A research team at University College London specialising in understanding the links between family court and health and wellbeing using anonymised population-level data to inform policy and practice.
We use anonymised population-level data to understand patterns and outcomes for families involved in court proceedings, with the aim of improving support services and interventions.
We've successfully linked family court records with NHS health data for the first time using anonymised data.
We study patterns across entire populations using anonymised data, not individual cases.
Our findings directly inform NHS policy, social services practice, and court procedure improvements.
We work with services users, lawyers, courts, health services, and social care to ensure our research is relevant and useful.
Matthew is an expert in family law and health research and administrative data analysis, based at the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health.
We work with a range of collaborators across academia, public sector and the third sector as well as colleagues from UCL Laws, the Thomas Coram Research Unit at the UCL Social Research Institute and Swansea University.
We are also working with Voices, a charity founded by women with lived experience, dedicated to providing recovery support and advocacy for people affected by domestic abuse. The project is supported by an academic advisory group.
