TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT
S Health informatics – the future of health care
ince 2002, the
National Programme for IT has invested
over £12 billion in developing new systems to improve patient care. Health informatics has become a vital part of the health industry with staggering rapidity.
A course in health informatics will propel you right to the heart
of the fastest growing area of the health sector.
Health informatics is the cutting edge fusion of health service delivery and information communications technologies. From the first suspicion of a health problem through confirmation to cure, information plays a fundamental role in helping to diagnose, treat,
RSPH celebrates first anniversary of Training Solutions
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t is just one year since the Royal Society for Public Health launched their programme of short, topical training courses, designed specifically for the public health workforce.
To mark the occasion, a new Guide to Training Solutions has been launched. Designed to help commissioners and practitioners in health and well being to plan their training for the coming year, it contains details of all the training programmes and demonstrates how they support the priorities outlined in the recent NHS reviews and the government white paper.
It also introduces the range of expert trainers, whose experience across the health service is second to none. The guide is available now from Nicolette Smith at the Royal
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Society for Public Health, or can be downloaded from the RSPH website.
Professor Richard Parish, chief executive of RSPH, said: “Our Training Solutions programmes offer a unique opportunity for workers in all areas of health and well being to access topical, high quality and affordable training, to ensure that they are able to deliver excellent care. We’d like to thank all of our supporters for their encouragement and the positive feedback which has helped us to develop new topics to meet their needs in these changing times.”
The RSPH can also deliver in- house training programmes for companies. Should this be of interest please contact Nicolette Smith for more information.
manage and prevent recurrence or transmission of disease.
Whether you are a current health professional looking to move into a growth area, or an information professional who wants to get involved in health,
FOR MORE INFORMATION
T: 0114 222 6330 E:
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Suicide risk ‘first aid-style’ training for frontline staff
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ussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has announced a training
programme to offer frontline staff an opportunity to further develop their skills when helping people at risk of suicide.
The trust, the main provider of secondary care NHS mental health services in Sussex, is implementing ‘ASIST’ training (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Programme) to equip staff with extra skills to minimise risk and provide safe supportive care.
ASIST is a two day training programme which has been delivered to over 750,000 people worldwide; it has been of particular value in the armed forces, in prisons and is used by mental health professionals worldwide.
Originally developed in Canada,
the training is essentially a suicide first aid skills course, aimed at helping caregivers with a method of getting people into safety.
Ian Watling, deputy service director for Working Age Adult Mental Health Services at Sussex Partnership said: “Our trust carries a great responsibility to ensure that frontline staff are equipped with the most up to date approaches and skills to minimise suicide risk.
“While our staff are already highly experienced, there are always innovative approaches and new approaches to practice that we should explore. ASIST is an internationally acclaimed programme which has been adopted with great success in many countries, we are fortunate to have this opportunity to develop the course locally.”
Sep/Oct 10
health informatics needs you. New systems are emerging constantly, to analyse health data, manage information and develop web interfaces. As a health informatics graduate, you will be shaping the very future of health care.
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