There will always be opportunities for you to get involved with the West Midlands Secure Data Environment.

Patient and Public Advisory Group

Patients and the public are essential to all decision making for the programme. We want to bring together and hear from a diverse group of people who represent the region’s population.

A Patient and Public Advisory Group (PPAG) has been created and we are looking for volunteers with a strong passion for research, the healthcare data environment and improving outcomes for patients.

Should you have any questions about the PPAG, or if you, or anyone you know is interested in joining the PPAG, please email us at WMSDE@uhb.nhs.uk.

PPAG vlogs

In this series of video logs, or vlogs, members of our Patient and Public Advisory Group explore different aspects of the West Midlands SDE from a patient and public point of view.

Data Trust Committee

The Data Trust Committee will review and approve requests to access the data held in the West Midlands SDE. The committee will ensure the data is used only:

• by the right people
• in the right way
• for the right reasons.

We are looking for people from any background to become members of the committee. You do not need to have any healthcare data, scientific or medical knowledge - just a willingness to help ensure health and care data is used for the benefit of patients and the public. If you are interested in applying to become a member of the West Midlands SDE Data Trust Committee, please email us at WMSDE@uhb.nhs.uk.

The diagram below shows the current composition of our Data Trust Committee.

Support our workstreams

If you are looking to find out more about a specific workstream, or to offer your support, please email us at WMSDE@uhb.nhs.uk, including as much information as possible.

Our events

We will add details of our future events here.

If you would like to be kept informed about upcoming events then please email us at WMSDE@uhb.nhs.uk