INSIGHT’s Secure Research Environment (SRE) - also known as a Trusted Research Environment (TRE) or Data Safe Haven - provides a dedicated, secure platform to provision approved researchers with access to anonymised data and supporting software.
Secure Research Environment
How to access
Once a researcher has obtained approval to access anonymised data via the SRE, the INSIGHT team set up a virtual machine in the environment, installed with the requested software tools. Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust serves as the data controller for the SRE, overseeing use of the environment under contractual agreement. Inbuilt technology safeguards ensure that no patient data leaves the environment.
About our SRE
INSIGHT has established an SRE to provide researchers with a virtual computing environment equipped with Cloud-based capacity and tools to enable analysis of images and clinical data. Access to the SRE is subject to INSIGHT’s rigorous governance processes and subject to a Data Use Application leading to a contractual agreement between the research organisation applying for access and the NHS Data Controller.