NHS-R Community Annual Survey 2021

1. How would you describe your job role? *

Junior or Trainee Analyst
Analyst (working on projects/jobs independently)
Senior Analyst (managing <5 people and/or managing <5 projects)
Manager (managing 5+ people and/or managing 5+ projects)
Lead Analyst (Head of Team or Department)
Other (please specify):

3. Where in the UK is your organisation located? *

4. How would you describe the technical nature of your, or your teams, work ? *

Mostly Business Intelligence work (eg regular performance reporting, performance dashboards, data management, contracting, integration of systems, scheduling staff, operating theatres, day to day capacity and demand etc)
Mostly Strategic Analytics (eg focusing on population health management, inequalities, service reconfigurations, new models of care, etc)
Other (please specify):

5. How would you describe your level of R knowledge/skills? *

	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced
R Skills	R Skills Novice	R Skills Intermediate	R Skills Advanced

6. How often do you use R in your current job role? *

	Regularly (Daily)	Often (once a week)	Sometimes (Once a month)	Rarely (once every 3 months or less)	Never
Frequency	Frequency Regularly (Daily)	Frequency Often (once a week)	Frequency Sometimes (Once a month)	Frequency Rarely (once every 3 months or less)	Frequency Never

7. Please select the NHS-R events that you have previously attended *

8. What types of tasks do you use R for at work? *

9. Briefly describe your training needs, if any? (leave blank if not applicable)

10. Can you briefly share a success story which demonstrates how using R has benefited you and/or your organisation. (eg how you automated a repetitive task and how much time that has saved you). We intend to publish success stories on our website. Leave blank if not applicable.

11. How often do you visit the NHS-R Community slack (nhsrcommunity.slack.com)? *

12. How would you describe the current level of adoption of R in your organisation? *

Need: The need for R is not perceived as yet and so they are unware of it.
Aware: Your organisation is aware that R exists but is largely passive about it.
Interest. Your organisation wants more information about R. They are beginning to wonder if R can help them.
Evaluation. Your organisation is considering the use of R and is trying to determine if it will really make any positive difference and at what cost.
Trial. Your organisation is testing the use of R at a small-scale to see how it works in practice and assess its usefulness and value in practice.
Reject: Your organisation evaluated or trialled R and rejected it.
Adoption. Your organisation likes the use of R and has adopted it wholeheartedly. It is applied to areas of relevant use and your organisation (or team using R) is now an advocate for the use of R.
Discontinuance: Your organisation adopted R but has now abandoned it because (please explain more in the comments)
Other (please specify):

13. What sources of support do you use for R (e.g. help and development of skills)? *

Please provide an example of the kind of help you were looking for?

14. What challenges do you face in adopting R on a day-to-day basis in your work? *

15. What software do you routinely use (daily or weekly or monthly) basis? *

16. How would you describe your current level of adoption of Hexitime - the timebank for health and care staff - where NHS-R is a partner? *

Need: I do not perceive the need for Hexitime as yet am unware of it
Aware: I am aware of Hexitime but am largely passive about it.
Interest: I am interested in learning more about Hexitime to see how it might benefit me.
Evaluation: I am thinking about the pros and cons of joining Hexitime
Trial: I am testing Hexitime at a small-scale to see how it works in practice and assess its usefulness and value in practice.
Reject: I evaluated or trialled Hexitime and then rejected it.
Adoption: I like Hexitime and have adopted its use and I am an advocate.
Discontinuance: I was on Hexitime but have now abandoned it because (please explain more in the comments)
Other (please specify):

Please provide any further details to the above: eg a success story?

17. We are keen to find and learn from success stories of individuals using R. We will collate these and share on our website as a way to motivate others to learn from you story. Briefly describe one example success story which summarises the use case and shows the benefits say in terms of time saved or other benefit.(Leave blank if n/a).

18. We are keen to find and learn from success stories of organisations using R. We will collate these and share on our website as a way to motivate others to learn from you story. Briefly describe one example success story, that includes the name of the organisation and a contact email for further details, which summarises the use case and the benefits. (Leave blank if n/a)

As part of NHS-R Community’s aim to support the learning, application and exploitation of R in the NHS and related sectors, we provide funding for ‘Solutions’. Solutions are R packages or training courses that will help the NHS and related sectors take advantage of the benefits of R.
Two recent examples are the development of a 'Train the Trainer' Shiny training course and the development of the NHSDataDictionaRy package that web scrapes a number of key NHS data dictionary lookups.

Our list of current funded solutions is here - https://nhsrcommunity.com/nhs-r-solutions

Can you suggest a possible R package or training course which would be useful to you? For example, something that might save you time, especially with repeated tasks. Please leave blank if not applicable.

19. We would love to see you get more involved with the NHS-R Community. Which of these interests you? *

20. The NHS-R Community has a virtual NHS-R Academy. A key function of the academy is to recognise the amazing contributions people are making to the NHS- R Community. People can apply for various titles listed below. Which of these titles interest you?

*

Champion – someone who promotes R in health and social care, regardless of their technical expertise, providing energy and enthusiasm, blog posts, and discussion on Slack/ Twitter/ Hexitime/ other channels.
Fellow – someone with some expertise in R in health and social care, who might contribute by training, or answering questions on Twitter, Slack or Hexitime, or any other way that they can help others with their expertise.
Associate – someone who promotes R in health and social care, sharing their skills and expertise, but who does not themselves work in health and social care in the UK.
Friend – someone who is a fan of the NHS-R Community and promotes its aims without being employed in the public sector.
Senior Fellow - a fellow who has made a sustained contribution to the NHS-R Community and is nominated by two Senior Fellows for this title.
None at the moment
Other (please specify):

If you wish to apply then please provide your email address here or at the close of the survey

21. If there was one thing the NHS-R Community could do to help you - what would that be? (Please be as specific as possible).

22. The NHS-R Community always needs people to contribute. Is there anything you would like to do to help the NHS-R Community?

23. If you would like us to follow up on your ideas or suggestions then please provide us with your name and email address below or reach out to us via our email nhs.rcommunity@nhs.net. *

No thanks
I will follow up via an email to the nhs-r email address: nhs.rcommunity@nhs.net

My name and email is:

24. If you would like to join our book draw, please provide us with your name and email address below *

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