Regional NHSHackdays

[Richard Barton]

Hi,

There is a small gaming tech cluster around Surrey University in Guildford - loads of firms from start-ups to giants like Electronic Arts. I've been sounding people out about tapping into the community and running a hackathon for a good cause and there is quite a lot of interest in healthcare. Any views about trying for a Surrey NHSHackday at the end of October or the beginning of November?

Regards

Richard

[Malcolm Newbury]

I’ve be up for helping to get this set up as its near home :)

Would be good get some gaming patterns into solutions for the NHS - maybe around training or scheduling optimisation.

Malcolm

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[Richard Barton]

Great. There will be more discussion on 1st September at https://www.meetup.com/Silicon-Drinkabout-Guildford/ but if you can't join in that day I will set up a hangout for anyone who wants to help.

[Marcus Baw]

As far as I know the plan is probably that the Autumn NHS Hack Day will be in Gloucester.

Usually the January NHSHD is the regular Cardiff one, but I'd await Anee Marie Cunningham's confirmation on it.

M

Malcolm

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[Richard Barton]

Marcus,

Thanks. What would you advise based upon the events you have run so far? Either:

 - go ahead anyway and take advantage of a local motivated group

 - wait and try for an "official" event a couple of months after Cardiff

Cheers

Richard

On Thursday, 17 August 2017 15:30:49 UTC+1, Marcus Baw wrote:

As far as I know the plan is probably that the Autumn NHS Hack Day will be in Gloucester.

Usually the January NHSHD is the regular Cardiff one, but I'd await Anee Marie Cunningham's confirmation on it.

M

On 17 August 2017 at 15:04, 'Malcolm Newbury' via nhshackday <nhsha...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

I’ve be up for helping to get this set up as its near home :)

Would be good get some gaming patterns into solutions for the NHS - maybe around training or scheduling optimisation.

Malcolm

On 17 Aug 2017, at 14:42, Richard Barton <1richar...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

There is a small gaming tech cluster around Surrey University in Guildford - loads of firms from start-ups to giants like Electronic Arts. I've been sounding people out about tapping into the community and running a hackathon for a good cause and there is quite a lot of interest in healthcare. Any views about trying for a Surrey NHSHackday at the end of October or the beginning of November?

Regards

Richard

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[Marcus Baw]

Hi Richard,

I understand, and it's a difficult one because I wouldn't want to dampen down the spirits of any local enthusiastic groups. That said, it can be exceedingly hard to get serious numbers for NHS Hack Days (even the London NHSHDs get a maximum of around 150 attendees - and it's much less outside of London). Without enough attendees it's hard to get the same kind of atmosphere and the correct balance of skills to be able to have something to show for a weekend's work.

With this in mind I'd be cautious of running too many NHSHDs per year because people only have a certain amount of available time for such pro-bono weekend adventures, and so having a Surry NHSHD might adversely affect attendance at the other ones.

I think I'd tend to advise that, at least initially, those enthusiastic individuals from Surrey might come along to the Gloucester NHSHD in October, or the next London NHSHD, both of which are within a 2 hr (ish) travelling window from Guildford. 

That said, although we are starting to take a more professional approach to organising and running NHS Hack Days, with a more formal core team and governance around sponsorship etc, we are unlikely to stand in the way of local independent grassroots events.

Marcus

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[Richard Barton]

Thanks and good to be realistic about diluting the main events. Are there any dates for Gloucester yet?

I will see what the mood of the group is like. Maybe we can warm people up with a small local event and then encourage people to join/support one of the main events. Could be a pitch preparation event or an ask-me-anything for people who are new to the challenges in the NHS? Has anyone tried this sort of thing to your knowledge?

[Anne Marie Cunningham]

Richard

Great to hear from you. We are planning to do 5th Cardiff NHSHD at end of January. I think Gloucester will be mid Oct. 

Recently I've started a Digital Health and Care Meetup in Cardiff... Just one so far:-) the aim is partly to allow the kind of conversations you are talking about. I'd like to see the same diversity of attendance as we have at NHSHD, and so far (one!) that has happened. 

Hope to see you again soon 

AM

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[Marcus Baw]

Thanks AMC. 

Maybe that's the way forward for the Surrey group - a Digital Health & Care meetup group?

In MC'R we have Health2.0Manchester which fulfils that function

M

[Paul Atkinson]

Hi all,

Gloucester is going ahead on the 14 and 15th of October.

We've got free parking for 100+ cars at the venue and accommodation nearby for those who might want to come from Surrey way?

Tickets are launched at the usual place: https://ti.to/nhshackday/nhshd-gloucester

More than happy for questions / suggestions.

Paul

[Richard Barton]

Thank you! I'll point the team at this a push the idea of meetups to feed in ideas or follow up on projects