6  Statement on using tools - Git and GitHub

Using R (or Python) is just the first step towards data science with the use of Git being item two on the “baseline fundamentals” level of Reproducible Analytical Pipelines (RAP). Without the use of Git it is not possible to move to Silver or Gold and with good reason because it is integral to being able to produce analysis and code that is:

• more efficient
• more robust
• more transparent

Much more is written about Git in the NHS RAP Community of Practice and so this chapter serves to add only a few things to that work.

6.1 GitHub repositories

These examples of organisations that are using GitHub serve as a reference to the increasing public sector and Government organisations and teams that publish code:

6.2 NHS

• Birmingham and Solihull ICS
  
• Bristol North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB
  
• Great Ormond Street Hospital
  
• Great Ormons Street Hospital DRIVE
  
• Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit
  
• National Disease Registration Service
  
• Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Also have an internal GitLab server with over 200 repositories
• Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
  
• NHS Business Services Authority
• NHS England
  
• NHS England - Open Health Statistics
• NHS England Data Science
  
• Public Health Scotland
  
• Public Health Wales
• RAP Community of Practice - NHS England but under NHS Digital’s organisation
  
• St Bartholomew’s Hospital - Barts Health NHS Trust
  
• The Strategy Unit

6.3 Office for National Statistics

• Data Science Campus
• Government Analysis Function
• ONS Big Data
• ONS Data Visualisation
• ONS Digital

6.4 UK Government Departments

• The Analysis Function
• Cabinet Office
  • Central
  • Analysis & Insight
• Department for Education
  • Analytical Services
  • R Community
  • DfE Digital
  • Standard
  • Digital
  • Analytical Services
  • R Community
• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
  • Data Science Centre of Excellence
  • Central
  • Defra Design Team
• Department for Health and Social Care Data Science
• Department for International Trade
• Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Department for Transport
• Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
• Government Digital Service
• Ministry of Justice
  • Analysis
  • Central
• UKHSA
  • Collaboration
  • Internal

6.5 Scotland

Scotland Government Analysis list

Thanks to the Scotland Government Analysis who have also published a comprehensive list of organisational GitHubs.

• Scottish Government Analysis (Analysis / Statistics / Data Science)
• Scottish Government (Web Development)
• Marine Scotland Science
• Transport Scotland
• Public Health Scotland
• The Data Lab Scotland - includes the repository for openSIMD

6.5.1 Local authorities

• Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles Council)
  
• City of Edinburgh Council
  
• Dundee City Council - GIS
  
• East Lothian Council
  
• Falkirk Council
  
• North Ayrshire Council
  
• North Lanarkshire Council
  
• South Ayrshire Council
  
• West Lothian Council

6.6 Wales

• The Welsh Government Data Science Unit

6.7 England

6.7.1 Local Government

• London Borough of Hackney
• Trafford Data Lab
• Trafford Council

6.7.2 Charity

• The Health Foundation

6.8 Other

• British Geological Survey
• Central Statistics Office, Ireland

This is not a complete list and links may change name so this is a great opportunity to also contribute to this book. Details on how to do that can be found in the chapter Contributing guidelines and etiquette.

6.9 GitHub Actions

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