Russell Plunkett

Work at DHSC/UKHSA on COVID dashboard data pipelines and other data sciencey stuff. Finishing off MSc.

These views are my own

[Mind @MindCharity]

Yet again, the UK government has failed to prioritise mental health. And broken its promise to thousands of people.

With the mental health bill not included in the #KingsSpeech, it’s now highly unlikely the Mental Health Act will be reformed before the next general election. 1/7

[Russell Plunkett @RussPlunkett]

@Pouriaaa So well deserved! Congratulations!

[Jon Sopel @jonsopel]

Don’t want to go over the top, but this is absolutely jaw-dropping. Someone who was in the cabinet when legislation on voter ID was agreed and went through parliament acknowledges it WAS an attempt to gerrymander the elections https://t.co/onD8iPUsJO

[Russell Plunkett @RussPlunkett]

@statsgeekclare @VictimOfMaths @Pouriaaa Clare and COVID data:

[Russell Plunkett @RussPlunkett]

@jneill @Pouriaaa This has been a problem every year when the new year's data comes in, it's a data pipeline fix that needs to happen (just need to use a different identifier on the data that come in)... But I don't know who to tell! I imagine the inbox is still being monitored

[Russell Plunkett @RussPlunkett]

@gabrielmilland Wouldn't say there were no data visualisation people - quite a lot of the dashboard team had worked on Fingertips (https://t.co/1XWjeRNOd7) beforehand and had understanding of visualising health data

[Russell Plunkett @RussPlunkett]

@statsgeekclare Love it! May it remain unfixed in perpetuity!

[Russell Plunkett @RussPlunkett]

@statsgeekclare One question remains: did the Buckinghamshire ticket ever get resolved?!?

[Russell Plunkett @RussPlunkett]

@Pouriaaa Well, you were the one (with Clare) both slogging away behind the scenes *and* putting yourself out there to be the target publicly... To think we were joking about honours last year!

[Russell Plunkett @RussPlunkett]

This is so richly deserved! Congratulations!

[Pouria Hadjibagheri MBE @Pouriaaa]

I am truly humbled to have been awarded an MBE in the King's New Year honours.

This belongs to our entire team, without whose dedication none of it would have happened.

I am completely speechless by @janemerrick23's amazing article. 💐
https://t.co/seEY3FxEzV

[Russell Plunkett @RussPlunkett]

@BristOliver I'm all for a 50 year moratorium on anyone from private schools holding a great office of state. Happy to include Oxbridge in that too

[Russell Plunkett @RussPlunkett]

Morning #london! Beautiful #sunrise while commuting in on the #brompton

[Russell Plunkett @RussPlunkett]

@AllyMD3 @statsgeekclare If I'd missed it it would either have been a 2am bus, or @DaveJephson or @jbwesty would have an uninvited guest!

[Russell Plunkett @RussPlunkett]

@statsgeekclare Was great to see everyone! Squeaked on the last train with 1 minute to spare

[Russell Plunkett @RussPlunkett]

Teach them to see through the nonsense young @CT_Bergstrom @jevinwest

[Royal Statistical Society @RoyalStatSoc]

The winner of our 2022 Award for Statistical Excellence in Trustworthiness, Quality & Value, sponsored by @StatsRegulation and @CSWnews is the COVID-19 Dashboard Team at @UKHSA
Congratulations to all the team! #RSSAwards
https://t.co/EcbfwM1r7L

[Pouria Hadjibagheri MBE @Pouriaaa]

Truly delighted that our team has been honoured by one of the most prestigious awards in statistics.

On a personal level, I am very humbled by your kind messages. It wouldn't have been possible without our amazing team. We did something great, and we did it together. 💐

[Russell Plunkett @RussPlunkett]

Massively proud to be part of the team that won this award from the @RoyalStatSoc for work on the #coviddashboard

[Royal Statistical Society @RoyalStatSoc]

The winner of our 2022 Award for Statistical Excellence in Trustworthiness, Quality & Value, sponsored by @StatsRegulation and @CSWnews is the COVID-19 Dashboard Team at @UKHSA
Congratulations to all the team! #RSSAwards
https://t.co/EcbfwM1r7L

[Russell Plunkett @RussPlunkett]

@statsgeekclare @Pouriaaa @janemerrick23 @EvidenceMatters @kallmemeg @DaveJephson @jbwesty @Musicwallaby31 @Nature Doing great thanks! Miss you guys too - so hard to not say 'we' when talking covid!