Research Delivery Data & Intelligence (RDDI)
Overview
The RDDI Project will produce accurate real time data and intelligence on the delivery status of health and care research nationally. This capability will be rolled out across England initially, then Wales and Northern Ireland and Scotland subsequently, working towards a UK-wide approach.
At the core of RDDI will be a digital system which National Health Service Business Services Authority will procure on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care and, in due course, its equivalents in Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. The digital system will provide local portfolio management systems to all Regional Research Delivery Networks in England. Over time, it will provide portfolio management services also for Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. It will also have a central data and intelligence integration, analysis and reporting tool which will allow UK administrations and wider stakeholders to interrogate and display research delivery data in a range of different ways.
What will the RDDI system replace?
RDDI will be the digital system(s) that will be procured to succeed the existing Local Portfolio Management Systems and Central Portfolio Management System. The new system planned is to exceed current scope extending to capture a wider range of research. In doing so the new RDDI system will support delivery of further streamlining and reform of the set-up and delivery of clinical trials that will be key to driving global investment, improving health outcomes and accelerating the development of medicines in the UK. It will also help ensure that research data effectively captures the increasing amount of research that is undertaken in community and neighbourhood settings.