Welcome to NHS-R Community

Together we aim to promote the use of R in the NHS.

so that we can help improve our health and social care system using open-source data science solutions.

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Tickets for the NHSR Conference 2023 17-18 October in Birmingham and virtually are now open!! Sign up and get tickets: - Events link to book conference tickets

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We are now on LinkedIn! - Follow or connect with us on LinkedIn!

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Did you know? When you join on this site if you use a public sector email address you will become a core member and have access to sign up to workshops as well as webinars?

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Join NHS-R on Fosstodon (part of Mastodon) - Link to the Fosstodon NHS-R Community page

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NHS-R Office hours - weekly scheduled time to drop in with any issues with R - Join the NHS-R Slack to get the links to join the office hours meeting

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NHS-R Community Governance - Have your say by completing a short survey via NHS-R Slack - Join the NHS-R Slack to find out more about the Governance

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Want to introduce young people to the joys of R then look at R-girls lesson plans to get started! - R-girls

Upcoming Event

NHS-R Workshop: Introduction to R and R Studio – 21st September 2023 and 26th September 2023

September 21, 2023 : 9:00 am - 12:30 pm

Introduction to R and R Studio with Farai Mashegede and Robert Willans Learn about how to import data, wrangle data

Latest Podcast

NHS-R news update

Duration: 26.57 - July 20, 2023

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Our Aim

To support the learning, application and exploitation of R in the NHS and care system

The absence of R at scale in the NHS, means that the NHS is unable to take advantage of the huge benefits of R including a worldwide R community which freely shares learning and resources.

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Our Solution

Build a friendly community around R that learns, shares, grows together

The NHS-R community aims to support the learning, application and exploitation of R in the NHS through workshops, video tutorials, discussions and a blog that covers tutorials and tips on R.

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Kate Cheema

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