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Tribal welcomes Health Informatics Review Report
10 July 2008
Tribal, a leading provider of consultancy, support and delivery
services to the public sector, welcomed the publication of the Health
Informatics Review Report as part of Lord Darzi's Next Stage Review.
Matthew Swindells, Tribal's Managing Director for Health, and former
CIO at the Department of Health, said, "I am delighted that the
Department of Health has published a review that faces up to the
challenge of how to use information and technology to improve people's
health and the care they receive.
"The review addresses the needs of patients, the public and staff.
There will be a great deal of work involved in turning this vision into
an action plan, but it points the NHS in the right direction. Now the
NHS and its suppliers must rise to the challenge."
Lisa Franklin, Tribal's Director of Health Informatics Consulting
said, "This is a very comprehensive review. It points the direction
across the board, from emphasising the need for high quality information
to be available to support improving clinical care and wellness, to the
critical need to develop the informatics skills of IT professionals and
the wider NHS staff.
"The review recognises that in the modern NHS the National Programme
for IT needs to be a hub for innovation and integration, not a
'one-size-fits-all solution'. I am looking forward to working with the
NHS to make the implementation a success."
Martin Brook, Tribal's Managing Director for Health Consulting said,
"This review isn't only important for the information world, it is
crucial for the whole of the NHS.
"Tribal has people working throughout the NHS to support service
reform — with PCTs to deliver World Class Commissioning, and with trusts
to transform the services they provide, including designing hospitals
and clinics through our architectural practice, Nightingale Associates.
"All parts of the NHS need to incorporate into their day-to-day work
the strategy laid out by Lord Darzi, the primary care and workforce
strategies and now this information strategy. The messages of quality,
innovation and empowerment for staff, patients and the public, are clear
and are greatly welcomed."
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