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 !!! warning
-    This section is a work in progress.
-    EMIS support is currently under development.
+    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
 
-At present, EMIS support is enabled for some, but not all, users.
-This is because not all study definitions can run against the EMIS backend.
-There is a [document with more explanation about running studies in EMIS](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KeToM9gjIKDSyNh_H4M6TWU_xv5yHrkko2bwgOrFsac/edit) (internal only).
-
 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`.