1. Putting Informatics Skills Development in to Perspective Alison Singleton, Informatics Skills Development Programme Lead

2. ISD Network Established Nov 2011 Unique to NHS Regions Intention to raise professional standing of informatics staff by providing a range of professional development opportunities 82 organisations in NW. 62 employ Informatics staff as at 1/6/14 Network is funded by a membership fee. All organisations contribute

3. Activity Communities of Practice ( inc Dir./CCIO Network, ISD Leads) Annual Conference Short courses Learning Portal (Prince 2, MSP, ITIL, Agile) Masters learning (Health Data Scientist) Leadership Development (Future Leaders) Informatics Accreditation Annual Workforce Profile Deal with technology training companies- 50% discount

4. Our Informatics Workforce June 2014

5. Chief Clinical Information Officers (CCIO) and Chief Nursing Information Officers (CNIO) Total number of organisations employing informatics staff Total number of organisations with one or more CCIO/CNIO Total number of CCIO/CNIOs; including those with multiple appointments 623446

6. If there are other professional development activities which you think the Network may be able to offer and are applicable to informatics staff generally, please highlight these to Alison.singleton@whh.nhs.uk Continuous Improvement