These briefings are designed as orientation sessions for senior managers in companies participating in the NHS National IT Programme who may have limited previous experience of NHS Informatics or the particular sectors of the NHS with which they now have to work.
The briefings are designed to help senior managers understand the issues they are likely to face and reduce the risks in the implementation of services under the National Programme.
In particular, the briefings are designed to explore the issues faced by clinicians, managers and other frontline staff working in the NHS that are likely to affect suppliers ability to deliver.
Our briefing will be tailored to your particular requirements and will be delivered by senior members of our team who typically have more than ten years experience of operating at a senior level in healthcare informatics or the NHS.
Areas that we are able to cover include:
The NHS in England is a complex organisation consisting of more that 800 legal entities and 67,000 independent contractors (GPs, Community Pharmacists, General Dental Practitioners and Opticians) together employing close to one million staff.
We can provide some useful insights to aid your understanding of the organisation and management of the NHS, the current modernisation agenda and the likely impact of each upon your service delivery.
We can help you to understand the perspective of local budget holders (CEOs and FDs in acute trusts and PCTs) and provide some guidance as to how you might engage their commitment.
We can help you understand the background to the NHS National Programme (IT investment to date), the role of legacy systems and help you develop strategies for dealing with them in a way that secures the support of end users.
Primary Care is at the heart of the NHS with nearly all care pathways involving primary care and 70% of NHS funds controlled by primary care organisations.
We can help you understand the key issues for GPs and PCT Boards and brief you on the new national General Medical Services Contract to be implemented from 1 April 2004 . We can also brief you on the GP and Community system providers you will need to engage with in delivering your service.
We can help you understand the issues you will face in bringing hospital IT up to the standard required for a modern NHS and brief you on the market players that you will need to engage with in delivering your service.
Information Governance is concerned with the proper use and control patient information and creates critical issues for the National Programme and its suppliers in the areas of consent and confidentiality, data integrity, data access and information sharing.
We can help you to understand the potential risks in this area and help you to validate your operational practices to ensure they meet public and professional expectations in relation to information governance.
The National Programme's focus is NHS services. However, many care pathways take patients into social care and the Government have a commitment to creating a seamless environment for patients and service users across the health care and social care boundaries. This commitment is reflected in the medium and long term requirements of the National Programme.
We can help you understand the funding and organisation of Social Care and the challenges of information sharing across the health and social care boundary.
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