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Ethnicity Explainer
To accompany the recent Ethnicity Short Data Report preprint we have created a short explainer for researchers using ethnicity in OpenSAFELY-TPP
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Latest news and views from around the Bennett Institute
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We're hiring!
We have just advertised an exciting and unusual new job. An exciting fellowship based at Jesus College, and working with our amazing team. Closing date: 09/02/2024 12:00 pm.
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What makes a good OpenPrescribing measure?
This blog describes how we develop new measures at OpenPrescribing.
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Bennett Conference session 4: OpenSAFELY research highlights, external perspectives & Peter Bennett
The final session was a series of talks highlighting some of the research conducted in OpenSAFELY, some external perspectives on OpenSAFELY, and concluding remarks from our benefactor Peter Bennett, and director Ben Goldacre.
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Bennett Conference session 3: How OpenSAFELY Works
The third session in the Bennett Conference was a series of talks describing the overall operation of the OpenSAFELY platform and service.
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Bennett Conference session 2: OpenPrescribing
The second session in the Bennett Conference was a series of talks covering the history, technical underpinnings, research and use cases of OpenPrescribing.
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Bennett Conference session 1: Research Integrity & Policy
The first session in the Bennett Conference discussed past and present work of the Institute on research integrity and policy issues.
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Ben Goldacre's inaugural lecture: a whistlestop tour of everything we do, from OpenPrescribing via TrialsTracker to OpenSAFELY and Open Science!
A whistlestop tour of the whole history of our group, from OpenPrescribing via TrialsTracker to OpenSAFELY and on through Open Science, policy work, and more
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Understanding Repeat Antibiotic Prescribing in the Pandemic: Insights On Health Inequalities
The COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped many aspects of healthcare, including how antibiotics are prescribed in primary care settings. In this guest blog, Professor Diane Ashiru-Oredope lead pharmacist for antimicrobial resistance at UK Health Security Agency and our own Brian MacKenna, share some insights on repeat antibiotic prescribing and the link to health inequalities from a recent UK Health Security Agency analysis using OpenSAFELY.
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BNF to dictionary of medicines and devices (dm+d) map - now available
A common question asked of the Bennett Institute is ‘have you got a tool to map BNF codes to dm+d codes?’ We’ve created one to download
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Four new measures available on OpenPrescribing.net (and four have been retired)
We’ve been busy creating new measures for OpenPrescribing.net, and reviewing ones which aren’t needed any more.
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Recent improvements in OpenPrescribing.net measures
We’ve been busy doing housekeeping on OpenPrescribing.net measures. Here’s a summary of the main changes.
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The future of OpenSAFELY: an important announcement from NHS England, DHSC and the Bennett Institute at Oxford
We are delighted to share the announcement from NHS England and Department of Health and Social Care below, setting out the future of OpenSAFELY.
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Updates of OpenSAFELY Research on COVID-19 Therapeutics
In this guest blog, Bang Zheng and Laurie Tomlinson from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine describe some of their lastest work on the comparative effectiveness and safety of currently recommended COVID-19 therapeutics in the community settings.
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We're hiring! CLOSES SOON!
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OpenPrescribing Autumn 2023 Newsletter
OpenPrescribing Autumn 2023 Newsletter.
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Incidence and management of inflammatory arthritis in England before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
In this guest blog, Mark Russell describes the research that he has undertaken with the help of his team from King’s College London using OpenSAFELY.
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Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 on common infections: Treatment Pathways, Antibiotic Prescribing, and Exposure
Xiaomin Zhong, Ya-Ting Yang, Dr Ali Fahmi, Dr Victoria Palin and Professor Tjeerd Van Staa from Manchester University have been using OpenSAFELY for analyses focused on the impact of COVID-19 on antimicrobial resistance since 2021. In this guest blog they describe some of their recent papers that have been published in peer review journals.