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Completing the 'Introduction to R' module on DataCamp. I've also downloaded the app to my phone so that I can practice on the train.

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Completing the GDS (Government Digital Services) Whitehall Publisher Training.

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Teaching myself how to use confluence to a reasonable level in order to maximise its potential for the team.

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The thing that strikes me most is how the team pulls together to get things done.

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A different approach was taken this year to complete the Health Profile for England.  For each of the chapters we had an editor, author and a QAer.  This approach had the benefit of sharing out the workload and involving others from across the Health Intelligence division.  This ensured a more collaborative approach to producing one of our high profile products

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judging these awards gave me a real insight in to wealth of experience and knowledge that colleagues in PHE have.

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The team producing the HED used innovative techniques, exploring the capabilities of RShiny to develop an interactive tool.

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July was a particularly busy time. The Public Health Dashboard and the Local Authority Public Health profiles were both published. Work was also on going with the Health Profile for England. Ensuring that everything was complete and ready for release required me to be very organised.

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As a newcomer I would like to recognize and thank everyone in the team for the warm welcome and support extended to me. It is certainly something you don't see happening in every job.

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As a newcomer I would like to recognize and thank everyone in the team for the warm welcome and support extended to me. It is certainly something you don't see happening in every job.

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I helped with the recruitment last Jan. The recruitment process was co-ordinated extremely well by Natasha and the shortlisting / interview days went really well. We interviewed some really good candidates and the two successful trainees have fitted well into this team and have been producing high quality work. The whole trainees program has been very successful with past trainees gaining permanent jobs within PHE and have proved their worth with excellent work.

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Even though we are a national team and geographically spread across the country I feel very much part of a caring and happy team

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Even though we are a national team and geographically spread across the country I feel very much part of a caring and happy team

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How well the team works together and supports each other is a reflection of the way Justine and the senior management team work and support us.  

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How well the team works together and supports each other is a reflection of the way Justine and the senior management team work and support us.  

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I'd also like to reiterate how well the team works together! Also how supportive everyone is and the consideration shown to lives outside of work. It makes for a very nice environment to work in!

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This year I have used R a lot more for things that I would of previously done in Excel. I have become a lot more familiar with the software and now actually prefer it for data analysis and management more than excel, something I never though i'd say!

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We are the first team in PHE to publish somehing in RSHiny. There are still a lot of challenges around publication but our team along with FES and PHDS are working hard to get this issue resolved

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As a trainee, I'm proud that I've been able to make some hopefully meaningful contributions to the work of the team. As well as being able to learn new skills in SQL and building on R skills.

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Use of both tools for project and programme management

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Increased use of both Confluence and Jira

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Increased use of both Confluence and Jira

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Transitioning my analyses from Excel as default to R

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The PHOF Jira board has made the indicator production process a lot more integrated/easier/transparent

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Writing blog posts for the public, research posters for conferences, and reports for ministers

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Well done Emma for stepping out of your comfort zone and presenting on the November PHOF webinar to somewhere in the region of 90 participants. You were nervous and could have avoided it but instead you tackled it head on and gave a really good presentation.

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In the PHOF team we've started using Slack as a communication method. As we're geographically dispersed it can sometimes be hard to just have those informal 'quick' questions / conversations. Slack lets us do this and, more importantly, lets all the team see them too so we're all on the same page. This can be done without reverting to emails and is basically like having a whatsapp group (without annoying family members posting excessive amounts of holiday snaps).

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Taking the ambitious step to completely change the way the profiles were produced for 2018, learning a lot along the way and building some really good working relationships with people in other teams. Equally not being happy to stop there, identifying more ways we can improve and looking forward to implementing in 2019.

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I think the team work so well together, pulling together with larger projects and supporting each other on smaller ones. I sometimes forget we are spread out across country because I feel we often have the opportunity to come together share experiences. It's fantastic being in such a caring and supportive team.

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I'm proud that our statistics are used regularly in media coverage

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Great piece of work and the way we all worked collaboratively

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Creating the Shiny Dashboard with Laura was a great experience, and although we have had to host this external I think it is a great achievement and something we can build on going forward.

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Sam has been key in a number of R developments across numerous projects in E&S the link role that she has undertaken with PHDS has opened up a lot of conversations with PHDS and has been a really successful part of innovating new ways of working

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I have become more familiar with tools such as Jira and Confluence. As well as utilising Slack and GitLab. These were all new concepts to me this time last year.

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I'm most proud of gaining a promotion within PHE, as well as successfully being badged within the GSS.

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Though I've only came into the team recently, I've found everyone to be so helpful and welcoming, so thank you all very much!

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Being pushed out of my comfort zone by taking on tasks that I wouldn't usually do.

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The way everyone worked together to produce the Health Profile for England. It was great to see this get such a high profile at the PHE conference

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Using R for all of my main pieces of analysis this year. Although it has been challenging to set things up, I can see it will make things much more efficient in the future.

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Getting Jira set up with the indicator process and other functions being keen to join

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The HPfE was a great example of how we did an excellent piece of work but backed it up with really good comms both externally and internally

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Going from an EO on a temporary contract to a HEO on a permanent contract.

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Going through bodging process for GSS.

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Working for a new team in a local authority, building connections and being offered a job from impressing the,.

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People using it (inc. IMRG)

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PHOF webinars - a different approach to highlighting updates

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PHOF webinars - a different approach to highlighting updates

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Proud of the trainees and how they pick things up and ran with things.

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Proud of the trainees and how they pick things up and ran with things.

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The PHOF team had some staffing changes and working differently

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Developed slide set using R, sharing knowledge and skills and building on what others have started.

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Datascience increasing use of Jira and confluence.

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Proud of team and sharing out workload to ensure things are done.

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Proud of team and sharing out workload to ensure things are done.

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Coped well with move from Skipton to Wellington house and with routine with hot desks and still delivered work.

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Coped well with move from Skipton to Wellington house and with routine with hot desks and still delivered work.

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More effort put into getting to know people and included in meetings both Skype versus face to face.

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More effort put into getting to know people and included in meetings both Skype versus face to face.