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Doing data better for policy and the public good

RDS and ADR Scotland partnered with Sense about Science during Evidence Week in Holyrood on March 22 to discuss the use of data and research for the public good.

Lessons learned from the past: How the census makes us re-imagine the world we live in

The National Archive have finished their work and the publication of the 1921 census for England and Wales marks a once-in-a-decade event. RDS considers what the census means for us now and how it informs policy.

Coming out of Covid-19: Reimagining data

Roger Halliday, Chief Executive Officer at RDS and Scotland’s Chief Statistician, reflects on RDS’s progress to date and what to expect from the service in the future.

Award-winning data linkage project improves bystander CPR rates and survival in Scotland

The latest report from Scottish Government's Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) Data Linkage Project finds that a record number of bystanders performed CPR on people who suffered a cardiac arrest outside of hospital last year.

RDS launches new data service for research

Service to improve Scotland’s health, economic, social and environmental wellbeing.