Case Study: Use of Tele-health Data for Syndromic Surveillance in England and Wales

2007 ◽  
pp. 335-365
Keyword(s):  
Syndromic Surveillance ◽  
Health Data ◽  
England And Wales

scholarly journals Love in the time of Covid-19: a case-study of the complex laws governing weddings

Legal Studies ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Rebecca Probert ◽  
Stephanie Pywell
Keyword(s):  
First Century ◽  
Marriage Law ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
General Law ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Future ◽  
Fit For Purpose ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Impact

Abstract During 2020, weddings were profoundly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. During periods of lockdown few weddings could take place, and even afterwards restrictions on how they could be celebrated remained. To investigate the impact of such restrictions, we carried out a survey of those whose plans to marry in England and Wales had been affected by Covid-19. The 1,449 responses we received illustrated that the ease and speed with which couples had been able to marry, and sometimes whether they had been able to marry at all, had depended not merely on the national restrictions in place but on their chosen route into marriage. This highlights the complexity and antiquity of marriage law and reinforces the need for reform. The restrictions on weddings taking place also revealed the extent to which couples valued getting married as opposed to having a wedding. Understanding both the social and the legal dimension of weddings is important in informing recommendations as to how the law should be changed in the future, not merely to deal with similar crises but also to ensure that the general law is fit for purpose in the twenty-first century.

‘It’s all considered to be unacceptable behaviour’

2016 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 433-451 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vickie Cooper
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Housing Policy ◽  
Local Authority ◽  
Housing Authority ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Critical Questions ◽  
Housing Options ◽  
Criminal Justice Practitioners

Despite a growing recognition of the intersectional relationship between homelessness and incarceration, we have a limited knowledge about housing policy and practice for people leaving custody and (ex)offender groups in the community. Addressing these gaps, this paper provides an overview of the main local housing authority statutory duties in the provision of housing support for prison leavers and (ex)offenders in England and Wales, and situates the issues with accessing accommodation within the wider context of austerity. The paper presents a case study that explores criminal justice practitioners’ experiences of working with local authority housing agencies. Stemming from 25 interviews with housing practitioners and criminal justice practitioners, the paper outlines the main challenges facing criminal justice agencies as they try to secure accommodation for homeless (ex)offenders and resettle them in the community. Finally, the paper concludes by raising critical questions about the housing options for this population, now and in the future.

Regulatory Challenges of Data Mining Practices: The Case of the Never-ending Lifecycles of ‘Health Data’

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 284-307
Author(s):  
Giovanni Comandè ◽  
Giulia Schneider
Keyword(s):  
Data Mining ◽  
Data Protection ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Health Data ◽  
General Level ◽  
General Data Protection Regulation ◽  
The Face ◽  
General Data ◽  
Level Of Analysis

Abstract Health data are the most special of the ‘special categories’ of data under Art. 9 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The same Art. 9 GDPR prohibits, with broad exceptions, the processing of ‘data concerning health’. Our thesis is that, through data mining technologies, health data have progressively undergone a process of distancing from the healthcare sphere as far as the generation, the processing and the uses are concerned. The case study aims thus to test the endurance of the ‘special category’ of health data in the face of data mining technologies and the never-ending lifecycles of health data they feed. At a more general level of analysis, the case of health data shows that data mining techniques challenge core data protection notions, such as the distinction between sensitive and non-sensitive personal data, requiring a shift in terms of systemic perspectives that the GDPR only partly addresses.

scholarly journals Multi-province epidemiological research using linked administrative data: a case study from Canada.

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Leanne Butler ◽  
Mark Smith ◽  
Wayne Jones ◽  
Carol E Adair ◽  
Simone Vigod ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Administrative Data ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Health Data ◽  
Provincial Government ◽  
Data Systems ◽  
Administrative Health Data ◽  
Healthcare Data ◽  
Research Activities

BackgroundCanada has a publicly-funded universal healthcare system with information systems managed by 13 different provinces and territories. This context creates inconsistencies in data collection and challenges for research or surveillance conducted at the national or multi-jurisdictional level. ObjectiveUsing a recent Canadian research project as a case study, we document the strengths and challenges of using administrative health data in a multi-jurisdictional context. We discuss the implications of using different health information systems and the solutions we adopted to deal with variations. Our goal is to contribute to better understanding of these challenges and the development of a more integrated and harmonized approach to conducting multi-jurisdictional research using administrative data. Context and ModelUsing data from five separate provincial healthcare data systems, we sought to create and report on a set of provincially-comparable mental health and addiction services performance indicators. In this paper, we document the research process, challenges, and solutions. Finally, we conclude by making recommendations for investment in national infrastructure that could help cut costs, broaden scope, and increase use of administrative health data that exists in Canada. ConclusionCanada has an incredible wealth of administrative data that resides in 13 territorial and provincial government systems. Navigating access and improving comparability across these systems has been an ongoing challenge for the past 20 years, but progress is being made. We believe that with some investment, a more harmonized and integrated information network could be developed that supports a broad range of surveillance and research activities with strong policy and program implications.

scholarly journals Merthyr Mawr: a case study for the assessment of nitrate at humid dunes in England and Wales

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 669-684 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. I. Whiteman ◽  
G. Farr ◽  
P. S. Jones ◽  
J. Schutten ◽  
A. Papaioannou
Keyword(s):  
England And Wales

Asthma Deaths in Scotland 1965–1980

1984 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 84-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. G. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Hospital Admission ◽  
Rural Health ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Medical Services ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Admission Rates ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
Asthma Mortality

From 1965 the fall in asthma mortality in Scotland has parallelled that documented for England and Wales. The high proportion of deaths in young people, and deaths at home, is similar to findings elsewhere. Mortality is higher in the more rural health areas, which are characterised by poorer access to general medical services, fewer medical consultants to the population, and lower hospital admission rates for asthma. There is a slightly higher proportion of home deaths in these rural areas, though on the available data not reaching the level of significance. It is suggested that this difference in mortality between the more urban and the more rural areas provides a basis for a case study in detail.

scholarly journals A methodological framework for the evaluation of syndromic surveillance systems: a case study of England

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Felipe J. Colón-González ◽  
Iain R. Lake ◽  
Roger A. Morbey ◽  
Alex J. Elliot ◽  
Richard Pebody ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Syndromic Surveillance ◽  
Surveillance Systems ◽  
Methodological Framework

Syndromic surveillance by veterinary practitioners: a pilot study in the pig sector

2019 ◽  
Vol 184 (18) ◽  
pp. 556-556
Author(s):  
Carla Correia-Gomes ◽  
Madeleine Kate Henry ◽  
Susanna Williamson ◽  
Richard M Irvine ◽  
George J Gunn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Disease Surveillance ◽  
Syndromic Surveillance ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Health Data ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Case Definitions ◽  
Pig Farms ◽  
Incident Reports

Traditional indicator-based livestock surveillance has been focused on case definitions, definitive diagnoses and laboratory confirmation. The use of syndromic disease surveillance would increase the population base from which animal health data are captured and facilitate earlier detection of new and re-emerging threats to animal health. Veterinary practitioners could potentially play a vital role in such activities. In a pilot study, specialist private veterinary practitioners (PVP) working in the English pig industry were asked to collect and transfer background data and disease incident reports for pig farms visited during the study period. Baseline data from 110 pig farms were received, along with 68 disease incident reports. Reports took an average of approximately 25 minutes to complete. Feedback from the PVPs indicated that they saw value in syndromic surveillance. Maintenance of anonymity in the outputs would be essential, as would timely access for the PVPs to relevant information on syndromic trends. Further guidance and standardisation would also be required. Syndromic surveillance by PVPs is possible for the pig industry. It has potential to fill current gaps in the collection of animal health data, as long as the engagement and participation of data providers can be obtained and maintained.

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