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Analysing, interpreting and presenting data from birth and mortality databases, hospital activity data, Census data and other ONS data, etc.
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Developing, managing and undertaking research projects to support epidemiological review, strategy development and service evaluation.
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Supporting health needs assessment, policy development, health impact assessment, decisions and planning within the PCT.
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Making epidemiological information available in a variety of formats to colleagues and public, for example through web sites, reports, profiles or posters on particular health issues.
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Evaluating local health services to identify what action should be taken to improve them, including working with national performance indicators.
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Providing a Library and Information Service within the PCT, as part of the Doncaster and Bassetlaw Library and Information Services for Health, responding where appropriate to ad hoc queries from outside the PCT, and ensuring good access to the health knowledge base (journals, books, electronic databases, internet, etc), including research-based evidence on clinical effectiveness and sources of health-related information.
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Providing comparative information for general practices, particularly in support of the development of practice-based commissioning.
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Supporting partnership projects with local authority colleagues, across the Doncaster Strategic Partnership.
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Producing Director of Public Health annual reports.
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Supporting working groups within the Doncaster and wider health communities.
