New NHS pilot using EDGE
After going live on the 22nd of September this year our team are thrilled to announce the next milestone in the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in Health and Care Research Pilot has been achieved.
On the 5th of November the first extract of EDI pilot data was extracted from EDGE for participating organisations and sent to NHS England for review. Further extracts will be taken on a monthly basis for any organisation choosing to opt in in the EDI pilot via EDGE.
The EDI project support understanding of inclusion, representation and participation and identifying variation in participation in health and care research across the geography of England. In the long term it is intended that analysis of this data will directly improve equality, diversity and inclusion in such research and ultimately improve access to good quality, evidence-based health and care.
NHS England will provide results of its analysis in the form of reports and dashboards, which will inform the Department of Health and Social Care’s (DHSC) strategy and policy decisions with the support of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), aligned with the “Best Research for Best Health: The Next Chapter” and as set out in the NIHR Research Inclusion Strategy 2022-2027
It's not too late to include your organisation in the EDI pilot. Further details about how to opt in can be found on the links below.