Latest news and views from around the Bennett Institute
Come and work with us! We are hiring a Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Manager to involve the public in advancing mental health research.
This blog post shares the project I worked on during my summer internship at the Bennett Institute as part of the HDR UK Health Data Science programme. My project explored how ehrQL, is being used across OpenSAFELY repositories. I analysed 301 codefiles from 65 Repositories under the OpenSafely org. and was able to identified which features researchers rely on most, which are less common, and where improvements or additional support could be valuable.
Special edition OpenPrescribing newsletter introducing our new tool, OpenPrescribing Hospitals.
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 welcome, from prescribing insights to data science deep dives.
We are starting a UKRI-funded project on improving code sharing and want your help!
What are biosimilars, why are they of interest and why can we monitor usage with primary care data but not secondary care data?
In this guest blog, Dr Christianne Micallef explains how she uses OpenPrescribing in her role as an antimicrobial stewardship lead pharmacist.
A look at the new Product Lookup feature on OpenPrescribing Hospitals
What is a Defined Daily Dose, how can they calculated from the quantity reported in the Secondary Care Medicines Data, and why are they useful?
How the ATC can be used to classify medications and how DDs can be used to measure their usage.
The journey of public involvement in OpenSAFELY. The OpenSAFELY Digital Critical Friend group, from conception to becoming foundational for OpenSAFELY, is a testament to the power of effective public involvement in digital health.
On the 24th June 2025, OpenSAFELY had the privilege of running a booth at the National Patient Data Day in Leeds!
The Bennett Institute is hosting two days of talks and workshops on medicines, NHS data, and open research.
What is ingredient quantity, how can it be calculated from the quantity reported in the Secondary Care Medicines Data, and why is it useful?
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.
Brian MacKenna demonstrated OpenPrescribing Hospitals at the 2025 Clinical Pharmacy Congress last month. Here’s his thoughts on how it went.
What are unit doses, how can they be calculated from the quantity reported in the Secondary Care Medicines Data, and why are they useful?
A summary of our discussion with NHS leaders on how Medicines Optimisation teams can leverage data science to enhance their strategic capability.
