We'll be holding our first event of the year this Thursday at the Cross Keys. Read More →

People want access to their health record online, but are concerned that online health records might be insecure. Read More →

People can be very sensitive about how their personal data and information is shared and used. Given the growth in social media and the extent of personal information most people now appear comfortable sharing on-line, this may seem less of an issue now than in the past. Read More →

Eight months on from the publication of the Francis report which examined services at Mid-Staffordshire hospital, the demand for the best quality care and transparency rightly continues to dominate our thoughts and actions. Read More →

Returning to Leeds after over a year away at Rehab and then work, I felt a little disconnected to the recovery community in Leeds. As a result, my initial reasons to start a recovery Facebook page were two -fold. Read More →

I’ve worked for Leeds City Council for nearly 10 years and only just starting to come across the term ‘Open Data’. Fair enough, until recently I wasn’t involved in this type of work, but even so, don’t you feel as if the world is changing faster than we can keep up? Read More →

I am a Data Scientist. I am very happy to be able to say that as previously for years when people asked me what I do for a living I would always say ‘Statistician’ but at the same time really wanted to follow it up with something else. Read More →

The Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt, did a back to the floor session in our services last week. He worked alongside health and social care staff looking after older people who needed extra help to become well enough to go back home. During the staff round table discussion at the end of the session, over a cake and a sandwich, he asked what would be the biggest change that would improve care? Read More →

I joined twitter about a year ago, never having used social media before. I didn’t know what to expect, but was quickly struck by how supportive an environment it can be. Read More →

I first discovered information on #AboutMeLeeds after reading Victoria Betton’s blog post on the topic, and I was immediately interested in what other people might have to say about data privacy. It is a topic that I have personally found myself stumbling upon frequently in the past, and it always leads me to the question: Exactly how private is private? Read More →