The Research Advisory Group (RAG), hosted by NHS Digital, brings the research community together to advance the use and effectiveness of NHS Digital's data and services. Group membership consists of senior representatives from across research, the third sector and NHS Digital.
The aim of RAG is to build a strategic partnership between researchers and NHS Digital. This partnership will:
- enable NHS Digital to improve its data and data services
- help researchers deliver better research quicker through the use of high-quality NHS Digital data, for the benefit of patients and the public
Find out more from our Director of Data, Professor Daniel Ray.
RAG contains two subgroups. Find out more about the activities of these groups:
Streamlining ethics and approvals (in the context of DARS applications) sub-group
Future NHS Digital services - Innovation sub-group
RAG members are:
| Name | Representative of |
|---|---|
| Dr Louise Wood (co-Chair) | Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) |
| Professor Sir John Savill (co-Chair) | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Justin Riordan-Jones | Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) |
| Dr Rhoswyn Walker | Medical Research Council |
| Dr Ekaterini Blaveri | Medical Research Council |
| Dr Alex Bailey | Medical Research Council Regulatory Support Centre |
| Professor Dame Janet Finch | Economics and Social Research Council (ESRC) |
| Bridget Taylor | Economics and Social Research Council (ESRC) |
| Professor Martin Landray | Representative of academia (England) |
| Professor Sir Alex Markham | Office for Strategic Coordination of Health Research (OHSCR), Health Informatics sub-group |
| Professor Gary Ford | Academic Health Science Networks |
| Professor Harry Hemingway | Academia (England) |
| Professor Andrew Morris | Representative of academia (Health Data Research UK) |
| Dr Janet Messer | Health Research Authority (HRA) |
| Dr Janet Valentine | Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) |
| Nicola Perrin | Charity sector |
| Aisling Burnand | Charity sector |
| Dame Fiona Caldicott, represented by James Wilson | The uses of personal confidential health and social care data |
| Professor Sudhesh Kumar Professor Soraya Dhillon | NHS Digital Non-Executive Directors |
| Tom Denwood | NHS Digital Executive Sponsor |
| Professor Martin Severs | NHS Digital Medical Director and Caldicott Guardian |
| Professor Daniel Ray | NHS Digital Data Director |
| Garry Coleman | NHS Digital Data Dissemination Director (Interim) |
| Estelle Spence | NHS Digital Research Strategic Manager |
Please contact us at enquiries@nhsdigital.nhs.uk if you'd like a copy of minutes from RAG meetings or our Terms of Reference.