Data analysis, modelling and management

Accurate and rapid analysis and management of data 

During the Covid-19 pandemic, the need for data analysis and support for remote working generated many requests for our experience and knowledge in data science.   

NPL is helped the Royal College of General Practitioners Research and Surveillance Centre to produce their regular updates on communicable and respiratory diseases for Public Health England throughout 2020. We also worked with the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust on supporting the remote working for as many staff as possible, not something that had been a priority before the pandemic.

NPL was able to offer help to the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust by analysing different kinds of medical data, including:

• extracting the maximum amount of reliable data from biomarkers tests
• analysing the critical pathways in cancer care to meet the anticipated increase in demand post-Covid
• preparing buildings for safe and efficient movement of patients and staff around hospital sites while adhering to the government guidelines.

NPL was heavily involved in testing PPE, a process that often involves several testing iterations as designs are refined. Data science allowed certain tests to be simulated, such as field of view tests, so that the computer model could predict if a design would pass the test. This helped streamline the testing and gave confidence that the PPE would pass the tests.  

NPL also investigated:

• Using signal analysis of telephone calls to GPs or 111 to diagnose Covid-19 by analysing the acoustic signals of breathing and coughing
• Analysing the link between mortality or diagnosed Covid-19 cases with air quality data to understand the impact of pollution.

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