Reproducible Analytical Pipelines (RAP)

Best practice for transparency and reproducibility

Reproducible Analytical Pipelines (RAP) brings together a number of best practices to ensure published NHS statistics meet the highest standards of transparency and reproducibility.

Resources

NHS Digital RAP Community of Practice

New Website!

• What is RAP
• Levels of RAP

NHS England

• NHS Open-source policy (Draft)
• Open code checklist
• Sharing Code in the Open by NHSX

GOV.datascience RAP Companion

https://ukgovdatascience.github.io/rap_companion/

Further reading

• Be open and use open source
• The benefits of coding in the open
• Open source repositories by the Government Digital Service
• Bennett Institute Open Manifesto: Better Data for the NHS

NHS BSA RAP

RAP Presentation

Examples

• Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA)
• Medicines Used in Mental Health
• Prescribing for Diabetes