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  1. Major update to ICD-10 on OpenCodelists

    As of this week, we have implemented an updated release of ICD-10 on OpenCodelists, designed to work specifically with OpenSAFELY data for increased coverage across multiple datasets at once. This release combines the ICD-10 editions used in both ONS mortality data and NHS hospital admissions data, meaning that…

  2. New version of the OpenSAFELY R image (v3)

    We are pleased to announce the availability of a new version of the R image, which we call r:v3. This includes R 4.6.1 and an updated suite of libraries. This has been in a beta testing period for a while, but is now generally available. Upgrading To upgrade, you…

  3. BNF coding system releases updated in OpenCodelists

    The British National Formulary (BNF) coding system provides a hierarchical view of drugs and medical devices at the BNF presentation level, organised into chapters, sections and paragraphs. OpenCodelists supports the creation of codelists using the BNF coding system. We have now imported the monthly BNF releases from…

  4. Data in the TPP backend now refreshes every four weeks

    From this week, the data in the TPP backend will be refreshed every four weeks rather than every week. The goal is to reduce the impact of database maintenance on your work, because it will no longer happen every week. We’re updating the documentation to reflect the…

  5. NHS PCD refsets and NHS drug refsets updated in OpenCodelists

    The NHS PCD (Primary Care Domain) reference sets (refsets) and NHS drug refsets are a collection of codelists used in NHS business rules. We have recently imported the latest NHS PCD refsets and the latest NHS drug refsets into OpenCodelists. These refsets (tagged 20260630) are now available for use in…

  6. Outputs from out-of-date actions can now be hidden in Airlock

    Airlock displays the output files that have been produced by actions that have been run for a workspace. Some of those outputs may have been produced by an action that no longer exists in the project.yaml . The files still exist, but are “out-of-date” with respect to the…

  7. Job request progress summary

    Job Request pages now show a summary card with counts and percentages for each Job status, making it easier to understand progress at a glance. Users can quickly see which actions have succeeded or failed, are running, or pending within a Job Request.

  8. New sorting options on OpenCodelists profile pages

    OpenCodelists users can now sort codelists on their profile page by name, owner, or last updated date.

  9. Previously released files can now be added as supporting files in Airlock

    You can now add a previously released output file as a supporting file in a new release request in Airlock. This is useful if you would like to reference the released file in the new request. When you add a released file to a new…

  10. CSV data summaries in Airlock

    When viewing a CSV file in a workspace or release request, users can now view a table with some summary information about each column in the table. The summary table shows, for each column: For numeric columns, it also automates some common checks that output checkers typically…

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