🚨Deadline approaching: OpenSAFELY non-COVID-19 research applications closing in 10 days!
👉 If you’re a researcher or analyst planning to apply, make sure to submit your application by Thursday 30 April at 17:00 using this link: www.opensafely.org/opensafely-is-open-for-submissions/
A collage of images from the Alumni Retreat 2026 featuring alumni, staff, students and speakers
We were delighted to welcome alumni, students and academics to our Alumni Retreat 2026 at @hmcoxford.bsky.social
Celebrating our global community while exploring AI & digital healthcare, the event showcased the impact, insight and leadership of our alumni network.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4sIUvGr
Bridging the gap between ICD-10 and SNOMED CT is key to unlocking better health data.
Our new tool makes mapping easier, more transparent, and scalable — helping researchers get more from clinical data.
👉Learn more: www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2026/04/icd-10-to-snomed-ct-mapping-tool/
🧠📊Bennett’s CTO @bacon.boutique and Resident Pharmacist @brianmackenna.bsky.social joined the Alumni Retreat: AI & Digital Healthcare Systems to discuss how big data is transforming healthcare operations and improving lives.
Learn more: www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/about-us/
@oxprimarycare.bsky.social
New OpenSAFELY paper 👇
🚨 OpenSAFELY Milestone Paper!
How did the pandemic affect diagnosis rates for chronic diseases?
We analysed rates for 19 long-term conditions in 30m people in England. The results are out this week in @bmj.com
📄 Read here: doi.org/10.1136/bmj-...
Live from Oxford with Professor Ben Goldacre — Bad Pharma, Good Data, Better Care
We take the stage at the @bennettoxford.bsky.social with its Director, @bengoldacre.bsky.social, for a conversation on evidence, transparency, and why better data is the starting point—not the end point—of better care
That brings the 2025 Bennett Institute Medicines Symposium to a close. A big thank you to everyone who joined us. It has been a fantastic two days and we look forward to continuing this work with you.
Morning Oxford. We will be kicking off day 2 with a demo of our tools. OpenSAFELY, OpenPrescribing, OpenPrescribing Hospitals, OpenCodelists and OpenCodeCounts.
Congratulations to all of the winners of the Bennett Prize in OpenPrescribing. You can read more on our LinkedIn and we will be sharing more on our blog over the coming days.
www.linkedin.com/posts/bennet...
Great start with a deep look at prescribing data.
Good morning Oxford. Ready for Day 1 of the Bennett Institute Medicines Symposium.
Tomorrow: sold-out Bennett Symposium at Jesus College www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/events/2025-.... Day 1 = presentations and panels. Day 2 = collaborative sessions and drop-ins with OpenPrescribing & OpenSAFELY teams. If you're attending, see you there 📊
We are hiring researchers!
We’re looking for Epidemiologists / Health Data Scientists to join our growing research team at the Bennett Institute.
Please check out the job advert and tell your friends!
www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2025/09...
The mighty @bmjmedicine.bsky.social have joined Bluesky!
Follow them!
It reminded me of our first paper there - PINCER medication safety indicators using OpenSAFELY
doi.org/10.1136/bmjm...
Short thread to remind everyone else!
📢Competition time!
We are launching the Bennett Prize in OpenPrescribing to celebrate the best user-led projects!
Have you improved safety, saved money or improved prescribing in your organisation using OpenPrescribing?
Enter now!
Find out more here 👇
www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2025/08...
We are launching a project on improving code sharing in health and medical research funded by @ukri.org and working with @floriannaudet.bsky.social and @bmj.com
Read more here:
bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2025/08/help-us-improve-code-sharing-in-health-research/
💊 New research from @bennettoxford.bsky.social finds wide variation in how long repeat prescriptions last across England, with durations ranging from 28 to 84 days depending on region, practice & software.
Longer prescriptions could save time for patients & the NHS 👩⚕️
Save the date: 10-11 December 2025
We'll be hosting a symposium on medicines, NHS data, and open research.
Here's more info, and a chance to sign up for updates: www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/events/2025-...
We tried to do some formulary review work for a tiny sub-set of info about antidepressants in an undergrad project back in 2022. Just trying to map which were the live formularies and which one applied to different geographic regions was very hard (thanks to repeated NHS reorganisations) (1/2)
We had some thoughts about formularies
Lots going on
And in other news
We shared our OpenPrescribing Hospitals beta with the folks at the Clinical Pharmacy Congress, and the response was very positive! Here's a short post from @brianmackenna.bsky.social with more info -
www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2025/06...
Our first #WorldImmunizationWeek podcast episode is live now!
Tune in to hear from @emprestige.bsky.social about their journey from MSc to PhD @lshtm.bsky.social. They also share insider tips on the best lunch spots in central London, so don't miss this.
soundcloud.com/user-7893872...
We're hiring an OpenSAFELY product manager. Come and join us, we're a nice bunch.
www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2025/04...
We're adding hospital prescribing data to our hugely popular openprescribing data platform. So...
What does NHS hospital prescribing data look like? As ever, our team culture is to build, but also to document, all in the open. Here is a deep deep dive... www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2025/03...
