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tags: [DARE UK, HDRS, TREvolution, federated analytics, interoperability]
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In April 2025, the UK Government announced a landmark £600 million investment to establish a **Health Data Research Service (HDRS)** — a secure, single access point to NHS datasets in England. This initiative, backed by Wellcome and central to the Life Sciences Sector Plan, aims to address long-standing challenges in health data access for researchers.
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In April 2025, the UK Government [announced](https://www.gov.uk/government/news/prime-minister-turbocharges-medical-research) a landmark £600 million investment to establish a **Health Data Research Service (HDRS)** — a secure, single access point to NHS datasets in England. This initiative, backed by Wellcome and central to the Life Sciences Sector Plan, aims to address long-standing challenges in health data access for researchers.
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But as [DARE UK](https://dareuk.org.uk/) rightly points out, ambition alone won’t be truly transform healthcare, the HDRS must be built on a foundational principle: **federation**.
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These mechanisms preserve data custodianship and public trust while unlocking the power of distributed datasets.
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## TREvolution: From Blueprint to Reality
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DARE UK’s **TREvolution project**, funded by UKRI, is standardising operations across TREs/SDEs. It’s developing tools for federated analysis, semi-automated output checking, and shared standards for data formatting, access, and auditing.
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DARE UK’s [**TREvolution project**](https://dareuk.org.uk/trevolution/), funded by UKRI, is standardising operations across TREs/SDEs. It’s developing tools for federated analysis, semi-automated output checking, and shared standards for data formatting, access, and auditing.
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Early adopter projects are already piloting these capabilities in over 10 live environments — including NHS sub-national SDEs, the national TRE in Wales, and the UK Data Service.
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## eScience Lab in TREvolution
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eScience Lab is a [partner in TREvolution](https://esciencelab.org.uk/projects/trevolution/) with a particular focus on FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) and transparent analysis of sensitive data and use of RO-Crate. We are joining this with our effort on the [federated analytics programme in Health Data Research UK](https://esciencelab.org.uk/projects/federated-analytics/), and the European architecture for trusted research environments in [EOSC-ENTRUST](https://esciencelab.org.uk/projects/eosc-entrust/).
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eScience Lab is a [partner in TREvolution](https://esciencelab.org.uk/projects/trevolution/) with a particular focus on FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) and transparent analysis of sensitive data and use of RO-Crate. In addition to working with the [DARE UK early adopters](https://dareuk.org.uk/how-we-work/ongoing-activities/dare-uk-early-adopters/), we are joining this with our effort on the [federated analytics programme in Health Data Research UK](https://esciencelab.org.uk/projects/federated-analytics/), and the European architecture for trusted research environments in [EOSC-ENTRUST](https://esciencelab.org.uk/projects/eosc-entrust/).
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