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 !!! warning
-    Research access to the backend provided by EMIS is temporarily unavailable, pending funding arrangements between NHS England and EMIS. When funding has been secured, we will publish a timeline for gradually reopening access.
-
-## OpenSAFELY-EMIS database builds
-
-When EMIS receive data from external data sources (eg ONS), records are appended to the
-relevant tables, not updated. The relevant tables have an `upload_date` column, and to get the latest data, we have to query for on `upload_date`.
+    Research access to the backend provided by EMIS is temporarily paused, pending
+    completion of contracting between NHS England and Optum/EMIS. Examples of whole
+    population work delivered using this service include research on [coding of long
+    COVID](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34340970/), and on changes in [primary care
+    activity](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37498081/) and [medication
+    safety](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37303488/) during the pandemic. We will
+    update on the news pages when NHS England have completed their contract.