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New infographics aim to raise public awareness of their legal rights relating to Longitudinal Population Study data use
18th Nov 2024
UK LLC launches an infographic series to raise awareness among Longitudinal Population Study participants of some of the most important laws and legal principles involved in the use of their data for public good research. The ‘Understanding Longitudinal Population Study...
UK LLC Year 1 Update
19th Jul 2024
UK LLC are delighted to announce that we have now completed the first year of our programme grant and share year 1 updates. A huge thank you to all of our collaborators and who have been involved throughout the past...
The long COVID evidence gap in England
12th Jun 2024
Out of 896 people who reported long COVID to their Longitudinal Population Study, only 5.4% had long COVID diagnoses in their health records. These findings findings by a study published by The Lancet illustrate that 94.6% self-reported long COVID but...
UK LLC poster published in International Journal of Population Data Science
3rd Jun 2024
UK LLC is delighted to share the published proceedings from the UK Health Data Research Alliance Transparency Showcase event last week. Establishing transparency in our processes and decision making at UK LLC is vital to building trust with study participants...
UK LLC in successful Smart Data Research UK funding bid with the University of Bristol
28th May 2024
Thanks to funding from a Smart Data Research UK accelerator scheme, UK LLC are delighted to be working with Dr Anya Skatova, from the University of Bristol, on a joint project to investigate acceptability and governance of linking smart data...
A tribute to Dolapo (Della) Ogunleye
22nd Jan 2024
We were very sad to hear that Della Ogunleye died from breast cancer towards the end of last year. As a member of the UK LLC Public Advisory Group for the last two years, Della brought her smile and her...
UK Data Service Blog
17th Jan 2024
UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration Director, Andy Boyd, has written a blog for UK Data Service about the latest developments at UK LLC. The blog outlines the service that the UK LLC delivers as part of the UK’s research infrastructure and...
UK LLC awarded funding from new initiative
10th Nov 2023
We are thrilled to be one of nineteen projects that have been awarded funding from a new initiative launched by Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) and funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC). This funding will enable members of...
Associations between self reported healthcare disruption due to covid-19 and avoidable hospital admission
20th Jul 2023
People who experienced disrupted access to healthcare (including appointments and procedures) during the COVID-19 pandemic were more likely to have potentially preventable hospital admissions, finds a study published by the BMJ today. UK LLC has produced a lay summary and infographic to help the...
The UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration, a partnership between leading UK longitudinal studies
24th May 2023
UK LLC has been awarded £6.4 million of funding (MR/X021556/1) until the end of 2028 to consolidate and expand its transformative work based on a national Trusted Research Environment (TRE) for the longitudinal research community. It is UK LLC’s mission...