Speaker bio
David Dixon
David Dixon has worked in the NHS throughout his entire career, commencing with Surrey Ambulance Service in 2004. Initially working in health and safety and risk, David was a proponent of risk management software in its earliest iterations and oversaw the implementation of incident reporting mechanisms in his trust, having his first taste of data in terms of analysis of clinical and non-clinical incidents and their causes. David moved across to the security remit in 2009, where he was able to apply the data of reporting mechanisms to create a process for managing outcomes for violent incidents against NHS staff, the success of which earned him the award of "Employee of the year" for South East Coast Ambulance Service in 2011.
David's move to big data occurred in 2012 when joined NHS Protect to spearhead their national data collection concerning violence against NHS staff. Using data gathered nationally, he oversaw the creation of in depth reports concerning all overarching themes concerning violence in the NHS, including a review of 5 years' worth of data in 2016 to culminate in the largest and most detailed of its kind to date.
After moving to tackle fraud within the newly created NHS Counter Fraud Authority in 2017, David has led the Information Analytics (IA) Team, who are responsible for collecting, collating, managing, analysing and disseminating information in support of all internal business units and externally to the NHS and beyond. IA build and develop the analysis tools and data models used to identify patterns and anomalies that may indicate fraudulent behaviour. The resulting analyses from IA's work are used to provide insight into the types of fraud risks and the extent of vulnerability, as well as to support on-going investigations. His team also provide management information and business intelligence reports to show the impact of counter fraud activity in England and Wales.
David and his team have shared their expertise and findings in terms of best practice across the public sector and internationally and has shared his philosophy 'that to go big you need to start small' across a range of audiences and online articles.