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Skip links Skip to content Skip to footer Main navigation Projects Team Funders Blog Contact EBM DataLab We are improving medicine with evidence and data We are improving medicine with evidence and data We are the Evidence-Based Medicine DataLab, at the University of Oxford. We build innovative, live tools to help make science and healthcare data more impactful in the real world. We campaign for better, transparent, timely and accessible information in healthcare. Projects OpenPrescribing Explore 5 years of NHS prescribing data. We’re helping to make prescribing safer and more cost-effective. Learn more Trials Transparency We’re looking closely at how clinical trials are conducted and reported, to ensure health care providers and patients have the most complete and accurate view of the evidence impacting their health. Retractobot Get alerted if you cite a paper that later gets retracted. Coming soon… Team Ben Goldacre Director Hilary Winstanly PA / Administration Seb Bacon Chief Technical Officer Richard Croker Pharmaceutical adviser Brian MacKenna Honorary Research Fellow Pharmacist Jessica Morley Policy lead Henry Drysdale Clinical Researcher Alex Walker Researcher Helen Curtis Researcher Nicholas DeVito Researcher Caroline Morton Researcher/Developer Peter Inglesby Consultant Programmer Dave Evans Consultant Programmer Darren Smyth Honorary Research Fellow Blog OpenPrescribing July Newsletter August 4, 2020 by Brian MacKenna Get all this information direct to your inbox, monthly: Sign up here. OpenPrescribing and DataLab PapersIt has been a busy month for paper publication at The DataLab. We … [Read More...] about OpenPrescribing July Newsletter NHS Dictionary of medicines and devices (dm+d): primary care prescribing of “hospital only” medicines July 13, 2020 by Brian MacKenna Just prior to the COVID-19 emergency we launched a new measure on OpenPrescribing, primary care prescribing of medicines defined by the NHS dictionary of medicines (dm+d) and … [Read More...] about NHS Dictionary of medicines and devices (dm+d): primary care prescribing of “hospital only” medicines How I use OpenPrescribing in my practice as a GP July 8, 2020 by Brian MacKenna A guest blog from Dr. Kevin Barrett (Twitter @DrKBarrett). Last week the British Journal of General Practice published our paper on unsafe prescribing of methotrexate. As … [Read More...] about How I use OpenPrescribing in my practice as a GP OpenPrescribing June Newsletter June 23, 2020 by Brian MacKenna OpenSAFELY.org - We're hiring engineers! OpenSAFELY is a new secure analytics platform for electronic health records in the NHS, created to deliver urgent results … [Read More...] about OpenPrescribing June Newsletter Your Organisation’s OpenPrescribing Custom Email Alerts June 23, 2020 by Brian MacKenna At OpenPrescribing we know that clinicians can be overwhelmed with guidance and data about many different aspects of care. We therefore have developed an innovative email … [Read More...] about Your Organisation’s OpenPrescribing Custom Email Alerts We’re hiring engineers! June 11, 2020 by Seb Bacon We are the DataLab, at the University of Oxford, led by Dr Ben Goldacre. We are a small, productive, very fast-moving team of software developers, academics, and clinicians, … [Read More...] about We’re hiring engineers! Join us! Devops / Python engineer, University of Oxford June 11, 2020 by Seb Bacon Note: we are also looking for Python Web developers! We are the DataLab, at the University of Oxford, led by Dr Ben Goldacre. We are a small, productive, very fast-moving … [Read More...] about Join us! Devops / Python engineer, University of Oxford Join us! Remote Python / Django / Web developer, University of Oxford June 11, 2020 by Seb Bacon Note: we are also looking for Devops Engineers! We are the DataLab, at the University of Oxford, led by Dr Ben Goldacre. We are a small, productive, very fast-moving team … [Read More...] about Join us! Remote Python / Django / Web developer, University of Oxford OpenPrescribing Newsletter May 2020 May 28, 2020 by Helen Curtis OpenSAFELY.org OpenSAFELY is a new secure analytics platform for electronic health records in the NHS, created to deliver urgent results during the global COVID-19 … [Read More...] about OpenPrescribing Newsletter May 2020 Impact of COVID-19 on prescribing in English general practice: March 2020 May 22, 2020 by Brian MacKenna OpenPrescribing.net has been updated this week with the latest release of prescribing data covering March 2020. In-depth analysis will be needed over the coming months, but … [Read More...] about Impact of COVID-19 on prescribing in English general practice: March 2020 What are the most commonly prescribed medicines? Top 10 prescribed medicines in NHS England primary care for 2019 March 21, 2020 by Brian MacKenna The following is a rapid analysis of the “top 10” medicines in NHS England primary care in 2019. We prepared this analysis for a user who wanted to use the list in a teaching … [Read More...] about What are the most commonly prescribed medicines? Top 10 prescribed medicines in NHS England primary care for 2019 Changes to NHS medicines data: a rapid analysis from The DataLab February 17, 2020 by Brian MacKenna At The DataLab we like to work in the open and share our insights for the whole community, so we can fix a problem for us, then share the solution, and help fix it for … [Read More...] about Changes to NHS medicines data: a rapid analysis from The DataLab NHS England Investment and Impact Fund – A new dashboard on OpenPrescribing February 10, 2020 by Brian MacKenna Update September 2020: NHS England have announced a reduction in the number of planned measures including the majority of the measures on OpenPrescribing. We will remove the … [Read More...] about NHS England Investment and Impact Fund – A new dashboard on OpenPrescribing OpenPrescribing.yourcountry February 6, 2020 by Brian MacKenna At The DataLab we get many people contacting us every month asking us when OpenPrescribing will be available in their country. In this blog we are outlining … [Read More...] about OpenPrescribing.yourcountry The DataLab – What We Did Last Year! February 5, 2020 by Brian MacKenna Most people share their end of year roundup during late December when everyone is too full of cake to read. Now you’re back in the saddle, here’s our roundup of everything the … [Read More...] about The DataLab – What We Did Last Year! National Institute for Health and Care Excellence – NICE Prescribing Dashboards December 19, 2019 by Ben Goldacre Today on OpenPrescribing.net we have launched our National Institute for Health and Care Excellence - NICE Prescribing Dashboard. We have a NICE prescribing dashboard for … [Read More...] about National Institute for Health and Care Excellence – NICE Prescribing Dashboards Greener NHS Prescribing Dashboards December 19, 2019 by Brian MacKenna Today on OpenPrescribing.net we have launched our Greener NHS prescribing dashboards. Over recent months there has been increasing attention on the environment and the effects … [Read More...] about Greener NHS Prescribing Dashboards We Are Recruiting an Epidemiologist – last chance to apply! December 3, 2019 by Helen Curtis We are seeking a researcher to fill this exciting role, working across our healthcare data projects, primarily OpenPrescribing, which helps users identify areas for … [Read More...] about We Are Recruiting an Epidemiologist – last chance to apply! OpenPrescribing Newsletter November 2019 December 2, 2019 by Helen Curtis PCN Dashboards Now Live! We have now launched our long-awaited Primary Care Networks (PCNs) dashboard, made possible thanks to the the membership list being published … [Read More...] about OpenPrescribing Newsletter November 2019 Reporting Withdrawn Trials on the EUCTR December 2, 2019 by Nick DeVito Our EU TrialsTracker has been assessing compliance with EU trial reporting guidelines for over a year now. Our data has been u...