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We understand that health data is sensitive and that people may have concerns about how their data is used for purposes beyond direct care. We are therefore actively engaging with experts in the fields of information governance and ethics to ensure that any data sharing that occurs is secure, transparent, and in the public interest, and we are planning further public engagement work in Kent before the KeRNEL is launched... Our aim to link in with data on the wider determinants of health sets the KeRNEL apart from other linked datasets that have been developed in Kent and Medway. Given the complexity and variety of datasets in our scope, the KeRNEL's development will be phased and will start in 2022 with integration of data from local NHS providers, including NHS trusts and GP practices... We will aim to include much more clinical data to expand the range of analysis possibilities - for example, we aim to link data on blood pressure and oxygen saturation levels and create scores..