Honoured to share Amazing News for Prestigious “Hildegard Franke Early Career Award” part of 43rd Annual PHCSG AGM 2024 | BCS BCS PrimaryHealthCare SG Every year only 2 people get shortlisted for this award in UK (Big thanks DynAIRx for nominating me). “I am one of the 2 finalists!” 🏆 this year.

NHS England Transformation Have the problems of single patient records, well described by Ewan Davis in 2011, been resolved? woodcote.wordpress.com/2011/04/22/bey… BCS PrimaryHealthCare SG has been debating single atient records since 1992 & still cannot find a solution for the record - let alone any privacy & clinical liability issues!

Gary McAllister Last I heard, there was "no intention to hold personal patient data on the National Instance" (from The Register )-so Privacy Enhancing Software (needing 1ry legislation) not needed. Does NHS England have ANY internal planning/consistency/communication? BCS PrimaryHealthCare SG

**AGM notification** The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT Primary Health Care Specialist Group (BCS PrimaryHealthCare SG ) will be held on Thursday 14 November 2024, 16:30 at Hollins Hall Hotel nr Leeds. Committee positions are open for application forms.office.com/e/m3DAD7a6Bt

Here is the confirmed programme for this year's annual conference day next Friday 15th November! 👇 Just 3 days remain before ticket bookings close! Come and join some fellow professionals passionate about health data and digital solutions! tinyurl.com/24Tickets BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT

Take a look at the programme for this year's FREE education day next Thursday 14th November! 👇 Just a 3 days remain before ticket bookings close! Come and join some fellow professionals passionate about health data and digital solutions! tinyurl.com/24Tickets

GP CRISIS There appears to be a conspiracy of silence at the top of NHS England & Govt Why has £2bn been cut from GP practices? (£/patient) Leading to unemployment of GPs when there is a need for more GP appts Instead funded alternative roles ARRS What’s the problem? Why cut?

The national #EPR usability survey asks clinicians across England to share their experiences of using electronic patient record systems. We’re encouraging our members to complete the survey before Friday 20 December. 🔗Take the survey now: hubs.li/Q02Tf1Qw0

Congratulations to Hattie Cant who won the Hildi Franke Early Career Award and Dr Asra Aslam who was runner up at the BCS PrimaryHealthCare SG conference last week. Very well deserved.

The NHS Federated Data Platform is revolutionising healthcare! 🌟 👇Watch our new video to discover how this innovative platform connects data to deliver faster, more coordinated care. 📊💙 #NHSFDP #PatientCare #DataDriven #NHS youtu.be/9Z7Ss4YJXNc?si…

One of the fun things about our work is the backchatter that come to us are all how measured and reasonable our requests are - those who want to block them don’t have an argument against transparency, they just like the secrecy that comes from avoiding scrutiny

PHCSG are offering up to three £1,000 travel awards for early career Health and Care Informaticians to attend Medical Informatics Europe (European Federation for Medical Informatics #MIE2025) in Glasgow! 19-21 May 2025 ***Application deadline Mon 3 Feb 5pm*** tinyurl.com/PHCSGTRAVEL25

European Federation for Medical Informatics More info about the award including previous winners on this page bcs.org/membership-and… BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT FEDIP-The Federation for Informatics Professionals European Federation for Medical Informatics

Keir Starmer announces NHS England will be abolished The PM says the move is to to 'cut bureaucracy' and bring management of the health service 'back into democratic control'

🌟 Early Career PHCSG Webinar: Catalysing Your Digital Health Career 🌟 Hear from NHS Doctors, Data Scientists, BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT and Health Education England representatives to help kickstart your digital health career. 📅 When: 29/04/25 1-2pm 🔗 Register Here: phc29042025.eventbrite.co.uk

Our free webinar for early career Health Informaticians is happening today at 1pm! Please join us to hear from others working in the field to find out how to kickstart your career BCS PrimaryHealthCare SG BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT eventbrite.co.uk/e/catalysing-y…

*SAVE THE DATE* The 44th Annual Conference of the Primary Healthcare Specialist Group (PHCSG) will be held at Hollins Hall Hotel in Shipley from Thursday 13th November to Friday 14th November 2025. More details to follow! BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT FEDIP-The Federation for Informatics Professionals