Estates Returns Information Collection (ERIC)

This repository contains the scripts to download, process and analyse the 2022/23 ERIC publication from NHS Digital.

Using the Repo

To recreate the visuals within this repository, clone the repo and run the scripts in the following order: packages.R in the requirements folder load.R in the processing folder cleansing.R in the processing folder processing.R in the processing folder palette.R in the config folder visualising.R in the visualisations folder

The section below shows the structure of the repository to explain the code used. All data is publicly available from NHS Digital.

Repo Structure

At present the structure of the repository is:

├───data
    └───lookups
├───images
└───src
    ├───config
    ├───outputs
    ├───processing
    ├───requirements
    └───visualisation
    

data

Where the extract of APCE data will be saved for loading and processing.

images

Images such as TU logos and branding to add to outputs.

src

All code is stored in src. This is subdivided into five modules:

1. config: Files for configuring the output such as the theme.css.
2. data: External datasets providing look-ups of NHS Trust and Sites to their geographical locations.
3. processing: Files for downloading and processing the ERIC data.
4. requirements: Requirements file for building the output html such as the packages.R script.
5. visualisation: Files for producing the visualisations used within the outputs.

Contributors

This repository has been created and developed by:

• Andy Wilson
• Simon Wickham