Wider Workforce

This framework is designed to help non-data professionals in healthcare systematically improve their data skills. It provides clear competency areas and progression steps, making it easier for individuals to understand where they are and how to advance.

Key skills the framework helps develop:

• Understanding the value and types of data: Recognising how data underpins decision-making and service improvement.
• Sourcing and collecting data: Navigating systems, identifying reliable sources, and ensuring data quality.
• Basic and advanced data analysis: Asking the right questions, interpreting results, and visualising data effectively.
• Data governance and ethics: Applying ethical principles, understanding data protection, and sharing data responsibly.
• Interpreting data and analysis: Making sense of charts, reports, and analytical methods, and triangulating data for reliability.
• Making data-informed decisions: Using data to guide actions, communicate decisions, and evaluate outcomes.

By following this framework, non-data professionals can build confidence and capability in using data, ultimately supporting better patient care, service delivery, and organisational improvement.