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A leading heath expert, Muir Gray (2006), was famously quoted as saying that the analysis of data in healthcare will have a “bigger impact than any single drug or technology likely to be introduced in the next decade”. As society becomes more reliant on technology in their every day lives, and information is more readily available on demand, it is clear that this could also be used in the healthcare industry. There are several benefits to being better informed including reducing costs from having more accurate resource provisioning, improving quality of care through better awareness of factors affecting disease and increasing staff professionalism. We hope to explore the concept of healthcare data analysis and provide a base for others to investigate in future years.