Another NHS crisis looms – an inability to analyse data

The opportunity to use data to improve health and social care is being hampered by a lack of personnel with skills in data science
Public institutions such as the National Health Service increasingly want—and are expected—to base their actions on nationally agreed standards, rather than anecdote. The collection and analysis of data, when done responsibly and in a trusted manner, has the potential to improve treatment and improve the social and economic value of healthcare.However, th