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My first 6 months as Head of Digital Performance Analytics

photo of Gemma Elsworth presenting a slide on the 'Ice lolly data team'

...analysts do Digital Performance Analysts work with teams that are building new digital products, such as online applications for social security benefits or a new communication tool for DWP employees....

Government Data Science community meetup, May 2020

Data Science in Government

...presented a pilot app using machine learning to assist triaging in accident and emergency. Queen’s Hospital sees over 290,000 emergency department admissions per year. The app aims to support NHS...

Using new updates to schema.org to assist our response to the coronavirus pandemic

Government Design Principles 3 and 4: Design with data, and do the hard work to make it simple

This post explains how the Government Digital Service (GDS) have implemented updates from schema.org to GOV.UK, to make important coronavirus content easier to find for users.

Why we’re talking more about how we collect and analyse data on ethnicity

Computer screen showing the front page of the RDU Quality Improvement Plan

...inform our practice of combining multiple years’ data to enable us to analyse smaller ethnic groups Get involved Email us or leave a comment below if you are interested in...

How can the public sector collect better data on staff ethnicity?

Excerpt from spreadsheet highlighting multiple missing values for detailed ethnic breakdowns

...combining data for more than one year. I'd recommend that those responsible for data about teachers, children’s social workers, police and firefighters should take steps to include the Chinese group...