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Where to find statistics on UK deaths involving the coronavirus (COVID-19) and infectio... - 0 views

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    a list of datasets from the ONS
Ben Snaith

Beyond the crisis: How might local government build a positive legacy after Covid? - 0 views

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Coronavirus Data Local-Government

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  • The national media has lamented the lag in timely mortality figures due to the different ways care homes record such data. Data sharing between national and local government on medically shielded individuals and lists of volunteers has been a major talking point in cross-departmental discussions. And individual local authorities are acutely aware that they can’t afford to wait six months to be able to share data on factors affecting vulnerability between them — a typical length of time for signing a multi-organisation Information Sharing Agreement.
Ben Snaith

Data firms pitch profiling tools at UK councils | Financial Times - 0 views

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Data Local-Government Algorithms Coronavirus

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  • Data companies are offering to mine troves of personal and public information to help local officials in the UK identify people who are struggling in the aftermath of the coronavirus crisis.
  • The aim is to move beyond assigning risk just based on an individual’s health and also include those who might be at greater risk of domestic violence, marital breakdown and financial difficulties, said Xantura’s chief executive Wajid Shafiq.
  • Xantura’s software runs the data against a set of risk factors and demographic data, as well as the NHS’s “shielded list” of individuals believed to be most at risk from Covid-19 complications, scoring households according to their risk profile.
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  • Coronavirus has been a “significant accelerant” to linking data sets in order to overcome silos, he added.
  • Experian, meanwhile, has rolled out a demographic segmentation tool, dubbed “Experian Safeguard”, which it has offered for free to local councils, NHS trusts, fire and police services as well as charities. Such tools are primarily used by private companies to target consumers to market products.
  • Experian’s flagship Mosaic postcode demographics tool — which arranges the UK population into groups according to factors such as lifestyle and debt levels — has been deployed at a number of local authorities, including Leeds city and Stockton-on-Tees borough councils, according to data gathered by Tussell, a data provider which tracks UK government contracts and expenditure.
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