1. ASSIST National Conference & AGM May 2006 www.assist.org.uk NHS Informatics Professionals Conference Preparing the Future, Today 16 th May 2006

2. ASSIST National Conference & AGM May 2006 www.assist.org.uk Welcome to Leeds Andrew Haw Chair of ASSIST Director of ICT & EPR, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

3. ASSIST National Conference & AGM May 2006 www.assist.org.uk Agenda 2006 NHS Leadership in Health Informatics Awards ; Sir Muir Gray Phil Candy NHS CFH Katie Davis, Cabinet Office Ian Dodge, DH Prof Denise Lievesley, IC for H&SC Richard Granger, NHS CFH Panel 3 options: ASSIST SGM; Table Top Challenge; Café Conversation with Di Millen

4. ASSIST National Conference & AGM May 2006 www.assist.org.uk Thoughts on 2006 Significant policy challenges Organisational churn Financial challenges Government holds its nerve on CFH? Impact of Agenda for Change? Drive for Professionalism in Public Sector IT; does everyone understand ‘profession’? Is someone joining up the dots between policy, finance, people, process, outcome, data and systems?