Government’s plan for data service aims to speed up access to datasets and clinical trial approval

The UK government has announced plans for a new Health Data Research Service, which will give researchers a secure single access point to national scale datasets as well as NHS trust level data.

The service, which is being created in collaboration with the Wellcome Trust, is backed by £600m in funding and will start from the end of 2026. The aim is to give approved researchers easy access to data without them having to “navigate different systems or make multiple applications for information for the same …