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Last meeting Healthcare in London, after Darzi Wednesday, 23 July 2008 (members only) more»
About the group
The Healthcare Council and the Healthcare Group aim to develop and coordinate Intellect healthcare policy and communications across the UK and overseas healthcare markets. Furthermore, we facilitate dialogue between government and industry on the modernisation of health IT thereby:
The Healthcare Council The Healthcare Council is a representative group of about 15 members who reflect the wider Intellect healthcare membership in terms of size, sector and market experience. The council meets regularly to debate and bring focus to Intellect’s healthcare policy and work programme, and to provide a consultative industry panel for government and the NHS. The council provides Intellect healthcare members with a focused input to the Intellect Main Board.
Through membership of the Supplier Consultation Group Healthcare Council members meet with NHS Connecting for Health’s Director General; this is the formal collective interface for the healthcare IT industry.
The Healthcare Group The group is the main forum for information technology companies who supply products and services to the NHS, the Health Services of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. With over 230 member companies subscribing to and participating, the group encompasses the full range of suppliers into the health sector including major providers of IT systems and services, consultancy firms, and a large number of medium and small organisations.
The group has an annual programme of meetings which provide an opportunity to hear from key players in eHealth such as NHS Connecting for Health, Department of Health Policy groups, NHS National Design Authority, Wales Informing Healthcare Strategy Implementation Programme, Scotland National IT strategy, Purchasing and Supplies Agency, Hospital and Primary Care Trusts, and other organisations such as the Chief Executives Forum, British Computer Society Health Informatics Committee and other groups.
Through council and group activities we aim to work towards the successful delivery of IT in health services by:
We believe our council and group are of great value to both suppliers and customers. We are committed to playing an integral and positive role in the modernisation of the health services in the UK, championing the considered application of IT to benefit front line health staff and the patients in their care.
The council and group are currently highlighting the following issues in their work:
Working to ensure the success of The National Programme for IT Intellect members are unanimous that the key objective is the success of The National Programme for IT (NPfIT), which is being led by NHS Connecting for Health, an agency of the Department of Health. This message will be behind all Intellect communications and policy.
Partnering on programme delivery Successful delivery will only be achieved if NHS Connecting for Health and industry work together to ensure that NPfIT benefits from the wealth of front line experience in real programme implementation that exists within the supplier community. This will ensure that the National Programme can be implemented locally within the NHS to the benefit of staff, patients and, as a result, to the NHS as a whole. Some of the key elements within this partnership are:
Maintaining a vibrant UK marketplace It is essential, for the good of the NHS and for the good of the UK economy that the UK healthcare IT sector is vibrant, competitive and excellent. It is therefore essential that a decade of under-investment and uncertainty in NHS IT ends at the earliest possible opportunity.
Developing robust IT standards The successful development of National IT Standards for the NHS will become more important as systems are required to operate across geographical boundaries and integrate with each other. Intellect members have vast experience in the development of NHS IT standards and will be working to ensure they are right for industry and the NHS.
Engaging the NHS user community Clinicians within the NHS will ultimately realise the benefits of information technology. However, we believe that the best outcomes will be achieved through introducing new technologies within well-coordinated change management programmes where the impact on clinicians is gradual and they are willing participants – even leaders in the process. We want to bring clinicians and the private sector together in the recognition that the two groups must understand each other and the technology, well before delivery and implementation.
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