Latest news and views from around the Bennett Institute
In this blog, we explain why OpenSAFELY works this way, what it means in practice, and some useful tips for working with event-based information using patient-level datasets.
As it’s #MedSafetyWeek, we describe how OpenPrescribing can help you find areas for improvement in patient safety.
Samina Begum and Godwin Daudu, two members of our OpenSAFELY Digital Critical Friends group, reflect on their experiences at the 2026 PEDRI Forum.
We’re looking for an experienced product manager to join our team at the Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science, University of Oxford, working on OpenSAFELY and our other products.
Wondering who will be speaking at the 2026 Bennett Oxford Symposium on Open Code in Science? Wonder no more!
New measure launched to support organisations monitor the withdrawal of avacopan.
Upcoming webinars, new inhaler and hospital prescribing measures, and finalised hospital medicines data through March 2026.
Lessons from a recent PPIE event that are shaping our research into learning disability and epilepsy.
Tips for creating inclusive and accessible patient and public involvement (PPI) practices, encouraging diverse involvement in health research.
Join us for Cory Doctorow’s closing keynote at the 2026 Bennett Oxford Symposium on Open Code in Science!
New oral anticoagulants measure has launched in OpenPrescribing Hospitals.
Najma Moallin reflects on working with real-world data, navigating uncertainty, and developing as a researcher.
Five new low value prescribing measures have been launched.
How, and why, we brought together a diverse group of people with lived experience of using the NHS Talking Therapies’ service to support the OpenSAFELY NHS Talking Therapies project.
We’ve launched a new AIR/MART inhaler measure to monitor the impact of the changes introduced in the BTS/NICE/SIGN asthma guideline.
What we learned about how researchers use and reuse codelists across OpenSAFELY studies.
What we learned about how researchers create and reuse variables across OpenSAFELY studies.
How we combined different editions of ICD-10 so that one codelist works across multiple OpenSAFELY datasets.
