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> Ideally the NHS would just build it in house, but sadly it's a slow and bloated organisation unable to innovate (as most government managed things usually bec
by hkt 3y ago
> Ideally the NHS would just build it in house, but sadly it's a slow and bloated organisation unable to innovate (as most government managed things usually become).
Several government departments have robust in-house data platforms already. The Ministry of Justice does, the Department for International Trade as well. I've personally worked on the former and have pulled code from the latter.
(the code I've looked at from DfIT was https://github.com/uktrade/fargatespawner https://github.com/uktrade/fargatespawner )
- ilikerashers 3y agoI've heard some horror stories from HMCTS (part of MOJ) and the Home Office. While there might be some good intentions, buying a vendor product is often better for large organisations rather than running their warehouses, ETL and Databricks. Just too much overhead and specialist skills required.