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Promoting the use of R and open analytics in health and care

Building a community of practice for data analysis and data science using open source software in the NHS and wider UK health and care system

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The importance of community in NHS data science

I was alerted to the news of NHS England’s fate by my phone pinging a news app alert to me mid-meeting.
I try to avoid such distractions, but for obvious reasons this one…

Claire Welsh

Mar 31, 2025

Predictive Analytics within healthcare - Random Forest models for predicting length of stay

Hi! This is my first blog post here and I’m excited to have the chance to share my thoughts with you on this topic, as it is something that has seemingly exploded in…

Joseph Mosley

Feb 27, 2025

NHS-R Community GitHub Actions - spelling

Spell checking can be a really important feature of coding, particularly when creating reports, dashboards or websites. Some R solutions have spelling checks built into…

Zoë Turner

Feb 14, 2025

Books

Health Inequalities

This project is a collection of information and knowledge related to analytical work on “Health Inequalities”, as performed in the NHS and the wider UK Health and Social…

NHS-R Way book

Everything you need or want to know about NHS-R Community including: how to contribute and get involved, code styles, training preparation materials.

Open Analytics Resources

Useful links for health and care analysts and data scientists.