NCF Category: Employ applicable data sources

You are aware of the stringent data governance requirements in healthcare environments and follow all data security procedures as directed locally and nationally.

You can follow and contribute to practices and procedures describing the production of regular analyses and reports.

You understand how to plot data visually to display snapshots, time series and variance.

You understand how to summarise data and can explain what the different measures mean.

You perform data extraction and manipulation.

You approach data and analysis with curiosity and ask questions of the data and its context.

You understand whether data is ‘fit for purpose’ and can sense check data and analysis.

You recognize basic issues of data quality and can take action with guidance to prevent or counteract them.

You understand the data sources for your work; their types, provenance, context, storage and ‘owners’.