We need timely access to mental health data: implications of the Goldacre review

Astle, Duncan E; Moore, Anna; Marryat, Louise; Viding, Essi; Mansfield, Karen L; Fazel, Mina; Pierce, Matthias; Abel, Kathryn M; Green, Jonathan; Broome, Matthew R.; John, Ann; Broome, Matthew R; Upthegrove, Rachel; Bould, Helen; Minnis, Helen; Gajwani, Ruchika; Groom, Madeleine J.; Hollis, Chris; Liddle, Elizabeth; Sayal, Kapil; Berry, Vashti; Collishaw, Stephan; Dawes, Helen; Cortese, Samuele; Violato, Mara; Pollard, Jack; MacCabe, James H; Blakemore, Sarah Jayne; Simonoff, Emily; Watkins, Edward; Hiller, Rachel M; Townsend, Ellen; Armour, Cherie; Geddes, John R; Thompson, Lucy; Schwannauer, Matthias; Nicholls, Dasha; Hotopf, Matthew; Downs, Johnny; Rahman, Atif; Sharma, Aditya Narain; Ford, Tamsin J

Abstract

The Goldacre review, published in April, 2022, 1 is a landmark evaluation of the use, availability, and safety of National Health Service (NHS) data across all four nations of the UK. The review underscores the necessary role of data in driving health-care improvement and innovation, and the potential risks inherent in using data routinely contributed by health service users. The review recommends a radical overhaul in NHS data curation, access, and analysis, and, crucially, argues that substantial new resources must be marshalled to make this aspiration a reality.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 16, 2023
• Publication Date: 2023-04
• Deposit Date: May 12, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 31, 2023
• Journal: Lancet Psychiatry
• Print ISSN: 2215-0366
• Electronic ISSN: 2215-0374
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 242-244
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366%2823%2900030-5
• Keywords: Biological Psychiatry; Psychiatry and Mental health
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/19286679
• Publisher URL: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(23)00030-5/fulltext