West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit
Health GIS Service Activity 2005/6
Annual Health GIS Seminar 31st May 2006
Diane EdwardsGIS Manager
West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit
Tel: 0121 414 8070 Fax: 0121 414 7712E-mail: [email protected]
West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit
Activity in 2005/6● Staffing Structure● GIS Requests● PHASE website● MapInfo training● Major Projects● OS Licensing
West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit
Staffing Structure2 full time members of staff:● GIS Manager
● PHASE Database Manager
Agenda for Change Restructuring of NHS
West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit
GIS Requests● 64 requests ● More complex analyses e.g. travel time; referral areas
● Collaborative work with UoB DPHEcluster workshops; KHD; supervision of BSc Medical Science student – helminth infections in Uganda.
● Advice and support to HSC IC in defining OS NHS SLA● AGI Health SIG events
West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit
GIS Requests
Understanding census geography
West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit
Understanding ward geography
West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit
GIS Requests
West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit
West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit
GIS Requests
West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit
GIS Requests
West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit
GIS Requests
West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit
West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit
1. Walk Times to Pharmacies
2. Walk Times to GP Surgeries
GIS Requests: Walk Times
West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit
PHASE website● Finalising functionality● Defining hosting service● Data loading● Handover documentation
● Additional work in 2006/7SOA geography Deprivation indicesHistogram charts
West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit
MapInfo training● Introductory Course: total 73, 10 waiting
● Advanced Course: total 33; 10+ waiting
● Future needs:
Assess staffing post reorganisation‘OS data handling’‘Techniques’ workshops?
West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit
Major Projects● WMCIU and Health GIS website redevelopment
● Population estimates
● Deprivation
West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit
OS Licensing● HSC IC funded● Building the Business Case● Assessing the implications of the SLA● Forging working relationships
● Future Developing use User Group Key Performance Indicators
West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit
2006/7● Funding
● Strategy
● Projects
West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit
2006/7● Contact:
[email protected] 414 8070http://www.wmciu.nhs.uk
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