# Data and the NHS: How to Understand Big Numbers

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Professor Martin Elliott
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/data-and-nhs-how-understand-big-numbers)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

When dealing with NHS, one quickly runs into problems of scale; it can be hard to fit the sizes, figures and breakdowns into your understanding. Martin Elliott, with the help of Information is Beautiful, shows you just how large the numbers are.

## Lectures

1. [Data and the NHS: How to Understand Big Numbers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/data-and-nhs-how-understand-big-numbers/598cb6df462c) (YouTube)