BCS Meeting - The National Programme for Information Technology in the NHS –Lessons Learned?

The British Computer Society will be hosting a meeting entitled "The National Programme for Information Technology in the NHS – Lessons Learned?" in London on 7th February 2008.

The objectives are to:
• to discuss progress thus far
• to identify problems and opportunities
• to discuss what next
• to identify the key Lessons Learned

The meeting is organised jointly by:
• British Computer Society Socio-technical Group
• British Computer Society Health Informatics Forum
• British Computer Society Business Information Systems Group;

Programme

10.15 – 10.45
Registration and coffee
10.45 – 11.00 Introductory remarks by the Chair
11.00 – 11.30 Prof Chris Clegg, Chairman BCS Socio-technical Group and Dr Craig Shepherd, Leeds -- 'Lessons from elsewhere'
11.30 – 12.00 Prof Brian Randell, Newcastle -- 'Taking stock'
12.00 – 12.30 Prof Ken Eason, Director, Bayswater Institute -- 'Local solutions to national change'
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch
13.30 – 14.00 Dr Glyn Hayes, Chairman BCS Health Informatics Forum -- 'The way forward for NHS health informatics'
14.00 – 14.30 Maggie Morgan-Cooke the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement -- 'Service improvements in the NHS'
14.30 – 15.00 Tea/ coffee
15.00 – 16.00 Discussion -- 'Lessons Learned'
16.00 -- 16.30 Plenary feedback and review, led by the Chairman

Booking forms and further details are available from:

Liam Irwin
Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT
Tel: 0113 343 4468
liam@lubs.leeds.ac.uk