A cluster randomised trial aiming to reduce unnecessary antibiotic prescribing, led by King’s College London and supported by CPRD, has published its results. The year-long trial took place between 2016-17 and focused on antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infection (RTI) patients. Read more
News
8 February 2019
The NHS in England, Scotland and Wales along with Health and Social Care Northern Ireland, NHS Digital, Genomics England, Health Data Research UK, Public Health England and Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) announced today that they will create a non-profit association to accelerate progress in medicine and health. Read more
24 January 2019
CPRD will be at the DIA Europe meeting in Vienna, 5-7 February 2019. Visit us at booth A31 to find out more about using CPRD services for your research and meet members of our interventional research team. CPRD Director Dr Janet Valentine will be speaking at the following sessions: Read more
21 December 2018
We have improved our data provision services to better meet customer needs. We’ve recently carried out a review of CPRD’s pricing model, to ensure that our public health research services are sustainable for the future. Read more
14 December 2018
CPRD Enquiries and the CPRD office will be operating a reduced service during Christmas and New Year and and will be closed for holidays on the following dates: Read more
25 October 2018
Clinical triallists, data experts, regulatory bodies and funders came together at the Wellcome Trust on 22 October to share their knowledge and experience on randomised controlled trials (RCTs) driven by routinely collected clinical data. Read more
2 October 2018
Visit stand F80 at the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) conference in Glasgow this week to find out more aboout CPRD. Read more.
15 August 2018
If you’re at this year’s International Conference for Pharmacoepidemiology & Therapeutic Risk Management (ICPE) in Prague, look out for our oral and poster presentations and our exhibition booth #20. Read more.
4 July 2018
The latest set of linkage data is now available for use in research studies. Set 16 linkage data is available for both CPRD GOLD, based on the Vision software system, and CPRD Aurum, based on EMIS software. Read more.