KIND network update
Week beginning Mon 2nd December 2024
Dear colleagues,
Welcome to our regular KIND network update. We’ll have a firm schedule for the KIND unconference out early next week, so do please save the date (9.30-16.30, Wednesday 11th December) if you haven’t already. Last call too for Q1 2025 training requests.
Hope to see you at something soon
Brendan
Wins of The Week
In the spirit of #IAmRemarkable, we do a weekly wins of the week thread to celebrate the professional (and personal) achievements of the community. A power-of-presenting special this week:
- Successfully took part in a meeting relating to a project I’m part of, properly spoke up, explained my points and all! Happy with myself
- Managed to confidently present at a Partnership Committee
- Glad to say that a workshop I had to facilitate this week for a difficult working group for a new project went well.
- Received thanks/recognition from the Big Boss in a full Directorate meeting for a partnership project that has taken a lot of time and effort. Made me feel all warm and fuzzy.
Well done all, and looking forward to hearing your wins of the week in future.
Training sessions
| Session | Date | Area | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flowcharts in Mermaid | 12:00-13:00 Thu 5th December 2024 | Skills | 🌶 :beginner-level |
Events
- 3-4pm, Mon 2nd December 2024. All welcome at the Community Meetup - our regular Monday get-together/webinar/tech demo. Full details and joining links via the community activities channel. The theme this week is building a brand.yml for NHS Scotland. brand.yml is a new and concise way of styling Quarto documents. NHS England have recently produced a template file, and the plan for this week’s community meetup is to spend an hour working together to develop one for Scotland. All welcome, especially non-expert and new R users, because this looks like a great starter project if you’re looking for a first R project with a public component.
- 1-2pm, Tue 3rd December 2024. The Scottish Community of Data Analysts is a community of practice for those working with data in territorial NHS Boards. Next week, the presenter will be Nora Villamil Buenrostro - Predictors of DNAs for OP Paediatrics.
- Follow NES Knowledge Service’s 12 days of Christmas on The Knowledge Network for a festive tour of resources! From Monday 2nd until Friday 20th December, they will be showcasing the many gifts NES Knowledge Services give to health and social care staff in Scotland all year round. Check back regularly for each new day
Book of the week
Mervyn King. 2016. The End of Alchemy: Money, Banking and the Future of the Global Economy.
ISBN 978-1408706114, Worldcat.
Colin Smith, an information analyst at NHS GGC writes to recommend this book: ‘A very interesting book from 2016. Not medical but given we’ve another potential round of ’austerity’ on the way, still relevant as to how we run the economy and fund the NHS and public services.’