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We are hiring a Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Manager
Come and work with us! We are hiring a Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Manager to involve the public in advancing mental health research.
Understanding ehrQL Feature Usage in OpenSAFELY for Health Research
This blog post shares the project I worked on during my summer internship at the Bennett Institute as part of the HDR UK Health Data Science programme. My project explored how ehrQL, is being used across OpenSAFELY repositories. I analysed 301 codefiles from 65 Repositories under the OpenSafely org. and was able to identified which features researchers rely on most, which are less common, and where improvements or additional support could be valuable.
OpenSAFELY and the Co-produced Development of the Digital Critical Friend (DCF) Public Advisory Group model
The journey of public involvement in OpenSAFELY. The OpenSAFELY Digital Critical Friend group, from conception to becoming foundational for OpenSAFELY, is a testament to the power of effective public involvement in digital health.
OpenSAFELY at the National Patient Data Day in Leeds
On the 24th June 2025, OpenSAFELY had the privilege of running a booth at the National Patient Data Day in Leeds!
We're launching new community events
Office hours, coding meetups and more! Come and talk to other OpenSAFELY users.
Introducing ‘diabetes-algo’ - A reusable action for OpenSAFELY users
Together with collaborators in Bristol and at the Bennett Institute, we created a reusable action called ‘diabetes-algo’. Here is what it does.
Recent updates to OpenCodelists
Our tech team has been making improvements to OpenCodelists! What’s new?
Privacy-first research with OpenSAFELY: A video interview for GOTO Unscripted
In January 2025, Eli (our Research Software Advocate) sat down for an interview chat with Hannes Lowette and discussed all things OpenSAFELY.
Hiring software developers
We have vacancies for two senior software developers to work on OpenSAFELY and our other products
Hiring an OpenSAFELY product manager
We’re looking for a product manager to come and work on OpenSAFELY with us.