appointed as Chair of the Health Data Research…

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July 13, 2026

NIHR Midlands PSRC Safety Seminar Series: Digital Safety

We are delighted to invite you to our upcoming seminar exploring the opportunities and challenges of delivering safe, effective care in an increasingly digital healthcare landscape.Chaired…

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23 July, 2026

12:00 am -

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July 9, 2026

Modelling maternity and acute care services data into a research-ready…

Join HDR UK Midlands’ upcoming Data Grand Round on 23 July 2026 (12:30–13:30), where Nissy Abraham and Sai Varik from the University of Birmingham will present…

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23 July, 2026

12:30 pm -

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