#We’re really excited to be able to announce the tenth NHS Hack Day, which is happening in a little under two months' time at King’s College London.
-- King’s College London 16th-17th May 2015
NHS Hack Days are weekend events that bring together “geeks who love the NHS” to have fun, build community, and work on digital projects that promote health.
NHS Hack Day began in 2012 when Carl (a doctor) complained to his friend Tom (a developer) that things were really very broken in NHS IT. Tom who’d recently had a good experience at a Cabinet Office GDS Hack Day said the NHS should have a hack day. So we did.
The format is that we begin on a Saturday morning with people pitching real-world problems they’ve encountered in the NHS or in health care generally. Anyone can pitch. We end on Sunday afternoon with a competition for the best solutions made over the weekend. In between people pick projects to work on, work on them, and have lunch (provided).
Previous NHS Hack Days have looked something like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NnfMmKKvBk
Previous projects live here http://nhshackday.com/previous/projects/
And you can read about the last NHS Hack Day here http://openhealthcare.org.uk/blog/2015/01/31/nhs-hack-day-cardiff/
You’ll meet bright people from different disciplines you wouldn’t usually meet You’ll play a part in making NHS IT less bad You’ll have fun
We especially want people to come who aren’t sure if this is for them; a lot of the value of the event comes from the diversity of the participants. We need you! Imposters are welcome http://nhshackday.com/faqs/#inclusivity
By attending the event, tickets will be released this evening from www.nhshackday.com By sponsoring the event - email hello@openhealthcare.org.uk By becoming part of our community - joining the mailing list, coming to pre event meet ups or talking to us on Twitter By spreading the word, tell your friends!
Lots of love,
Helen (@DeckOfPandas), the NHS Hack Day Team, and Open Health Care UK @NHSHackDay @ohcuk www.nhshackday.com www.openhealthcare.org.uk
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