People in different roles will need different sorts of guidance and help. Foremost in mind when this strategy was written were people who have a direct role to play in implementing Education, Training and Development for Information for Health. However the needs of a wider range of people with an interest in the strategy were also taken into account.
Detail
This strategy document is intended to help anyone whose responsibilities include:
- Implementing Information for Health programmes
- Implementing information management aspects of other developments arising from the White Paper The new NHS. Modern . Dependable
- Setting standards for, commissioning, managing or providing education, training and development for NHS staff.
- Workforce planning
In particular this audience includes:
- Staff involved in developing and implementing Local Information Strategies (LISs) and particularly those responsible for LIS training plans
- Staff involved in developing and implementing Clinical Governance Development Plans (CGDPs) and those responsible for the associated training component
- Education commissioners (such as NHS Education Consortia, Regional Education and Development Groups (REDGs), and Postgraduate Deans)
- Education providers such as Universities and Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)
- Local NHS training departments
- Information for Health implementation groups
- Clinical Governance implementation groups
- Information Management and Technology (IM&T) Training staff
- Information Management and Technology staff
- Information project leaders in Health Authorities, NHS Trusts and Primary Care
- NHS Executive Policy Leads
- NHS Information Authority Project Managers
- Professional, advisory and regulatory bodies (including Strategy Partner Organisations)
- Regional Heads of Information, Regional Personnel and Organisation Development specialists, Regional Directors of Education, Regional Office Education Leads, Directors of Implementation, Regional Librarians
- Suppliers of hardware and software