Welcome to the Midlands Analyst Network
Thank you for being part of our growing community! If you are an analyst who works in health & care or the wider public sector, then join the Midlands Analyst Network!
The Network has almost 1,000 members from a range of health and care and other organisations and with analysts or people with an interest in analysis, from the Midlands and many other areas too. Established in April 2020 the Network provides a space for analysts across the Midlands and beyond to share information, ideas and resources, as well as seek advice and guidance from one another.
I love how the huddles have grown into a space beyond simply sharing ideas and work, to a regular opportunity for analysts to come together as a community. They frequently lead to insightful and previously unconsidered questions and debates and also serve as a fantastic welcoming opportunity for those dipping their toes into the world of analytics and improved decision making. Andi Orlowski, Director of the Health Economics Unit
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 Training & Development.
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 (rachel.caswell@nhs.net) 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: 1st May (11-12): An update AphA (Association of Professional Healthcare Analysts) with Jane Johnson (Co-CEO)
Details to follow!
I look forward to seeing you on Thursday 1st May at 11!
Other events
And we hold various other events such as our joint webinar with Health Data Research which we held on 28th January, Failure Parade: why and how we learn more when things don’t go as planned - HDR UK - see recording below, in the next few days for unmissable content!
Same Teams link as usual and if you don't have this - it's here!
Click here to join the meeting Hop in at 11 am!
Recordings of past Huddles are available to view from the links below, including:
14/11/2024
Ordnance Survey (OS) Data supporting local health
31/10/2024
NHSquicker: Shaping Demand for Urgent Care Using Real-Time Data and Digital Nudges
MAN Huddle: 31/10/2024
NHSquicker: Shaping Demand for Urgent Care Using Real-Time Data and Digital Nudges
With Nav Mustafee, Professor of Operations Management and Analytics at the University of Exeter Business School
17/10/2024
Modelling Long-Term Changes in Population Health State and Associated Healthcare Resource Requirements
MAN Huddle: 17/10/2024
Topic: Modelling Long-Term Changes in Population Health State and Associated Healthcare Resource Requirements
With Luke Shaw (NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB)
03/10/2024
The National Competency Framework - one year on
MAN Huddle: 03/10/2024
Topic: The National Competency Framework - one year on
With Sarah Blundell and Andrew Lavelle (NHSE)
05/09/24
Health equity and the humaniverse
MAN Huddle: 05/09/24
Health equity and the humaniverse
With Dr Matt Thomas (Head of Strategic Insight & Foresight at British Red Cross)
22/08/24
The Empowering Futures, Growing Up Well in Warwickshire, joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA)
MAN Huddle: 22/08/24
The Empowering Futures, Growing Up Well in Warwickshire, joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA)
With Michael Maddocks, Matthew Head, and Thomas Mansbridge (Warwickshire County Council)
08/08/24
Health inequalities in 2040: Current and future patterns of inequalities in illness in England
MAN Huddle: 08/08/24
Health inequalities in 2040: Current and future patterns of inequalities in illness in England
With Ann Raymond, The Health Foundation
28/11/2024
HDR UK Midlands – Building a regional data science network
MAN Huddle: 28/11/2024
HDR UK Midlands – Building a regional data science network
23/01/2025
Process Mining in Healthcare – Opportunities and Challenges
MAN Huddle: 23/01/2025
Process Mining in Healthcare – Opportunities and Challenges
With Owen Johnson, Director of Impact, School of Computer Science, University of Leeds
12/12/2024
COMPLEX-IT: Enabling Non-Experts to Leverage Advanced Computational Modelling for Policy Evaluation and Decision Making
MAN Huddle: 12/12/2024
COMPLEX-IT: Enabling Non-Experts to Leverage Advanced Computational Modelling for Policy Evaluation and Decision Making
With Brian Castellani, Professor of Social and Public Health, Director, Research Methods Centre, Co-Director, Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing, Durham University
06/02/2025
Making Data Count: What is it and why should I know about it?
MAN Huddle: 06/02/25
Topic: Making Data Count: What is it and why should I know about it?
With Adam Smith, Make Data Count team
03/04/2025
Toy models – Complex problems in small packages! and
How much healthcare will our population need in five, ten, 20 years' time?”
MAN Huddle: 03/04/2025
Topic:
- Toy models – Complex problems in small packages! Presentation
- How much healthcare will our population need in five, ten, 20 years' time?” Presentation
With Andy Hood and Lucy Morgan, and Paul Seamer, from the Strategy Unit
20/03/2025
Updates from the Warwickshire Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA)
MAN Huddle: 20/03/25
Topic: Updates from the Warwickshire Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA)
With Michael Maddocks Programme Manager – JSNA, Warwickshire CC
20/02/2025
Public expenditure in the last year of life - Nuffield Trust & Health Economics Unit
MAN Huddle: 20/02/25
Topic: Public expenditure in the last year of life - Nuffield Trust & Health Economics Unit
With Lisa Cummins and Gayathri Kumar, The Health Economics Unit
17/04/2025
Evaluating the Heart Failure Targeted Funding Programme 2023/24 (Strategy Unit)
MAN Huddle: 17/04/2025
Topic: Evaluating the Heart Failure Targeted Funding Programme 2023/24 (Strategy Unit)
With Faizan Mahmood and Andre Bilbrough, from the Strategy Unit
| Date | Topic / YouTube Link | Presenters | Presentations | |
| April | 17/04/2025 | Evaluating the Heart Failure Targeted Funding Programme 2023/24 (Strategy Unit) | With Faizan Mahmood and Andre Bilbrough, from the Strategy Unit | |
| April | 03/04/2025 | Toy models – Complex problems in small packages! and How much healthcare will our population need in five, ten, 20 years' time?” | With Andy Hood and Lucy Morgan, and Paul Seamer, from the Strategy Unit | |
| March | 20/03/2025 | Updates from the Warwickshire Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) | With Michael Maddocks Programme Manager – JSNA, Warwickshire CC | |
| February | 20/02/2025 | Public expenditure in the last year of life - Nuffield Trust & Health Economics Unit | With Lisa Cummins and Gayathri Kumar, The Health Economics Unit | |
| February | 06/02/2025 | Making Data Count: What is it and why should I know about it? | With Adam Smith, Making Data Count Team | Presentation |
| January | 23/01/2025 | Process Mining in Healthcare – Opportunities and Challenges | With Owen Johnson, Director of Impact, School of Computer Science, University of Leeds |
| Date | Topic / YouTube Link | Presenters | Presentations | |
| December | 12/12/2024 | COMPLEX-IT: Enabling Non-Experts to Leverage Advanced Computational Modelling for Policy Evaluation and Decision Making | with Brian Castellani, Professor of Social and Public Health, Director, Research Methods Centre, Co-Director, Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing, Durham University | |
| November | 28/11/2024 | HDR UK Midlands – Building a regional data science network | with Kevin Dunn, HDR UK Programme Manager | Presentation |
| November | 14/11/2024 | Ordinance Survey (OS) Data supporting local health | ||
| October | 31/10/2024 | NHSquicker: Shaping Demand for Urgent Care Using Real-Time Data and Digital Nudges | with Nav Mustafee, Professor of Operations Management and Analytics at the University of Exeter Business School | |
| October | 17/10/2024 | Modelling Long-Term Changes in Population Health State and Associated Healthcare Resource Requirements | with Luke Shaw (NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB) | Presentation Slides HACA Recap Slides |
| October | 03/10/2024 | National Competency Framework – 1 year on! | with Sarah Blundell and Andy Lavelle (NHSE) | |
| September | 05/09/2024 | Health equity and the humaniverse | with Dr Matt Thomas, Head of Strategic Insight & Foresight, British Red Cross | Presentation |
| August | 22/08/2024 | The Empowering Futures, Growing Up Well in Warwickshire, Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) | with Michael Maddocks, Matthew Head, and Thomas Mansbridge (Warwickshire County Council) | |
| August | 08/08/2024 | Health inequalities in 2040: Current and future patterns of inequalities in illness in England | with Ann Raymond, The Health Foundation | Presentation |
| July | 11/07/2024 | What are the impacts of poor questions from decision makers, and how do we improve this? | with Andrew Lavelle, NHS England | |
| June | 27/06/2024 | Describing general practice staffing mix using latent profile analysis | with Alex Lawless, The Health Foundation | |
| June | 13/06/2024 | How much healthcare will our population need in 5, 10, 20 years’ time? | with Paul Seamer (Strategy Unit) | Presentation |
| May | 30/05/2024 | Forecasting in Retail and Healthcare – addressing common themes | with Dr Bahman Rostami-Tabar, Professor of Data-Driven Decision Science, Cardiff University and Dr Stephan Kolassa, Data Science Expert | |
| May | 16/05/2024 | Assessing impact of specialist workforce - children & young people with epilepsy | Joe Lillington, HEU | |
| May | 02/05/2024 | Kent JSNA Cohort Model | with Abraham George and Peter Lacey | |
| April | 18/04/2024 | The National Competency Framework – an update | with Sarah Blundell and Andy Lavelle (NHSE) | |
| April | 04/04/2024 | How to automatically backup SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) reports | ||
| March | 21/03/2024 | The 85% bed occupancy fallacy | with Nathan Proudlove, The University of Manchester | Presentation |
| March | 07/03/2024 | Using the Community Services Dataset to investigate variation in access | with Andrew Jones (Strategy Unit) | |
| February | 22/02/2024 | How COVID activity and system responses impacted Urgent Care | with Andy McCann, and Kelly Bishop (MLCSU) | Presentation |
| February | 08/02/2024 | The gap between need and supply of GP practice consultations | with Steven Wyatt (Strategy Unit) | |
| January | 25/10/2024 | What’s driving increasing length of stay in hospitals since 2019? | with Andrew Mooney (The Health Foundation) | |
| January | 11/01/2024 | Long term trends in GP practice consultation rates | with Steven Wyatt (Strategy Unit) |
December 2023
MAN Huddle: Introduction to Adult Social Care Client Level Data (CLD) - 14/12/23
November 2023
MAN Huddle: Find the Future in You – The Health Service Modelling Associates Programme - 30/11/23
MAN Huddle: Reducing inequalities in elective care - 16/11/23
MAN Huddle: Understanding Waiting List Pressures (using queuing theory) - 02/11/23
October 2023
MAN Huddle: Waiting list equity analysis within a provider context - progress so far 19/10/23
MAN Huddle: Update on the Nottingham ICB – System Analytical Intelligence Unit portal - 05/10/23
September 2023
MAN Huddle: Let’s talk about analysis and creativity - 21/09/23
MAN Huddle: The National Competency Framework for Data Professionals - 07/09/23
August 2023
MAN Huddle: Ideas on presenting analytical work - 24/08/23
MAN Huddle: The NHS England eProduct Workforce Portal - 10/08/23
July 2023
MAN Huddle: Musculoskeletal patients experience of the OA hip pathway - A qualitative study 27/07/23
MAN Huddle: HACA 2023 - A roundup from the first Health & Care Analytics Conference! - 13/07/23
June 2023
MAN Huddle: NHS ICB resource allocation models and the ICB Place Based Allocation Tool - 29/06/23
MAN Huddle: Data Visualisation – How to Effectively Communicate with your Data (15/06/23)
MAN Huddle: NHS hip replacements and the inverse care law - 01/06/23
May 2023
MAN Huddle: Using multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) in health technology assessments -18/05/23
MAN Huddle: Weapons of Maths Destruction - 04/05/23
April 2023
MAN Huddle: Projects from the Midlands System Dynamics Applied Learning Programme (Part 2) 20/04/23
MAN Huddle: Projects from the Midlands System Dynamics Applied Learning Programme (Part 1) 06/04/23
March 2023
MAN Huddle: Using Git and GitHub - 23/03/23
MAN Huddle: RAP - what is it and how can my team start using it effectively? - 09/03/23
February 2023
MAN Huddle: How is the rapid growth in diagnostic testing affecting the hospital system? - 23/02/23
MAN Huddle: Positive Public Health from Warwickshire County Council - 09/02/23
January 2023
MAN Huddle: Making data visualisations more accessible to all users - 26/01/23
MAN Huddle: Exploring socioeconomic inequalities in coronary heart disease - 12/01/22
For more videos, please see our playlist on YouTube
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