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Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science @bennettoxford.bsky.social · 10d

We are hiring researchers!

We’re looking for Epidemiologists / Health Data Scientists to join our growing research team at the Bennett Institute.

Please check out the job advert and tell your friends!

www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2025/09...

We're hiring researchers to work on OpenSAFELY | Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science

Come and work with us! We’re looking for Epidemiologists / Health Data Scientists to join our growing research team.

www.bennett.ox.ac.uk

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Brian @brianmackenna.bsky.social · 17d

The mighty @bmjmedicine.bsky.social have joined Bluesky!

Follow them!

It reminded me of our first paper there - PINCER medication safety indicators using OpenSAFELY

doi.org/10.1136/bmjm...

Short thread to remind everyone else!

Changes in medication safety indicators in England throughout the covid-19 pandemic using OpenSAFELY: population based, retrospective cohort study of 57 million patients using federated analytics

Objective To implement complex, PINCER (pharmacist led information technology intervention) prescribing indicators, on a national scale with general practice data to describe the impact of the covid-1...

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Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science @bennettoxford.bsky.social · 22d

📢Competition time!

We are launching the Bennett Prize in OpenPrescribing to celebrate the best user-led projects!

Have you improved safety, saved money or improved prescribing in your organisation using OpenPrescribing?
Enter now!

Find out more here 👇
www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2025/08...

Bennett Prize in OpenPrescribing | Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science

We’re launching the Bennett Prize in OpenPrescribing to celebrate the best user-led projects using OpenPrescribing. Enter by sharing your work online and sending us the link — all kinds of entries wel...

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Nick DeVito @ndevito1.bsky.social · Aug 13

We are launching a project on improving code sharing in health and medical research funded by @ukri.org and working with @floriannaudet.bsky.social and @bmj.com

Read more here:
bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2025/08/help-us-improve-code-sharing-in-health-research/

Help Us Improve Code Sharing in Health Research | Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science

We are starting a UKRI-funded project on improving code sharing and want your help!

bennett.ox.ac.uk

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Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences @oxprimarycare.bsky.social · Jun 27

💊 New research from @bennettoxford.bsky.social finds wide variation in how long repeat prescriptions last across England, with durations ranging from 28 to 84 days depending on region, practice & software.

Longer prescriptions could save time for patients & the NHS 👩‍⚕️

New study reveals wide variation in how long repeat prescriptions last across England

New research from the Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science examined the length of repeat prescriptions for long-term conditions across England. Without any national guidance, the length and freq...

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Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science @bennettoxford.bsky.social · Jun 24

Save the date: 10-11 December 2025

We'll be hosting a symposium on medicines, NHS data, and open research.

Here's more info, and a chance to sign up for updates: www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/events/2025-...

2025 Bennett Institute Medicines Symposium | Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science

The two-day 2025 Bennett Institute Medicines Symposium will take place at Jesus College in Oxford on 10–11 December 2025.

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Sarah Jones @sarahjpharm.pharmsky.app · Jun 24

We tried to do some formulary review work for a tiny sub-set of info about antidepressants in an undergrad project back in 2022. Just trying to map which were the live formularies and which one applied to different geographic regions was very hard (thanks to repeated NHS reorganisations) (1/2)

Ben Goldacre @bengoldacre.bsky.social · Jun 23

Should we all publish our FAILED funding proposals? And what's the deal with every small patch in the NHS having its own bespoke prescribing guidelines?

www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2025/06...

OpenFormulary: ahead of its time | Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science

In 2019, we pitched a national tool to track local formularies. Now the NHS is doing just that! We’re sharing our plans and advice to help it succeed.

www.bennett.ox.ac.uk

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Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science @bennettoxford.bsky.social · Jun 24

We had some thoughts about formularies

Ben Goldacre @bengoldacre.bsky.social · Jun 23

Should we all publish our FAILED funding proposals? And what's the deal with every small patch in the NHS having its own bespoke prescribing guidelines?

www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2025/06...

OpenFormulary: ahead of its time | Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science

In 2019, we pitched a national tool to track local formularies. Now the NHS is doing just that! We’re sharing our plans and advice to help it succeed.

www.bennett.ox.ac.uk

Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science @bennettoxford.bsky.social · Jun 24

Lots going on

Brian @brianmackenna.bsky.social · Jun 23

Can the NHS implement new meds quickly?

Some say no......

But Phesgo® shows it can happen overnight.

New OpenPrescribing Hospitals measure:

hospitals.openprescribing.net/measures/phe...

percentile chart showing uptake of phesgo across english hospital. it is very steep uptake starting in 2021

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Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science @bennettoxford.bsky.social · Jun 17

And in other news

Ben Goldacre @bengoldacre.bsky.social · Jun 17

"Have you thought about applying the @opensafely model, for data privacy and efficiency, to non-health data?"

YES WE HAVE

Behold the new... OpenSAFELY-Schools!!

schools.opensafely.org

OpenSAFELY Schools

A collaboration between the National Institute of Teaching and the Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science

schools.opensafely.org

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Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science @bennettoxford.bsky.social · Jun 17

We shared our OpenPrescribing Hospitals beta with the folks at the Clinical Pharmacy Congress, and the response was very positive! Here's a short post from @brianmackenna.bsky.social with more info -

www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2025/06...

OpenPrescribing Hospitals Meets the Public | Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science

Brian MacKenna demonstrated OpenPrescribing Hospitals at the 2025 Clinical Pharmacy Congress last month. Here’s his thoughts on how it went.

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LSHTM Vaccine Centre @lshtm-vaccines.bsky.social · Apr 24

Our first #WorldImmunizationWeek podcast episode is live now!

Tune in to hear from @emprestige.bsky.social about their journey from MSc to PhD @lshtm.bsky.social. They also share insider tips on the best lunch spots in central London, so don't miss this.

soundcloud.com/user-7893872...

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Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science @bennettoxford.bsky.social · Apr 22

We're hiring an OpenSAFELY product manager. Come and join us, we're a nice bunch.

www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2025/04...

Hiring an OpenSAFELY product manager | Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science

We’re looking for a product manager to come and work on OpenSAFELY with us.

www.bennett.ox.ac.uk

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Ben Goldacre @bengoldacre.bsky.social · Mar 14

We're adding hospital prescribing data to our hugely popular openprescribing data platform. So...
What does NHS hospital prescribing data look like? As ever, our team culture is to build, but also to document, all in the open. Here is a deep deep dive... www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2025/03...

OpenPrescribing Hospitals - now live, and open for your feedback | Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science

We’ve made OpenPrescribing Hospitals platform to all with our first feature. Read more to see how you can access it.

www.bennett.ox.ac.uk

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Brian @brianmackenna.bsky.social · Mar 10

How often do you go to the doctor for your regular prescription?

Every month? Every two months? Twice a year? Once a year?

We ran the numbers.

New paper out in @bjgp.bsky.social 👇

doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...

Variation in prescription duration for long term conditions: a cohort study in English NHS primary care using OpenPrescribing

Background: Many patients receive routine medications for long-term conditions (LTCs). Doctors typically issue repeat prescriptions in one to three month durations, but England currently has no nation...

doi.org

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Brian @brianmackenna.bsky.social · Mar 3

OpenPrescribing for Hospitals

Live!

www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2025/03...

OpenPrescribing Hospitals - now live, and open for your feedback | Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science

We’ve made OpenPrescribing Hospitals platform to all with our first feature. Read more to see how you can access it.

www.bennett.ox.ac.uk

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Ben Goldacre @bengoldacre.bsky.social · Feb 20

Great BBC news story about new developments at OpenSAFELY, securely provisioning GP data to researchers with innovative methods to protect all patients' privacy, and building out to support mental health research at scale.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

National health data scheme awarded 'transformative' £17m funding

University of Oxford's OpenSAFELY project will securely analyse NHS mental health treatment files.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Ben Goldacre @bengoldacre.bsky.social · Feb 20

I'm delighted to say our highly secure and productive OpenSAFELY platform has received a further £17 million in funding from Wellcome, including for a new mental health data project. More here, and clips from Today on Radio4 this morning too!

www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2025/02...

Game-changing new funding from Wellcome for OpenSAFELY and mental health data | Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science

This morning the Today programme on Radio 4 did two great spots on OpenSAFELY.

www.bennett.ox.ac.uk

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Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science @bennettoxford.bsky.social · Feb 20

We were on the Today Programme this morning! Here's a blog post from Ben about why OpenSAFELY is in the news today, and how a total of £17 million of new funding from Wellcome is going to be a game-changer:

www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2025/02...

Game-changing new funding from Wellcome for OpenSAFELY and mental health data | Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science

This morning the Today programme on Radio 4 did two great spots on OpenSAFELY.

www.bennett.ox.ac.uk

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Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science @bennettoxford.bsky.social · Feb 6

We've started work on a new service, OpenPrescribing Hospitals - using existing hospital medicines data to help optimise prescribing in hospitals in the future. Here's a sneak peek of what's coming, and some useful background context:

www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2025/01...

#OpenPrescribing

We're going to build OpenPrescribing for hospitals: here's why | Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science

We’re going to build OpenPrescribing for hospitals using openly available secondary care medicines data. Here we explain why and what you can expect.

www.bennett.ox.ac.uk

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Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science @bennettoxford.bsky.social · Feb 6

You too could read our OpenSAFELY book while eating snacks. We still have a few copies to give away! Here's how to get one: www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2025/01...

#OpenSAFELY

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Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science @bennettoxford.bsky.social · Jan 28

We’re publishing our printed book, “The past, present and future of OpenSAFELY” as a series of blog posts.

But we also have some copies of the book itself to give away, for free!

The first blog post in the series tells you how to get a copy:

www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2025/01...

#OpenSAFELY

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Ben Goldacre @bengoldacre.bsky.social · Dec 18

We are hiring a tech lead! We build high impact national health data infrastructure that is open, productive, and beautiful - like our OpenSAFELY - in a truly mixed team, where software developers and researchers all share skills, status, knowledge, and best practice!

my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Job Details

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Clinical Epi Group at University of Münster @clinicalepi.de · Dec 13

The Causal Inference in #IDEpi Workshop provided great insight and discussion thanks to input from various speakers! @wjchulme.bsky.social of @bennettoxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk introduced us to challenges in estimating vaccine effectiveness in routine data #OpenSAFELY (1/3)

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Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science @bennettoxford.bsky.social · Dec 12

For those of you who couldn't come to our OpenSAFELY Community Symposium - now you can catch up on the whole thing

www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2024/12...

Catch Up on Our Community Symposium | Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science

A full list of links to all the videos from day one of our 2024 OpenSAFELY Community Symposium

www.bennett.ox.ac.uk

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