About PL Insights
Hi – I’m Peter Loader and bring over 30 years’ experience in applying Business Analytics and Predictive Modelling to deliver Insights with Acumen.
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In my experience, no two assignments are the same. Your current operating model, your goals, constraints and where you are up to will be unique to you. For an initial informal chat to see whether I may be able to help, please get in touch.
In the meantime, I hope that you may find my blog posts of interest.
Observations on the latest excess deaths statistics
From January 2024 the Office of National Statistics changed how it calculated expected deaths. This impacts on reporting of excess deaths statistics and I thought it would be interesting to understand the impact and assess the new method. One interesting effect is...
Policing Productivity Review – how can forces improve now?
Up to 38 million hours of police time, equal to over 21,358 officers, can be freed up over the next 5 years is the headline finding from the Policing Productivity Review report published by the Home Office in November 2023. My insight into the review draws on...
Electric ambulances – predictive modelling required!
"The NHS is to introduce Electric Ambulances" with a pilot due to start "across swaithes of the country" according to today's Daily Telegraph. Apparently, an evaluation in West Midlands Ambulance Service has already been undertaken with concerns about the 70-mile...
Dawlish model railway website live
I've now launched a new website at https://dawlishinoo.co.uk/ describing my Dawlish model railway. If you are interested to know what I get up to in my spare time, go and have a look! If not, creating a link from another website helps with its search engine...
Clare’s Law disclosure rates
Clare's Law disclosure rates appeared in the news this month. Published statistics have been used to claim that police forces in England and Wales are leaving people at risk by rejecting Clare’s law checks on suspected abusers. On the other hand, some police forces...
Best start word for Wordle
In my opinion the best start word for Wordle is SLATE. However, if you are going to use SLATE, then it is worth understanding why, and what you should do based upon the feedback Wordle gives you after you've pressed <enter>. To this end, you may wish to watch my...
Calculating excess deaths
My interest in excess deaths was sparked by noticing what appeared to me to be a prevalence of "medical emergencies" at football matches since the covid-19 pandemic. I have watched a lot of games both live and on Sky over the years and can barely remember any, but on...
Hat-trick!
The more famous Peter Loader once took a hat-trick in a test match. He was my Dad's cousin, although unfortunately he moved to Australia so I never got to meet him. Here, insight into this historical moment in test cricket is provided by the legendary commentator John...