What we do
The Clinical Effectiveness Group (CEG) turns electronic health record data into actionable insight and innovation. We produce internationally significant research and work with local NHS teams to support GP practices on the ground.
We support primary care in North East London
We develop software tools and resources for GPs and support every practice in the region to use them. We collaborate with the area’s NHS commissioners and local authorities to develop evidence-based initiatives that improve population health.
We publish research
We analyse big datasets to reveal insights and inequalities in population health and publish our findings. In partnership with the NHS and other university research teams, our work informs local, national and international policy and practice.
We curate data resources
We have trusted access to health data from North East London and beyond. We link, extract, and analyse data and curate de-identified information into resources that inform research, commissioning and local public health initiatives.
We teach
We lead three ‘Health Data in Practice’ programmes; a Postgraduate Diploma, a Masters, and Queen Mary’s Wellcome Trust PhD programme. Through our teaching, we are developing future scientific leaders and innovators who will realise the potential of health data research to benefit patients, health care systems and society.
Find out more about:
- Building a Learning Health System
- The Clinical Effectiveness approach
- Addressing health inequalities
A ‘Learning Health System’ embeds improvement into the everyday process of delivering health care. CEG developed and pioneered this approach in North East London by turning data from patient health records into actionable insight. Our facilitators then support practices, NHS commissioners and local authorities to put this insight into practice to improve patient care. 
Data
We support high quality data entry and maintain a library of codes and concepts.
Knowledge
We link, extract and analyse health data from GPs, hospitals and the community. We build clinical tools, searches and dashboards that turn data into knowledge.
Insight
We publish research creating actionable insights from CEG's analyses and uncovering inequalities in population health. We lead the Wellcome PhD programme Health Data in Practice.
Practice
We support GP practices, commissioners and public health teams to improve health in North East London using our insight and tools. This work informs local, national and international policy and practice.
More information
- The Health Foundation: ‘Developing learning health systems in the UK: Priorities for action’ - CEG is case study 5.