Matt Oakes

Matt is Head of Intelligence & Analytics at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, where he leads the organisation’s intelligence, analytics and business intelligence functions. He has led the Trust’s adoption of the NHS Federated Data Platform, including the development of local products and the use of Foundry as part of the Trust’s wider data and analytics ecosystem. His work focuses on helping data and analytics have a greater operational and strategic impact, through modern data platforms, agile ways of working and stronger partnerships between analysts, clinicians and operational teams. He is a graduate of the NHS Digital Academy and a FEDIP Advanced Practitioner, and is particularly interested in how the NHS can move beyond traditional reporting and use analytics as a core capability for improvement, decision-making and transformation.