1. North West Informatics Skills Development Network 2014/15 Alison Singleton NW Skills Development Network Lead/Future Leaders Programme

2. Our Informatics Workforce 2014 Returns expected from 61 organisations with informatics staff across North West As at 04/11/14, returns received from 57 organisations (93%) No returns from:  Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust  Eastern Cheshire CCG  St Helens CCG  Trafford CCG

3. Our Informatics Workforce 2014

4. Total Number of CCIOs - 44 Organisations with 1 - 32 Organisations with more than 1 – Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust – 6 CCIOs – Bolton NHS Foundation Trust – 4 CCIOs – East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust – 2 CCIOs Chief Clinical Information Officers

5. Our Informatics Workforce 2014 Agreement exists between members of Network to share their workforce profile information Encourages grading at similar levels Starts the debate on collaborating over difficult to recruit roles Helps to identify key areas for development

6. Qualifications explanation Level 7 - Post Graduate/Masters Learning including credits towards these qualifications Level 6 - Degree Level 5 - Foundation Degree Level 4 - Certificate of Higher Education Level 3 - 2 x A Level (Grades A - C) or equivalent level of qualification Level 2 - 5 x GCSEs (grades A - C) or equivalent level of qualification

7. Qualifications Breakdown Of the 57 submitted returns, 55 submitted information on qualifications Totals Level 7481 Level 6928 Level 5261 Level 4436 Level 3398 Level 2660

8. Category for Programme Managers who work across multiple disciplines General category for “Other” to be included Any others? Improvements for next year

9. Engagement 61 organisations with informatics staff, 6 of which are CCGs with < 3 WTE. Of remaining 55: 25 very engaged (45%) 23 engaged on occasions(42%) 7 not engaged(13%) Myth buster-the ISD Network is much more than just a course provider.