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DataIQ Awards 2021 winner – Data and analytics leader of the year: Ming Tang, NHS England

DataIQ Awards 2021 winner - Data and analytics leader of the year: Ming Tang

As chief data and analytics officer at NHS England and NHS Improvement, Tang has overseen a transformation in the way data and analytics is perceived across the health service. She is the senior officer responsible for Covid-19 data, reporting and analytics, as well as the associated outputs that have supported decision-making throughout the pandemic. One of the most successful vaccination programmes in the history of the NHS has seen Tang spearheading the unprecedented use of data and analytics.

Under her leadership, the NHS Covid-19 data store was built for NHS England, NHS Improvement and NHSX, bringing together multiple data sources into a single, secure location using the Palantir data integration platform Foundry. Aggregated data is cleansed, harmonised and used as the single source for analytics, ensuring data-led decisions have been effective. 

In normal times, centralising data would have taken years, but Tang’s leadership ensured the scale and pace required while keeping privacy at the heart of the project. Dashboards are delivered to decision-makers that identify where the NHS is under strain and where interventions would be most effective. The data store has been the backbone of the vaccination programme, showing uptake by geography, gender, ethnicity, disability and deprivation to identify disparities.

Tang is committed to advancing the professional development of data and analytics staff working in health and care, recognising that a community was required to share knowledge and ways of working. This led to the founding of AnalystX with over 15,000 local, regional and national practitioners, crossing organisational boundaries. She believes it will continue to act as a powerhouse of data science and analytical techniques, forging partnerships with academia and seeking new areas for the application of data and analytics, all in support of the NHS long-term plan. 

A strong and committed team has grown under her leadership, with over 700 practitioners using a new operating model, approaches and tools. She leads by example and has a vision to build the profile of analytics among national policy-makers and central government. Tang’s vision is for the NHS to be at the same level as tech companies when it comes to recruiting analysts.

DataIQ Awards 2021
Year: 2021
Category: Data and Analytics Leader of the Year

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