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Health Information Unit at Rotherham
09 September 2011
News > Establishing and running health information services
PiF member Jayne Sinclair, Rotherham Hospital's Health Information Officer, reports this week on the opening and first year of a new health information centre at Rotherham Hospital. The service is in the main entrance of the hospital and provides free health information, advice and guidance for patients, carers and the general public. For pictures and more information click through to the web site.
Information and support services and roles in Scotland
19 March 2010
News > Establishing and running health information services
NHS Education for Scotland has developed an Information Support Roles Framework which defines generic information support skills. The framework aims to be the first step for producing training and development resources to support those with an information support element in their role. In addition NHS Education for Scotland have also published the results of research exploring need of users in relation to information, advice and support. The results make interesting reading, including the fact that two thirds of the adult population in Scotland reported not using the Internet for health or social care information.
Patient Information Conference Scotland
08 May 2009
News > Establishing and running health information services
The Patient Information Conference: 'Getting Better Together' was held in Glasgow on the 21st April 2009. On the day, Nicola Sturgeon, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing, introduced the plans for the new National Health Information and Support Service in Scotland. The service will be developed over the coming months with an expected media launch planned for Autumn this year.
Scotland to launch new National Health Information and Support Service
20 February 2009
News > Establishing and running health information services
Nicola Sturgeon, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing will be launching the National Health Information and Support Service in Scotland at a patient information event in April. The new national information service will allow staff, patients, carers and the public to discuss and share practice on the development and provision of information.
London Links workshop presentations now available
08 February 2008, 13:17
News > Establishing and running health information services
London Links, a Library, Information and Knowledge Service held a patient information workshop in December 2007. Presentation are now available to download
Survey of NHS libraries published
16 April 2007, 10:21
News > Establishing and running health information services
The NHS Library and Knowledge Development Network (LKDN) have published statistics for the period 2004-2005.
PiF workshop - establishing and running health information centres
27 September 2005, 09:00
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27th September 2005, St Thomas's Hospital, London.
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