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Lessons from RAP Drop-ins

2025-11-14

RAP Drop Ins

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Who is it for?

  • Open to anyone working in the NHS with an interest in RAP
  • No coding experience required - managers welcome!
  • Discussions captured on GitHub to share learning more widely

Common themes

  • Lots of brilliant individual work happening across the NHS
  • Organisational barriers are widespread
  • Questions around upskilling
  • How to deploy data science products, given limited infrastructure?
  • Concerns around safety of data

Can we solve these problems once, for the community?

Some wins

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  • A safe space for people to discuss issues and barriers
  • Making connections with others and working together
  • Summary of discussions on GitHub: building a shared community resource

The RAP Code Review Buddies Network

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What is the RAP Code Review Buddies Network?

Every 3 months, you will be randomly paired up with someone else in the network.

As a pair, you will arrange to meet up online and talk through some code you have written.

You can then ask each other questions about the code and offer constructive comments.

Is the network for me?

We’re suggesting a more relaxed approach to code review - a “code walkthrough”. Guidance will be provided.

If you have written any code in the past three months for your role, in any language (such as SQL, R, or Python), then you have enough coding knowledge!

People at all stages of their coding and RAP journey are very welcome.

Sounds awesome, how do I sign up?

  • Scan the QR code on the right to register for the RAP Code Review Buddies Network
  • Further details and guidance on our Wiki on GitHub
  • I’m also looking for co-organisers - please get in touch if you’re interested

QR code, which takes you to the signup URL https://forms.microsoft.com/e/eb2vqdJkMB