The only independent movement of patients, relatives and carers in the UK focused on the use of patient data to save lives and improve outcomes Find out more and join us

  What we do

We bring the patient voice to discussions about patient data
We campaign and influence on a range of issues around using patient data
We have a clear set of data-principles which we encourage others to follow
We act as critical friends to organisations which hold patient data

  What we don't do

We do not hold patient data
We do not endorse specific organisations
We do not stray outside the patient data field

Join us in Leeds on 24 June 2025 for the inaugural use MY data National Patient Data Day Conference (#NPaDD2025) and the launch of the first National Patient Data Awareness Day.

We have developed a set of Position Statements on a range of issues related to patient data

See the breakdown of our Membership by age, disease area, geography, ethnicity

We run a series of monthly educational sessions for our Members about data-related topics.  Watch them again here.

For a small organisation we punch well above our weight.  Read about the areas of work where we have made an impact

Transparency should underpin everything and is essential if the trust and support of patients and the public is to be maintained and developed.  Transparency means operating in such a way that it is easy for others to see what actions are performed. In a nutshell – Say what you do, do what you say.

Patient data news

Palantir Technologies have been contracted to provide new NHS software.

Read our response here.

The use MY data Secretariat coordinates the production of responses to consultations, letters to stakeholders and written summaries of workshops and webinars.

Find out more here.

The latest news articles, publications and reports about patient data

In November last year, use MY data Executive Group Chair, Richard Stephens, co-hosted a roundtable at the Elixir Bioinformatics Industry Forum

Read Richard’s report here.

use MY data has been invited to join NHS England's Research Advisory Group

Read more here

Mission Statement

use MY data is a movement of patients, carers and relatives

use MY data supports and promotes the protection of individual choice, freedom and privacy in the sharing of healthcare data to improve patient treatments and outcomes.

use MY data endeavours to highlight the many benefits that appropriate usage of healthcare data can make, to save lives and improve care for all.

use MY data aims to educate and harness the patient voice to understand aspirations and concerns around the use of data in healthcare delivery, in service improvement and in research, aimed at improving patient decision making, treatment and experience.

Contact us

email: contact@usemydata.org.uk

"the only independent patient movement in the UK focused on patient data"
use MY data is registered as a not for profit company limited by guarantee in England and Wales (14425977)

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