NHS Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board (ICB) has joined together with Kent and Medway ICB to create the Kent, Medway and Sussex Secure Data Environment (KMS SDE) for research.
This builds on the success of the existing linked datasets within Sussex Integrated Dataset (SID) and the Kent Integrated Dataset (KID) and Kent Research Network for Education and Learning dataset (KeRNEL) in Kent and Medway.
The KMS SDE is unlocking the potential of your health and social care data to support research that helps to improve health the of the community. This supports the government’s 10-year health plan: data will fuel continuous learning in the NHS, support research and improve care.
Secure data environments are computer platforms that are used for research and analysis and uphold the highest standards of privacy and security of NHS health and social care data.
The KMS SDE allows approved, appropriately trained researchers from validated organisations to apply to securely access and analyse de-identified (pseudonymised) health and social care data from across Kent, Medway and Sussex. In the future, identifiable data could potentially be used where necessary for a specific research project, but only with appropriate consent and other robust governance approvals in place.
Kent, Medway and Sussex Secure Data Environment for research