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Health GIS Service Activity 2005/6. Annual Health GIS Seminar 31 st May 2006 Diane Edwards GIS Manager West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit. Tel: 0121 414 8070 Fax: 0121 414 7712 E-mail: diane.edwards@wmciu.nhs.uk. Activity in 2005/6. Staffing Structure GIS Requests PHASE website
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Health GIS Service Activity 2005/6 Annual Health GIS Seminar 31st May 2006 Diane Edwards GIS Manager West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit Tel: 0121 414 8070 Fax: 0121 414 7712 E-mail: diane.edwards@wmciu.nhs.uk
Activity in 2005/6 • Staffing Structure • GIS Requests • PHASE website • MapInfo training • Major Projects • OS Licensing
Staffing Structure 2 full time members of staff: • GIS Manager • PHASE Database Manager Agenda for Change Restructuring of NHS
GIS Requests • 64 requests • More complex analyses e.g. travel time; referral areas • Collaborative work with UoB DPHEcluster workshops; KHD; supervision of BSc Medical Science student – helminth infections in Uganda. • Advice and support to HSC IC in defining OS NHS SLA • AGI Health SIG events
GIS Requests Understanding census geography
1. Walk Times to Pharmacies 2. Walk Times to GP Surgeries GIS Requests: Walk Times
PHASE website • Finalising functionality • Defining hosting service • Data loading • Handover documentation • Additional work in 2006/7 SOA geography Deprivation indices Histogram charts
MapInfo training • Introductory Course: total 73, 10 waiting • Advanced Course: total 33; 10+ waiting • Future needs:Assess staffing post reorganisation‘OS data handling’‘Techniques’ workshops?
Major Projects • WMCIU and Health GIS website redevelopment • Population estimates • Deprivation
OS Licensing • HSC IC funded • Building the Business Case • Assessing the implications of the SLA • Forging working relationships • Future • Developing use • User Group • Key Performance Indicators
2006/7 • Funding • Strategy • Projects
2006/7 • Contact: diane.edwards@wmciu.nhs.uk 0121 414 8070 http://www.wmciu.nhs.uk