Keeping patient data safe in our new BioResource

Research needs data and data needs - in the end - patients. Our researchers spend a lot of time Identifying the right patients for our studies, and more importantly, our patients spend a lot of time  helping us. The more efficiently we can  use the samples and other data they give us, the more we can help them. That's what the new Nottingham Bioresource is about - it pulls together samples and data from patients into one central bank, which is secure, controlled and confidential. Then we can help researchers identify the data they need, and let them access it in the most useful secure way possible. So everybody wins. That's the theory. To find out more, we talked to Jen Boston, Head of Research Governance and Quality at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, and to Natasha Hill, the bioresource operations manager -  who explained how it's going to help researchers. If you would like to give us your views about the use of data and tissue samples in clinical research then you can join the conversation now on the Research InSight website: https://researchinsight.org.uk This Podcast is brought to you by the Research & Innovation team at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. Follow us on @ResearchNUH and @NottmBRC, or email R&[email protected]. If you haven't already, please subscribe to the podcast where-ever you get your podcasts, and like/review us on Apple Podcasts especially. It's For Science.