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Review of Health Informatics Services
Workshop with HI Professional Development Board18 January 2007 Richard Gibbs
Health Informatics review objectives to define and prioritise the requirement
for central support services to HI staff in the NHS and social services
to assess which bodies are best placed to supply them
Set within business objectives CSR DH targets Trust, PCT LA SS business plans Local HI teams
Defining HI staff?
MIC but restricted to “specialist staff”?
MIC plus “social care” ?
6 categories are diverse ICT
Information management
Knowledge management
HI senior managers
& directors of services
Clinical informatics
Health records
Concentrate on IT and IM?
Range of HI services:
workforce planning improve capacity and capability
recruitment, retention, pay & grading occupational standards professional accreditation and regulation,
entry qualifications CPD and training
specify, accredit, commission, deliver tools to support specific tasks
Accreditation
librarians and coders already have it needed for ICT and IM staff? accountants and economists value for public, employers and staff?
Arguments for:
raise status better pay employers recognise
value improve standards of
HI practice guarantees quality of
practice for employers
protects public and patients
HI staff won’t pay for it restricts movement in to
protect incumbents need generic, like CILIP,
not health specific employers won’t value it HI too diverse
(federal model?)
Arguments against:
Current services and service suppliers
The ICNHS CfH
UKCHIP
ASSIST
BCS
BCS HIF
RSS
ORS
NHS Institute
NHS Faculty for HI
NHS KSF
Professional Skills for Govt
Skills for Health
Skills for Care
SIFA
GSS Framework
GIT
GES
GORS
Academic bodies
supplying training
HINOS
Discussion