Discovery East London is a partnership programme involving GP practices, acute/mental health trusts and the Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) from across the inner north east London Boroughs of City and Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest, the Clinical Effectiveness Group at Queen Mary University of London and the Endeavour Health Charitable Trust.  The programme will establish, deliver and manage a secure data service with linked combined identifiable data from all systems supporting direct health care in east London.  Discussions to plan future phases are also underway with the outer north east London boroughs of Barking and Havering and Redbridge.

The Discovery East London linked dataset is designed:

1. To predict, anticipate or inform individual health needs in real time (or as near as possible) and to deliver the insight gained directly into the patient's record across the whole of their pathway, whether in primary or secondary care or elsewhere, creating the opportunity to improve or prevent adverse outcomes.
2. To expand the existing primary care informatics-driven population health programme in east London to all health and care sectors.
3. To enable the real time reporting on programmes by providers and commissioners supporting clinical improvement and new payment mechanisms.
4. To use data by third parties (commissioners, public health, and academics) to support research, development and planning. East London would thus become a research-enabled community. 

Niall Canavan

Chief Information Officer

East London Health & Care Partnership

Dr Kambiz Boomla

Clinical Lead, Clinical Safety Officer

Email: k.boomla@qmul.ac.uk

Dr John Robson

Clinical Lead

Email: j.robson@qmul.ac.uk

Professor Carol Dezateux

Clinical Lead

Email: c.dezateux@qmul.ac.uk

Arun Chinnaraj

Programme Manager

Email: chinnaraj@qmul.ac.uk

Links for all members and partners involved in the programme