RAND EUROPE: RAND Europe and the Health Service Group at the University of Cambridge have been commissioned to undertake two research projects on behalf of NHS organisations.

Data-sharing agreement from NHS Digital registers of approved data releases, 2014–2019. Evidence status: source reported.

Organisation: RAND EUROPE
Source reference: DARS-NIC-07173-T8S5M-v1.2
Jurisdiction: England
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0, subject to NHS England terms and exclusions

Register reference: DARS-NIC-07173-T8S5M-v1.2
Agreement period: not published to no end date published
For commercial purposes (as marked in the register): Not stated
Release files listed by NHS England: 6

Data approved

Hospital Episode Statistics Admitted Patient Care
Hospital Episode Statistics Accident and Emergency
Hospital Episode Statistics Outpatients

Objective, as published

RAND Europe and the Health Service Group at the University of Cambridge have been commissioned to undertake two research projects on behalf of NHS organisations. These are SLIC (Southwark and Lambeth's Integrated Care) and TELE-FIRST. No data will be shared with a third party. SLIC Southwark and Lambeth's Integrated Care (SLIC) focuses specifically on the Older Peoples' Programme (OPP). The project was commissioned by King's Health Partners (Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust & King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust) as part of the 'Evaluation of Lambeth and Southwark Integrated Care Pilot Scheme. The evaluation focuses on outcomes (hospital and nursing home utilisation) and cost effectiveness. The HES data is needed to understand the impact of the OPP on hospital utilisation (e.g. admissions, emergency admissions, outpatient attendance and A&E attendance). The study is a controlled before and after design and comparisons will be made with similar populations in south London and the rest of England. The study will compare results at the GP practice level - e.g. to compare responses for all over 65s or all over 75s in Lambeth and Southwark practices with matched practices in other parts of the country. Initiated in 2012, the SLIC OPP brings together health and social care providers and local people to help maximise the health and independence of older people, aged 65 years and older, through: - better identification and management of risk; - minimisation of inapp…

Expected benefits, as published

SLIC: This study has been commissioned by the King's Health Partners in order to determine the effectiveness of their Southwark and Lambeth Integrated Care Programme, focusing on the older people programme. RAND Europe therefore want to be able to use the data to measure changes in admission of older people to A&E and a number of other outcomes in order to be able to meet the needs to the SLIC team. King's Health Partners commissioned the evaluation as it considers it is of fundamental importance that it robustly tests its impact on the quality and value of the health and social care system. The evaluation will serve the following purposes: - to provide assurance for local people, participating organisations and sponsors on the extent of impact and that this assessment of impact is indepe…

Source: https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/2019/http://content.digital.nhs.uk/media/23861/Release-Register-December-16---February-17/xls/Release_Register__December_16_-_February_17.xlsx. Captured 2026-10-30.

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