ASSIST
Association for Informatics
Professionals in Health
and Social Care
Brian Derry
Chair of ASSIST National Council
brian.derry@leedsth.nhs.uk
0113 206 4631
Dear colleague
ASSIST National Conference and Awards: “Making a Difference”
The 2008 ASSIST National Conference will be held on 22 May, at the Oval
Cricket Ground in London. Confirmed key note speakers for the Conference
are:
 Matthew Swindells, leader of the national Health Informatics Review and
NHS Chief Information Officer.
 Dr Kevin Fickenscher, Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President
of Healthcare Transformation for Perot Systems Corporation.
Our theme for the day is “making a difference”. We are looking to present
real-life case studies where NHS informatics professionals from across the
country have helped improve health or social services. ASSIST Is proud to
announce new national awards for the initiatives most demonstrably “making
a difference”
The awards will be sponsored by private sector partners of ASSIST: the Tribal
Group, BT and Blueware. Each award will focus on a different aspect of
informatics: the use of information and analysis; the use of technology; and
developing the informatics workforce or profession. We welcome joint
applications from NHS and private sector organisations.
ASSIST invites nominations of informatics successes now for one of these
awards, to be voted for by delegates at the conference. Short-listed
contenders will be asked to provide a poster display and give presentations at
the conference.
This is a unique opportunity to showcase achievements in your service and be
recognised by the media (selected representatives are being invited to attend)
and by your professional informatics peers.
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Please:
 Send any nominations for the new ASSIST National Awards for
Informatics to me by Friday 18 April, using the attached pro forma.
 Share this note with Informatics colleagues as soon as possible. We shall
be pleased to accept nominations for awards direct from NHS staff.
 Make a note of the ASSIST National Conference in your diary: 22 May,
Oval Cricket Ground, London. The conference will be free and only open
to ASSIST members (to join ASSIST now, see www.assist.org.uk ).
We shall let nominees know by the end of April whether they have been
shortlisted for an award and send out invitations to give presentations at our
Conference.
Please let me know if you have any queries. I hope you will be able to
support ASSIST in its endeavours to support health informatics and health
informaticians.
Yours sincerely
Brian Derry
Chair ASSIST National Council
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ASSIST National Informatics Awards 2008: “Making a Difference”
1. Title of
informatics
initiative
2. Lead NHS
organisation
3. Lead NHS
contact
Name:
Address:
Phone:
e-mail
4. Award category
Use of information
Use of technology
Developing the informatics
workforce or profession
5. Description of initiative and organisations involved - short documents may
be appended as attachments
6. How has this initiative “made a difference “(cite evidence)?
7. Submitted by
Name:
Address:
Phone:
e-mail
Email completed form by 18 April 2008, to Brian Derry, Chair of ASSIST
National Council, at: brian.derry@leedsth.nhs.uk
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