GP, Dr Glyn Hayes has been awarded a lifetime achievement award by the Health Informatics Forum of the British Computer Society, becoming the third person ever receive the accolade.
Announcing the award on Wednesday Professor Stephen Kay, chairman of the BCS Healthcare Computing Conference Committee, said that Dr Hayes "has been one of the major influences in the development of health informatics in this country".
Professor Kay said the award was for "life-long achievement", for "leadership" and the promotion of professionalism in "health informatics".
Although unable to accept the award due to a current spell of ill health, Ian Herbert, the vice chair of the BCS’s Health Informatics Forum accepted it on his behalf, stating. "He’s a very old and good friend and he’ll be delighted to receive this award".
Former colleague and friend Ewan Davis said that Glyn was clearly on a roll, having last September won the John Parry prize for lifetime achievement from the BCS’s primary care health care specialist group. He commented: "This is obviously very well-deserved and reflects 25 years of contribution to health informatics and breweries profits across the land."
Glyn is the chair of the Health Informatics Forum Strategic Panel. He is a founder member of the Primary Health Care Specialist Group of the BCS, was its chair from 1985 to 1990 and is currently its President. He is also President of the UK Council for Health Informatics Professionals.
Glyn became the medical director for one of the largest suppliers of IT to the NHS in 1992 and retired from this post in 2001. He has represented the UK on the International Medical Informatics Association and was the chair of the Primary Care working Group of IMIA. He has lectured widely around the world and been a keynote speaker at many international conferences.
One of the previous winners of the award is Sir Muir Gray, director of clinical knowledge, process and safety for NHS Connecting for Health.