NHSU folds in arm’s length review
The NHSU which was hailed as the NHS’s corporate university and promised innovative learning from a virtual campus is to fold. A new Special Health Authority, the NHS Institute for Learning, Skills and Innovation (NILSI), is to replace the NHSU, NHS Modernisation Agency and the NHS Leadership Centre as well as supporting a new Innovation Centre. […]
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NHS University cancels ‘virtual campus’ procurement
The NHS University has cancelled the procurement for its ‘virtual campus’, the project that was meant to be the centerpiece of the health service’s corporate university e-learning services. NHSU had planned to award the contract for the ‘virtual campus’ this summer. The platform was intended to provide NHS staff with 24-hour access to online knowledge […]
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Top award for NHSIA’s computer training scheme
A NHS Information Authority’s European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) initiative to equip all NHS staff with basic IT skills has been voted ‘Online Learning Solution of the Year’. The accolade for the NHSIA’s ECDL scheme for NHS staff was voted best online learning solution at the recent World of Learning Conference & Exhibition (WOLCE) Awards, […]
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Stirling Launches E-Learning for Nurses
Stirling University in Scotland has launched a new Internet training course targeted at former nurses looking to return to the profession. The website and e-learning modules, developed by academics at Stirling University, is designed to help tackle the nation’s nursing shortage – one of the biggest challenges facing the NHS. It is hoped that the […]
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Telemedicine and Telecare Site for Wales
A new website to support telemedicine and telecare in Wales has been launched by the Welsh Assembly Government’s NHS Division Telemedicine Team. The site is available on the NHS Wales Intranet and in a slightly modified form for the public on the Internet. The site includes details of projects underway in Wales and further afield, […]
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e-Learning at the Heart of NHS University Plans
The new corporate university for the NHS, to be known as the NHSU, will have no central campus and will make extensive use of e-learning technology, according to plans published by the Department of Health. A national network of Internet-linked local learning centres, with supporting information and communications technologies are envisaged. "Most courses offered will […]
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NHSIA Names Preferred IT Trainer
The NHS Information Authority has named a consortium led by Spring IT Training as preferred supplier to deliver basic IT skills training for everyone working in the NHS through the European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL). The consortium led by Spring IT Training and including Learn ECDL and NCC Education, was selected after a six month […]
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Slow Take-Off For E-Learning
E-Learning has yet to take off as hoped for or predicted, according to an article in the current issue of People Management magazine. According to an annual survey of training and development conducted by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development less than a third of training managers said that they used e-learning. The article […]
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Medical Students Targeted for Mindwarp
A new web-based e-learning service which promises to helps medical students learn faster and get better exam results has been launched in the UK. Developed and produced by UK firm Mindwarp Pavilion , the e-learning tool is said to allow medical students to use simple mind mapping techniques to revise chosen subjects on-line. Mindwarp’s technology […]
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Milburn Pledges New IT Money and Partnerships
Health Secretary Alan Milburn used a Microsoft-sponsored Department of Health (DH) IT conference attended by Bill Gates to pledge an extra £85m for NHS IT in 2002-2003. Health secretary Alan Milburn admitted on 6 December 2001 that hard pressed hospitals had diverted IT allocations last year to meet other priorities. "I should have earmarked it […]
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