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About Data Science in NHS England

Data science team photo, all stood on some stairs outdoors.

We are the NHS England Data Scientists.

We are passionate about getting the most value out of the data collected by NHS England and the wider NHS through applying innovative techniques in appropriate and well-considered ways.

Our vision is:

Embed ambitious yet accessible data science in health and care to help people live healthier longer lives​

See our work

Contact Us (datascience@nhs.net)

Teams

In NHSE data scientists are concentrated in the Data Science & Applied AI Team but also embedded across a number of other areas.

  • Data Linkage


    The Data Linkage Hub aims at providing a unified and quality solution to the data linkage needs in NHS England. Data Science is central to achieving this objective, and it covers many aspects, from the mathematical models of entity resolution and record linkage, to identifying and correcting linkage errors, assessing their impact on downstream applications, and ensuring quality.

    See the Data Linkage Hub.

  • Data Science & Applied AI Team


    We develop and deploy data science products to make a positive impact on NHS patients and workforce. We investigate applying novel techniques that increase the insight we get from health-related data.​ We prioritise code-first ways of working, transparency and promoting best practice. We champion quality, safety and ethics in the application of methods and use of data. ​ We have the remit to be open and collaborative and have the aim of sharing products with the wider healthcare community.

    See our Projects.

  • National SDE Team


    Working with customer researchers and analysts to identify how they can do their research, overcome and rectify data issues and use the platform and data to its fullest. There is also work to create products and tools that facilitate research in the environment such as data quality and completeness visualisations, example analysis and machine learning code as well as continuous improvement and increasing automation of the processes to get data both into the SDE and out through output checking. ​

    See the SDE website.

  • Other Embedded Data Scientists


    Across the organisation individual data scientists are embedded within specific team (including: Workforce, Training and Education (WT&E); Medicines; Patient Safety; AI Lab; Digital Channels etc.).

    We come together through the data science assembly to align our professional development and standards.

Learn about Data Science in Healthcare

To support knowledge share of data science in healthcare we've put together a monthly newsletter with valuable insights, training opportunities and events.

Note

The newsletter is targeted towards members of the NHS England Data Science Profession, so some links may only be accessible to those with the necessary login credentials, however the newsletter and its archive are available for all at the link above.

We also support the NHS Data Science Community hosted in AnalystX, which is the home of spreading data science knowledge within the NHS. You can also learn a lot about data science from the other communities we support:

Our Members

Our Members

NameRoleTeamGithub
Sarah CulkinDeputy DirectorData Science & Applied AI TeamSCulkin-code
Rupert ChaplinAssistant DirectorData Science & Applied AI Teamrupchap
Jonathan HopeData Science LeadData Science & Applied AI TeamJonathanHope42
Jonathan PearsonData Science LeadData Science & Applied AI TeamJRPearson500
Achut ManandharData Science LeadData Science & Applied AI Teamachutman
Simone ChungPrincipal Data Scientist (Section Head)Data Science & Applied AI Teamsimonechung
Nicholas Groves-KirkbyPrincipal Data Scientist (Section Head)Data Science & Applied AI Teamngk009
Eladia Valles CarreraPrincipal Data Scientist (Section Head)Data Science & Applied AI Teamlilianavalles
Daniel Schofield Principal Data Scientist (Section Head)Data Science & Applied AI Teamdanjscho
Elizabeth JohnstonePrincipal Data Scientist (Section Head)Data Science & Applied AI TeamLiziJohnstone
Hadi ModarresPrincipal Data Scientist (Section Head)Data Science & Applied AI Teamhadimodarres1
Alice WaterhousePrincipal Data Scientist (Section Head)Data Science & Applied AI TeamAliceWaterhouse1
Giulia MantovaniHead of Data Linkage HubData Linkage HubGiuliaMantovani1
Divya BalasubramanianData Science LeadData Linkage Hubdivyabala09
Efrosini SetakisData Science LeadData Linkage Hubefrosini-s
Jonny LaidlerPrincipal Data Scientist (Section Head)Data Linkage HubJonathanLaidler
Alice TapperPrincipal Data ScientistData Science & Applied AI Teamalicetapper1
Adam HollingsPrincipal Data ScientistData Science & Applied AI TeamAdamHollings
Mia NoonanPrincipal Data ScientistData Science & Applied AI Teamamelianoonan1-nhs
Sean AllerPrincipal Data ScientistData Science & Applied AI Teamseanaller
Ben WallacePrincipal Data ScientistData Science & Applied AI Team
Angeliki AntonarouPrincipal Data ScientistNational SDE Data Science TeamAnelikiA
Shoaib Ali AjaibSenior Data ScientistNational SDE Team
Nickie WareingSenior Data ScientistNational SDE Teamnickiewareing
Helen RichardsonSenior Data ScientistNational SDE Teamhelrich
Humaira HusseinSenior Data ScientistNational SDE Teamhumairahussein1
Xiyao ZhuangSenior Data ScientistNational SDE Teamxiyaozhuang
Elizabeth KellySenior Data ScientistNational SDE Teamejkcode
Michael SpenceSenior Data ScientistData Science & Applied AI Teammspence-nhs
Kenneth QuanSenior Data ScientistData Science & Applied AI Teamquan14
Joseph WilsonSenior Data ScientistData Science & Applied AI Teamjosephwilson8-nhs
Thomas BouchardSenior Data ScientistData Science & Applied AI Teamtom-bouchard
Catherine SadlerSenior Data ScientistData Science & Applied AI TeamCatherineSadler</a
William PoulettSenior Data ScientistData Science & Applied AI Teamwillpoulett
Amaia Imaz BlancoSenior Data ScientistData Science & Applied AI Teamamaiaita
Scarlett KynochSenior Data ScientistData Science & Applied AI Teamscarlett-k-nhs
Jennifer StruthersSenior Data ScientistData Science & Applied AI Teamjenniferstruthers1-nhs
Matthew TaylorSenior Data ScientistData Science & Applied AI Teammtaylor57
Warren DaviesData ScientistData Science & Applied AI Teamwarren-davies4
Chaeyoon KimData ScientistWorkforce, Training & Education TeamChaeyoonKimNHSE
Ilja LomkovData ScientistWorkforce, Training & Education TeamIljaLomkovNHSE
Harriet Sands(former) Senior Data ScientistData Science & Applied AI Teamharrietrs
Oluwadamiloju Makinde(former) Senior Data ScientistNational SDE Team
Jane Kirkpatrick(former) Senior Data ScientistData Science & Applied AI Team
Sam Hollings(former) Principal Data ScientistData Science & Applied AI TeamSamHollings
Alistair Jones (former) Senior Data ScientistNational SDE Teamalistair-jones
Daniel Goldwater(former) Senior Data ScientistData Science & Applied AI TeamDanGoldwater1
Jennifer Hall(former) Data Science LeadData Linking Hub
Paul Carroll (former) Principal Data Scientist (Section Head)Data Science & Applied AI Teampauldcarroll
Kevin Fasusi(former) Principal Data ScientistNational SDE Data Science TeamKevinFasusi
Sami Sultan(former) Data ScientistWorkforce, Training & Education TeamSamiSultanNHSE
Marek Salamon(former) Senior Data ScientistNational SDE Team
Jake Kasan(former) Senior Data Wrangler (contract)National SDE Team
Lucy Harris(former) Senior Data ScientistMeds Team
Vithursan Vijayachandrah(former) Senior Data ScientistWorkforce, Training & Education TeamVithurshanVijayachandranNHSE
Shelby Thompson(former) Data ScientistData Science & Applied AI Team
Sudeshna Mallik(former) Data ScientistData Science & Applied AI Team
Michelle Nwachukwu(former) Data ScientistData Science & Applied AI Team