Midlands Analyst Network and Huddles

The Midlands Analyst Network was created to provide a space for analysts to share information, ideas and resources, as well as seek advice and guidance from one another.

See below on how to become a member and how to join the fortnightly Huddles

Welcome to the Midlands Analyst Network

Thank you for being part of our growing community. If you are an analyst who works in health and care in the Midlands then join the Midlands Analyst Network!

The Network has over 800 members from a range of health and care and other organisations and with representation from all members of the Midlands Decision Support Network.  Established in April 2020 the Network provides a space for analysts across the Midlands to share information, ideas and resources, as well as seek advice and guidance from one another.

Your Network Lead: Rachel Caswell

Rachel is a Senior Healthcare Analyst in the Strategy Unit who is working to broaden the scope of the Network.  Rachel is also the Operational Lead for the Network’s Training & Development Programme.

Fortnightly Huddles

Rachel hosts a fortnightly online Huddle on MS Teams (see link below).  The Huddles cover a large range of topics and you are very welcome to join one at any time – for quick access to a Huddle, just follow the link below.  You don’t have to be a member of the Midlands Analyst Network to come to a Huddle but if you’d like to be kept up to date with all future Huddles and training opportunities then just contact Rachel and we’ll take it from there.

We try to keep them as informal but as informative as possible and welcome contributions from Network members as well from academia, subject specialists, national and occasionally international presenters.

If you have any queries about the Huddles, how to access them, if you want to find out what’s gone before, or you want to present then please do contact Rachel.

Next Huddle: 21st September 2023 (11-12): Let’s talk about analysis and creativity with Gordon Stovin & Fraser Battye

‘Analysis’ and ‘creativity’ don’t often share the same sentence. Analysts don’t typically think of themselves as being creative; and it would be rare for decision makers to demand that analysis is done more creatively. But is this right? Is there scope for seeing analysis as a genuinely creative act? Certainly the best analysts seem to think and communicate in interesting and creative ways.

The Huddle will focus on these issues. It will be led by Fraser Battye (Strategy Unit) and Gordon Stovin (Information Initiative Support Specialist / Head of Colouring in). They will explore these issues and will also issue an invite to a future workshop to help analysts spread their creative wings…

We look forward to seeing you all at the next Huddle!

 

Recordings of past Huddles are available to view from the links below, including:

    • 07/09/2023: The National Competency Framework for Data Professionals with Andy Lavelle and Sarah Blundell (NHSE)
    • 24/08/2023: Ideas on presenting analytical work with Andrew Jones (Strategy Unit)
    • 10/08/2023:  NHS England eProduct Workforce Portal
    • 27/07/2023: Musculoskeletal patients’ experiences of the OA hip pathway – A qualitative study following the MDSN report on inequities in access to elective care, 2021
    • 13/07/2023: A roundup from the first Health & Care Analytics Conference!
    • 29/06/2023: Overview of NHS ICB resource allocation models and the ICB Place Based Allocation Tool
    • 15/06/2023: How to Effectively Communicate with your Data – taster session with Dan Isaac
    • 01/06/2023: NHS hip replacements and the inverse care law – with Steven Wyatt (Strategy Unit)
    • 18/05/2023: Using multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) in health technology assessments
    • 04/05/2023: Weapons of Maths Destruction with Huw Day
    • 20/04/2023: e.g.s of projects being developed in the Midlands System Dynamics Applied Learning Programme (Part 2)
    • 06/04/2023: e.g.s of projects being developed in the Midlands System Dynamics Applied Learning Programme (Part 1)
    • 23/03/2023: Using Git and GitHub
    • 09/03/2023: RAP – what is it and how can my team start using it effectively?
    • 23/02/2023: How is the rapid growth in diagnostic testing affecting the hospital system?
    • 09/02/2023: Positive Public Health from Warwickshire County Council
    • 26/01/2023: Making data visualisations more accessible to all users
    • 12/01/2023: Exploring socioeconomic inequalities in coronary heart disease

The Midlands Analyst Network Huddles

These are held every fortnight, on a Thursday morning between 11:00 and 12:00.  To join any of the Huddles, just click on the link below and you’ll arrive in the Teams mtg waiting room and we’ll welcome you into the meeting just before 11 …

For further info and / or if you would like to join the Network then please contact the Network lead, Rachel Caswell, rachel.caswell@nhs.net

Thanks and hope to see you soon!

 

Midlands Analysts Network Huddles - Teams Link to the fortnightly Huddles, every other Thursday 11-12

MAN Huddle Recordings

MAN Huddle 24/08/23
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MAN Huddle 10/08/23

NHSE National Data Service contact details dataservice@hee.nhs.uk

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MAN Huddle 27/07/23

Huddle Presentation

Full Report: Exploring MSK Patient Pathways Patient Experiences: Facilitators and Barriers. And The Way Forward

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MAN Huddle 13/07/23
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MAN Huddle 29/06/23
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MAN Huddle 15/06/23
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MAN Huddle 01/06/23

Resources

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MAN Huddle 18/05/23

Resources

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MAN Huddle 04/05/23
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MAN Huddle 20/04/23
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MAN Huddle 06/04/23
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MAN Huddle 23/03/23
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MAN Huddle 09/03/23
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MAN Huddle 23/02/23
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MAN Huddle 09/02/23
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MAN Huddle 12/01/23
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MAN Huddle 15/12/22
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MAN Huddle 01/12/22
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MAN Huddle 20/10/22
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MAN Huddle 06/10/22
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MAN Huddle 22/09/22
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MAN Huddle 08/09/22
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MAN Huddle 25/08/22
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MAN Huddle 11/08/22
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MAN Huddle 14/07/22
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MAN Huddle 30/06/2022
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MAN Huddle 16/06/2022
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MAN Huddle 19/05/2022
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MAN Huddle 05/05/22
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MAN Huddle 21/04/22
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MAN Huddle 07/04/22
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MAN Huddle 24/03/2022
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MAN Huddle 10/03/2022
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MAN Huddle 24/02/2022
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MAN Huddle 10/02/2022
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MAN Huddle 27/01/2022
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MAN Huddle 13/01/2022
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