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SAIL Databank

Ashley Akbari, Swansea University

20th May 2024

The Secure Anonymised Information Linkage (SAIL) Databank is the national trusted research environment (TRE) for Wales. Established in 2007, it provides access within a secure platform to anonymised, linkable, population-scale data sources, including health and social care, administrative, demographic, socio-economic and a variety of other national, local and specialist services data.

Within his talk, Ashley provides an overview of the SAIL Databank, how a TRE and linked data can be used in a multi-disciplinary team to support research and improve services and people’s outcomes, using examples from the One Wales collaboration response to the COVID-19 pandemic using the SAIL Databank.