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AI Talks: How AI Can Help Us Do More in the Public Sector

AI Talks: How AI Can Help Us Do More in the Public Sector

Let’s be honest—AI is no longer a thing of the future. It’s arrived and is already embedded within our everyday lives. Whether it’s your phone suggesting the fastest route to work, your streaming app recommending your next binge-watch, or the …

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Learning by doing: How research is a bit like learning to ride a bike

Posted by: Hannah Taylor, Posted on: 26 February 2025 - Categories: Research

I’ll be honest, I’ve never been one for learning from books. I wouldn’t like to tell you how many times my Mum caught me having a nap while I was meant to be studying! I have always preferred to get …

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It’s all About the Journey

Posted by: Dave Hagan, Posted on: 16 January 2025 - Categories: Action, Our projects
Man looking at printed data and reports on a pin board

Sometimes it is difficult to see a way through. Sometimes, what we have always done no longer works.  Sometimes the solution is so simple and obvious in hindsight.  Of course, in our world of data, there is always a journey …

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Essex Residents' Survey Reports & Dashboard 2024 - Knowing Our Residents

Posted by: Christopher Final and Research & Citizen Insight, Posted on: 6 January 2025 - Categories: Data, Open Data

With another resident survey coming to a conclusion, the door for creating a new blog post emerged. Now, let’s open up word before piling my sentences through copilot (AI might be a focus in here…) Here’s the cheeky plug to …

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Paving the Way: Supporting planning for Healthy School Streets

Posted by: rachel newby, Posted on: 28 November 2024 - Categories: Action, Data, Our projects

Someone recently pointed out to me that it’s been 4,261 days since I first started at Essex County Council (pause for shocked gasps). So, it’s been a while since I’ve thought much about my days walking to school. Or at …

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Learn, Do, Reflect - What the Domestic Abuse Needs Assessment taught me

Posted by: Ana Dutu, Posted on: 14 November 2024 - Categories: How we work, Open Data, Our projects, People

My colleague Lucy Smith and I recently wrapped up work on the Domestic Abuse Needs Assessment. This project spanned the better part of a year and was a significant milestone in my career. The insights from our assessment inform the …

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Prevent, Reduce, Delay: Encouraging Referrals for Frail Patients to Enable Proactive Intervention in North East Essex

Posted by: Dan Fitzgerald, Posted on: 7 November 2024 - Categories: Action, Data, Our projects
The Rockwood Clinical Frailty Scale

Imagine a street. This street has a hundred residents all aged over 65. Now imagine the next street over. This street has a hundred residents aged 85 and over. How many of the residents of these two streets do you …

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The Sims’ Path to Data Mastery: From Simulations to Solutions

Posted by: Connie Becker and Dan Fitzgerald, Posted on: 24 October 2024 - Categories: Data, How we work

Dan Fitzgerald and Connie Becker, Analysts within ECC’s Data and Analytics team, reflect on their recent experiences developing new skills… Were you one of those kids that spent hours playing The Sims in the past? If so, this is definitely …

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How to become a Senior Analyst: 101

Posted by: katybennett, Posted on: 27 September 2024 - Categories: About the teams, How we work, People

It’s not a secret that I fell into a career in data analytics. After a scarily close encounter with a medical degree and then a stint at a well-known beverage company, I left my in-house barista, unlimited snacks, and free …

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Using Data to Shore our Defences

Posted by: Olatomi Smith, Posted on: 12 September 2024 - Categories: Action, Data, Our projects

This year there have been global news reports of water everywhere – and not a drop we'd like to see creeping into our homes (even if some of us may like a little beach activity)! Flooding is no joke - …

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Harnessing linked data to better manage frailty in North East Essex

Posted by: Nick Philo, Posted on: 8 August 2024 - Categories: Data, Our projects

Nerdy fact alert, but did you know that frailty is classified as a “syndrome” rather than a disease?  Diseases typically have a known cause, a distinct course, and an established pathway of care. In contrast, syndromes like frailty generally don’t …

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