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We’re delighted our open-source demand model - developed in collaboration with New Hospital Programme has been named the winner of the Florence Nightingale Award for Excellence in Health and Care Analytics 🎉

www.strategyunitwm.nhs.uk/news/strateg...

#HealthAnalytics #OpenSource #DataSavesLives
📊 Where are the adopters now?
Join this week’s Midlands Analyst Network Huddle (Thurs 30 Oct, 11–12)
with Sarah Blundell & Andy Lavelle (NHSE)
on the National Competency Framework – 2 Years On
Free to join ⬇️: bit.ly/47vF3F4 or via bit.ly/42ZcPBa
#NHS #DataProfessionals #HealthAndCare#NHSEngland
Guest blog from our lead data scientist Claire Welsh on using coding tools for project management and more
posit.co Posit @posit.co · Sep 29
A data scientist and product owner shares her take on why the new Positron IDE is a game-changer for her workflow.

Learn how Dr. Claire Welsh of The Strategy Unit uses Positron to streamline everything from project management to documentation.

Read her insights: posit.co/blog/positro...
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Pleased to be working with Horizons & @strategyunit.bsky.social colleagues to support the National #NeighbourhoodHealth Implementation Programme, via the Intelligence Centre. We aim to strengthen use of evidence & analysis – helping coaches, teams & places to design, deliver & evaluate change. 1/3
💡 “I wish I was macho instead of just deep.”

Join our huddle: 18 Sept (11–12) with Marc Farr on the realities of #AnalyticsLeadership in today’s NHS

One of the most engaging speakers on data + leadership in health & care

🔗 Normal Teams link or register: bit.ly/4meLZLV

#marcwfarr #apha-analysts
📣 Join us for the next RAP Drop-In!
🗓️ Wednesday 27th August, 10:00 BST
💻 Curious about RAP, Python, R, SQL, or Git? This friendly session's for you
👉 NHS-only,ask questions live or via GitHub Discussions: lnkd.in/enC8SxFC
🔗 Register here➡️: lnkd.in/gNeBD43z
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📣 Join us for the next RAP Drop-In!
🗓️ Wednesday 13th August, 10:00 BST
💻 Curious about RAP, Python, R, SQL, or Git? This friendly session's for you
👉 NHS-only,ask questions live or via GitHub Discussions: lnkd.in/enC8SxFC
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📣 Join us for the next RAP Drop-In!
🗓️ Tuesday 30 July, 10:00 BST
💻 Curious about RAP, Python, R, SQL, or Git? This friendly session's for you.
👉 NHS-only,ask questions live or via GitHub Discussions: lnkd.in/enC8SxFC
🔗 Register here➡️: lnkd.in/eeE8GDcW
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📅 Midlands Analyst Network Huddle
🗓 24 July | ⏰ 11:00–12:00
🎙 Fraser Battye (Strategy Unit) & Danielle Jefferies (The King's Fund)
They’ll share insights from a project on how we make snap judgements about analytical quality.
🧠 How do you judge the quality of analysis?
What are the quick clues you rely on – methods, layout, authorship? And could non-analysts be trained to spot these too?
👇 Join our next MAN Huddle on 24 July to explore this.
Normal Teams link or register here: bit.ly/4o2SN1p
'Rules of Thumb' for assessing the quality of analysis
Learn quick, practical 'rules of thumb' to assess analytical quality - useful for analysts and non-analysts alike
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📣 Join us for the next RAP Drop-In!
🗓️ Tuesday 30 July, 10:00 BST
💻 Curious about RAP, Python, R, SQL, or Git? This friendly session's for you.
👉 NHS-only,ask questions live or via GitHub Discussions: lnkd.in/enC8SxFC
🔗 Register here: lnkd.in/eWdK3Dxu
🔧 No GitHub account? No worries: github.com
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🎉HACA2025 is live! 🎉
Registration & abstract submissions are now OPEN
🗓 3-4 Dec 2025 | Fully online
Rising to the Challenge: Analysis at the Heart of Future Health and Care
haca-conference.nhs.uk
#HACA2025 #HealthAnalytics #HealthCare
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Our Florence Nightingale Award for Excellence in Health and Care Analytics supported by @healthfoundation.bsky.social saw two amazing projects recognised this year, one forecasting future hospital demand & the other addressing long-standing gaps in comparative data for children's hospitals ⤵️
The Florence Nightingale Award for Excellence in Health and Care Analytics: 2025 winners
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Absolutely thrilled our open-source demand model won the Florence Nightingale Award @royalstatsoc.bsky.social @ap.brid.gy! 🎉

Proud to be part of a kind, clever team at @strategyunit.bsky.social who value open-source, probabilistic thinking & public value.

🔗 strategyunitwm.nhs.uk/news/strateg...
Thank you! We're delighted!😊
The panel commended the model’s statistical rigour, real-world impact, and strong commitment to transparency. These are all hallmarks of the Strategy Unit’s work and ethos. This recognition places our work among the leading examples of how high-quality, open analytics can deliver real public value.
We’re delighted our open-source demand model - developed in collaboration with New Hospital Programme has been named the winner of the Florence Nightingale Award for Excellence in Health and Care Analytics 🎉

www.strategyunitwm.nhs.uk/news/strateg...

#HealthAnalytics #OpenSource #DataSavesLives
🎯 Upcoming Huddle – All welcome!
Explore the economic impact of improving HPV vaccination & cervical screening.
🗓️ 10 July, 11–12
💻 Online
Join Lisa Cummins from the @HEU_UK team to see health economics in action.
👉 Register: bit.ly/3I9jcKv

#HealthAnalytics #MidlandsAnalystNetwork
Reshaping the pattern of care - Is the left shift mission impossible?

Our very own Fraser Battye, Peter Spilsbury and Jennifer Wood discuss why the 'left shift' has yet to happen and what could be done differently this time with support from NHS Confederation

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Watch: Reshaping the pattern of care - Is the left shift mission impossible?
Member webinar on why the 'left shift' has yet to happen and what could be done differently this time, with a presentation from The Strategy Unit.
www.nhsconfed.org