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Opioid prescribing to people on orthopaedic waiting lists during the COVID-19 pandemic
Our recent paper showing the impact of the pandemic on opioid prescribing in people waiting for treatment
Who is waiting and for how long? Using OpenSAFELY to understand waiting lists.
We describe how we used the Waiting List Minimum Data Set within OpenSAFELY
You’re invited to the 2025 Bennett Institute Oxford Medicines Symposium
We’re excited to open registration and submissions of ideas for the 2025 Bennett Institute Medicines Symposium, a two-day event that brings together everyone working with NHS medicines data.
Collaborate with us to advance mental health research
We are looking for people to be part of a new Experience-led Public Advisory Group that will meet regularly to advise and guide the development phases of the OpenSAFELY-Talking Therapies programme.
We're hiring researchers to work on OpenSAFELY
Come and work with us! We’re looking for Epidemiologists / Health Data Scientists to join our growing research team.
We are hiring a Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Manager
Come and work with us! We are hiring a Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Manager to involve the public in advancing mental health research.
Understanding ehrQL Feature Usage in OpenSAFELY for Health Research
This blog post shares the project I worked on during my summer internship at the Bennett Institute as part of the HDR UK Health Data Science programme. My project explored how ehrQL, is being used across OpenSAFELY repositories. I analysed 301 codefiles from 65 Repositories under the OpenSafely org. and was able to identified which features researchers rely on most, which are less common, and where improvements or additional support could be valuable.
OpenSAFELY and the Co-produced Development of the Digital Critical Friend (DCF) Public Advisory Group model
The journey of public involvement in OpenSAFELY. The OpenSAFELY Digital Critical Friend group, from conception to becoming foundational for OpenSAFELY, is a testament to the power of effective public involvement in digital health.
OpenSAFELY at the National Patient Data Day in Leeds
On the 24th June 2025, OpenSAFELY had the privilege of running a booth at the National Patient Data Day in Leeds!