June News 2025
A news roundup of events and activities in NHS-R Community and beyond
NHS-R Community Activity Round-Up
Events 2025
What does my membership allow me to attend?
Please be advised that attendance at workshops is restricted to core members only (meaning employees of the NHS, public sector, civil servants, voluntary sector, charities and academia, or who are retirees from any of these sectors). However, note that it is very rare for a webinar to be restricted to core members only unless requested. The RPYSOC conference is open to everyone.
Core membership is available to all employees of the NHS, public sector, civil service, voluntary sector, charities and academia. Any restricted ticket event will be restricted to all or mostly Core membership tickets.
RAP drop-ins 😎
The next Strategy Unit RAP Drop In will be tomorrow, the 2nd July at 10:00-11:00 GMT on Teams, if you’d like to come along, please register here.
To ask a question before the session, take a look at our brand new RAP Drop In repository Discussion section!
Coffee and Coding ☕
Do you have an interesting piece of code/work you would like to share with the NHS-R Community? Would you like help with some code you are currently working on? Is there an opportunity for collaboration that you would like to share? We would love to hear from you at our Coffee and Coding session!
To sign-up for the Coffee and Coding sessions, please visit the NHS-R Community website.
If you have code, a piece of work or project and/or an opportunity for collaboration that you would like to discuss, please contact us via the NHS-R Community inbox (nhs.rcommunity@nhs.net).
You can watch previous Coffee and Coding sessions via our YouTube Channel!
Webinars 📽
We are very excited to announce that the NHS-R Community will be hosting the following online webinar:
An Improved I Chart with Jacob Anhøj and Mohammed Mohammed
Date: Wednesday 13th August 2025
Time: 13:00 – 14:00 (UK time)
Registration link: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/9e3deaaf-f93e-4bbc-9816-0406ff92c3eb@37c354b2-85b0-47f5-b222-07b48d774ee3
Complexity Made Approachable: Rethinking R-Based Modelling for Healthcare with AM-Smart Tools with Brian Castellani, Corey Schimpf and Chris Caden
Date: Thursday 11th September 2025
Time: 13:00 – 14:00 (UK time)
Registration link: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/0be32c13-7c12-4529-9357-98c20cb3663f@37c354b2-85b0-47f5-b222-07b48d774ee3
Workshops 👷♀️
Don’t forget to check-out the following online workshop:
Better, Kinder Code Review with Dr Toby Hodges
Date: Wednesday 09th July 2025
Time: 10:00 - 11:30 (UK time)
Registration link: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/29b23136-2e0c-440f-841d-52c2eb213f90@37c354b2-85b0-47f5-b222-07b48d774ee3
Volunteers!
We are seeking volunteers to host/co-host webinars and/or workshops throughout the year. This is a fantastic opportunity to share your knowledge and skills whilst building a community of practice for data analysis and data science using open-source software. It also counts towards your evidence for application for Fellow status!
If you would like to volunteer, please email the NHS-R Community inbox (nhs.rcommunity@nhs.net) or sign-up via the volunteer form posted on the NHS-R Community Slack.
If you would like to recommend someone within your network to contact, please email the NHS-R Community inbox or drop us a message via LinkedIn.
Please note that additional information regarding the NHS-R Community, workshops and webinars can be found on the NHS-R Community website and NHS-R Community Way book.
Upcoming Conferences and events from other communities
useR! AUGUST 8-10 hybrid
“useR! 2025 brings together R users, developers, and enthusiasts from around the world for three days of tutorials, presentations, and networking. The conference is aimed at beginners as well as experienced users.”
Posit SEPTEMBER 16-18 hybrid
“Learn, grow, and connect with a global community of data scientists at our annual data science conference.”
Shiny in production OCTOBER 8-9 in person (Newcastle)
“Hosted in the centre of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK, this conference will delve into the world of {shiny} and other web-focused R packages. Whether you’re a seasoned {shiny} user who wants to network and share knowledge, someone who’s just getting started and wants to learn from the experts, or anybody in between, if you’re interested in {shiny}, this conference is for you.”
EARL OCTOBER 14-16 in person (Brighton)
“The EARL Tech Conference (Enterprise Applications of the R Language) is a cross-sector event focused on the commercial use of R and Python, held in Brighton, UK.”
Let’s Talk Digital OCTOBER 23-24 in person (Gloucestershire)
“The Let’s Do Digital team is proud to announce the 2025 Let’s Talk Digital Conference, with an important theme of education in digital healthcare. We have an amazing line of of speakers and chairs, who will provide you with a range of exciting and educational case studies and also great innovation learnings from the frontline.”
Health and Care Analytics (HACA) Conference 2025 DECEMBER 03-04 online
“HACA2025 will once again bring together analysts, leaders, and decision-makers across health and care to explore how analysis is shaping the future of our systems.
This year, we’re embracing a fully online format, to connect, learn, and share insights with colleagues —no matter your location.
Further details, including registration information, will be shared soon. For now, mark your calendar and get ready to join us for another transformative event!”
Featured in other newsletters/websites
Getting the message out about NHS-R Community is an ongoing task and we are always on the lookout for places to promote our events. Here are a couple of new places you’ll see us and feel free to share/let us know of other places we should be:
RSS DS + AI Section Newsletter
Turing Way Newsletter and Turing Way site
AnalystX on FutureNHS Platform (signing in required)
Posit Quarto Website Gallery with links to our website
R package hexSticker Gallery we used the package for 4 stickers and added them to the readme Gallery (it’s alphabetical in order)
_brand.yml we have shared our brand guidelines in the Posit Gallery which can be used for reports, apps, dashboards and plots in Quarto, R and Python. We use the NHS England colours and hopefully the code should be clear enough to update the code for other nation’s colours and logos too.
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