health gis service activity 2005/6

West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit

Health GIS Service Activity 2005/6

Annual Health GIS Seminar 31st May 2006

Diane EdwardsGIS Manager

West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit

Tel: 0121 414 8070 Fax: 0121 414 7712E-mail: diane.edwards@wmciu.nhs.uk

West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit

Activity in 2005/6● Staffing Structure● GIS Requests● PHASE website● MapInfo training● Major Projects● OS Licensing

West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit

Staffing Structure2 full time members of staff:● GIS Manager

● PHASE Database Manager

Agenda for Change Restructuring of NHS

West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit

GIS Requests● 64 requests ● More complex analyses e.g. travel time; referral areas

● Collaborative work with UoB DPHEcluster workshops; KHD; supervision of BSc Medical Science student – helminth infections in Uganda.

● Advice and support to HSC IC in defining OS NHS SLA● AGI Health SIG events

West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit

GIS Requests

Understanding census geography

West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit

Understanding ward geography

West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit

GIS Requests

West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit

West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit

GIS Requests

West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit

GIS Requests

West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit

GIS Requests

West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit

West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit

1. Walk Times to Pharmacies

2. Walk Times to GP Surgeries

GIS Requests: Walk Times

West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit

PHASE website● Finalising functionality● Defining hosting service● Data loading● Handover documentation

● Additional work in 2006/7SOA geography Deprivation indicesHistogram charts

West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit

MapInfo training● Introductory Course: total 73, 10 waiting

● Advanced Course: total 33; 10+ waiting

● Future needs:

Assess staffing post reorganisation‘OS data handling’‘Techniques’ workshops?

West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit

Major Projects● WMCIU and Health GIS website redevelopment

● Population estimates

● Deprivation

West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit

OS Licensing● HSC IC funded● Building the Business Case● Assessing the implications of the SLA● Forging working relationships

● Future Developing use User Group Key Performance Indicators

West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit

2006/7● Funding

● Strategy

● Projects

West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit

2006/7● Contact:

diane.edwards@wmciu.nhs.uk0121 414 8070http://www.wmciu.nhs.uk