A list of the ways in which ISD keeps its customers up-to-date.

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Alcohol Information Scotland
ConnecT
Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke Programme Newsletter
Delivering For Health/Long Term Conditions Programme
Drug Misuse Information Scotland
Equality and Diversity Information Development Programme
Gpass Users' Group Newsletter
Improving Mental Health Information Programme
Information for Quality Improvement
Information Governance
ISD Scotland Customer Update
Media Monitoring
New Ways of Defining and Measuring Waiting Times
Practice Team Information: Communications Update
SCIMP - Scottish Clinical Information in Practice Newsletter
ScotPHO e-Newsletter (Scottish Public Health Observatory)
Scottish Birth Record (SBR) Project Newsletter
SICSAG Newsletter (Scottish Intensive Care Society Audit Group)
Women and Children's Health Information Programme
Workforce Information Newsletter

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Alcohol Information Scotland
frequency: monthly
format: e-mail (links to website)
on www: no (the Alcohol Misuse website is at www.alcoholinformation.isdscotland.org)
contact: Substance Misuse Team
The Alcohol Information Scotland website provides a wide range of information on alcohol for Scotland. This includes statistics, research, publications, key policy documents and practice guidelines as well as links to useful websites. Up-to-date news is reported through daily media monitoring.

ConnecT: Newsletter for Cancer Clinical Trials in Scotland
frequency: 3 p.a.
format: print only
issues published: Autumn 2005 - . Earlier issues appeared as Cancer Research Network Newsletter (the last one was published in Autumn 2003).
on www: no
contact: Elaine Bruce
ConnecT is the newsletter for Cancer Clinical Trials in Scotland. Aimed at a broad audience of anyone with an interest in cancer research, it aims to provide an easy read with up-to-date information on the bigger picture of cancer research in Scotland.

 

Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke Programme Newsletter
frequency: 4 p.a.
format: print, e-mail (pdf attachments)
on www: yes
issues published: September 2004 -
contact: Mageed Abdalla
The CHD and Stroke Programme's main aim is to improve patient care by providing data to support the delivery of patient care, service planning and audit. The programme is working to develop national databases covering all patients diagnosed with CHD or stroke and the treatments they receive across the whole of NHSScotland - from primary care through to diagnosis, cardiac surgery and rehabilitation.

 

Delivering for Health/Long Term Conditions Programme
frequency: 2-3 p.a.
format: web (pdf)
on www: yes
issues published: Autumn 2006 -
contact: DHI Programme
The aim of this programme of work is to help develop the best forms of care and service improvements through the effective use of information. Currently, we are focused on two key areas: information to support Community Health Partnerships (CHPs); and developing a risk prediction tool to identify those patients who would benefit most from preventive interventions in the community.

 

Drug Misuse Information Scotland
frequency: monthly
format: e-mail (links to website)
on www: no (the Drugs Misuse website is at www.drugmisuse.isdscotland.org/)
issues published:
contact: Substance Misuse Team
The Drug Misuse site provides information, statistics and research on drugs misuse in Scotland. Our target users are policy makers, professionals, researchers, employers and the wider community. The monthly update links to new items on site; media highlights; forthcoming events; and parliamentary questions.

 

Equality and Diversity Information Development Programme
frequency: irregular
format: e-mail (links to website)
on www: yes
issues published: Winter 2005 -
contact: Joan Jamieson
The Equality and Diversity Information Programme (EDIP) deals with the collection of personal information from patients/carers; ensures the NHS in Scotland is treating people fairly; and ensures everyone is benefiting from NHS services irrespective of age, gender, race, religion/faith belief, sexual orientation, disability or sensory impairment.

 

Gpass Users' Group Newsletter
frequency: 4 p.a.
format: e-mail (pdf attachment), web (pdf)
on www: yes
issues published: January 2005 -
contact: Cath Stevenson
The Gpass Users' Group is a non-profit organisation, independent of Gpass. Membership is made up of GP practices, and the Group's aim is to keep Practice staff informed about national developments in both Gpass and the raft of eHealth programmes. The quarterly Newsletter provides up-to-date information on Gpass and national initiatives as well as offering help and advice on how to make better use of Gpass and other software tools.

 

Improving Mental Health Information Programme
frequency: 2 p.a.
format: e-mail (pdf attachment), web (pdf)
on www: yes
issues published: September 2001 -
contact: Mike Muirhead
The Improving Mental Health Information Programme (known also as iMHIP ) has been in existence within ISD for over 5 years (since August 2001). The programme was formed to improve the fragmented and poorly developed mental health information within Scottish care settings, in order to help develop service provision and benefit overall service user/client care. The programme team is made up from people throughout ISD with a wide and varied range of skills, expertise and enthusiasms.

 

Information for Quality Improvement
frequency: 4 p.a.
format: htm e-mail, web (pdf)
on www: yes
issues published: January 2005 -
contact: Quality Improvement
ISD's Quality Improvement Programme promotes the use of Scotland's health data to improve quality of care. The bulletin series is designed to inform you about the programme as well as other work going on to support quality improvement in health care in Scotland.

 

Information Governance
frequency: 4 p.a.
format: e-mail (pdf attachment)
on www: yes
issues published: November 2004 -
contact: Information Governance Team
The newsletter aims to publicise the work and progress of the NHSScotland Information Governance Programme. Information Governance is a framework which brings together all the statutory requirements, standards and best practice that apply to the handling of information. The work encompasses areas of legislation including the Data Protection Act 1998, the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and also a number of initiatives such as information security, the Caldicott Framework, records management, information quality assurance, and confidentiality.

 

ISD Scotland Customer Update
frequency: monthly
format: e-mail (htm attachment)
on www: no
issues published: October 2004 -
contact: ISD Customer Relations Group
The ISD Scotland Customer Update provides a monthly digest of recent activity in ISD, as well as details of all new and forthcoming ISD publications. You can subscribe to the update by e-mailing the ISD Customer Relations Group using the link above.

 

Media Monitoring
frequency: twice a day on weekdays
format: e-mail
on www: yes
issues published: February 2002 -
contact: ISD Library Services
ISD Library's Media Monitoring service aims to provide updates on healthcare issues which are being reported in newspapers and on the web. We aim to send out our updates twice a day, by 10.30 in the morning and 4.00 in the afternoon. We also provide a summary of weekend news by 1.00 every Monday lunchtime.

 

New Ways of Defining and Measuring Waiting Times
frequency: monthly
format: e-mail (links to website)
on www: yes
issues published: January 2007 -
contact: Joyce Dalgleish
From 1 January 2008 New Ways of Defining and Measuring Waiting Times has introduced a significant change in how the NHSScotland collects and defines waiting times, and also how waiting lists are clinically and administratively managed. The New Ways e-newsletter provides a regular update on progress, to support those implementing New Ways guidance and systems.

 

Practice Team Information: Communications Update
frequency: 10-12 p.a.
format: web (pdf)
on www: yes
issues published: May 1999 - . Earlier issues appeared as CMR Update and PTI Update
contact: Ian Baillie
This publication provides information, issues and instructions that have an impact on the practices and clinicians involved in the Practice Team Information (PTI) Project. PTI is a system for the collection of primary care data from the general practice team, including General Practitioners, practice and community nurses. This system developed from Continuous Morbidity Recording (CMR) which collected data from contacts between GP and patient only.

 

SCIMP: Scottish Clinical Information in Practice: Newsletter
frequency: 4 p.a.
format: e-mail (pdf attachment), web (pdf)
on www: yes
issues published: August 2005 -
contact: Annabel Chambers
SCIMP is an advisory group with representation from Primary Care clinicians from a broad spectrum of relevant and interested organisations including all system suppliers in Scotland. SCIMP promotes the safe exchange of clinical information both within Primary Care and throughout NHSScotland and uses its knowledge and expertise in encouraging and promoting standards and quality of electronic medical records to prepare practices and clinicians for the implementation of Electronic Health Records.

 

ScotPHO e-Newsletter (Scottish Public Health Observatory)
frequency: 2 p.a.
format: e-mail (links to website)
on www: yes
issues published: January 2007
contact: ScotPHO
The ScotPHO e-Newsletter provides information on the work of the ScotPHO collaboration and includes details of updates and additions to the ScotPHO website. The website provides summary data and statistics, commentaries and interpretation, policy notes, information on data sources, references and links to further information for a wide range of topics related to the health of the Scottish population.

 

Scottish Birth Record (SBR) Project Newsletter
frequency: irregular
format: print, e-mail (Word attachment), web (pdf)
on www: yes (to no.8)
issues published: December 2001 -
contact: Liz Drummond
The Scottish Birth Record (SBR) is a web-based system developed on the NHSNet. It provides a single, transferable, electronic record for all births and neonatal care, including readmissions, in Scotland. SBR's key aims are: to improve clinical communication; promote audit and clinical governance; to provide detailed, accurate, timely data; and to provide the ability to register newborns on CHI shortly after birth.

 

SICSAG Newsletter (Scottish Intensive Care Society Audit Group)
frequency: 3 p.a.
format: print, web (pdf)
on www: yes
issues published: January 2008 -
contact: Angela Kellacher
The Scottish Intensive Care Society Audit Group (SICSAG) newsletter updates staff and interested parties on ongoing work and progress of the audit. SICSAG was set up in 1995 to monitor and improve the quality of care given to patients admitted to general Intensive Care Units (ICU) in Scotland. This has now been expanded to include patients in High Dependency Units (HDU). SICSAG joined ISD in October 2006.

 

Women and Children's Health Information Programme
frequency: 6 p.a.
format: e-mail (pdf attachment)
on www: yes
issues published: March 2008 -
contact: WCHIP 
The newsletter aims to publicise the work and progress of ISD's Women and Children's Health Information Programme. The programme provides data, interpretation and information services to improve sexual, maternal, perinatal and children’s health in Scotland.

 

Workforce Information Newsletter
frequency: 4 p.a.
format: e-mail (links to PDF file on website)
on www: yes
issues published: June 2008 -
contact: ISD Workforce Statistics 
The Workforce Information team provides data, interpretation and information services to improve workforce information in Scotland. The team continues to work collaboratively with our stakeholders, to ensure high quality and timeous data are collected and published to support local, regional and national workforce planning; and to support the continued development of the Scottish Workforce Information Standard System (SWISS).

 

 

 

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