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If you are ex-Army, Navy, RAF and have healthcare experience in:

SceneOne would like to hear from you in connection with potential engagement on the DMICP as a Domain expert for Deployment roles.

Newsflash – Thursday 27th April 2006

It was announced, at an MOD press conference on 27th April, that LogicaCMG has won the £80m contract to fully supply the armed services with electronic health records by 2010, following a four year procurement process.

The managing director of LogicaCMG's space and defence division, Joe Hemming, said on the contract win: "This latest win for LogicaCMG plays directly to our strengths and leverages our systems integration and design heritage with our business services capability.

"We successfully demonstrated to the MOD our in-depth understanding of health systems gained through programmes such as the NHS care records service and service delivery to UCLH."

Why get involved?

Healthcare services for members of the British armed forces are provided by the Defence Medical Services (DMS). The DMS is responsible for 250,000 MoD personnel and some of their families across multiple locations both in the UK and overseas.

The DMS provides healthcare through both their own systems and by using NHS services. It is therefore vital that information can flow quickly and efficiently between DMS and NHS systems.

Aims and objectives

The Defence Medical Information Capability Programme (DMICP) was established in 2002 to provide the DMS with a modern and flexible information network that will incorporate primary and dental healthcare and also, during operational periods, include secondary healthcare.

The Ministry of Defence has been working with the Connecting for Health programme for three years to ensure their proposed systems fully interoperate with those being developed for the NHS.

Pilot projects are due to begin in summer 2006 with a full roll out scheduled for 2007. The system will be operational across the entire DMS from 2008 and will link to the Connecting for Health Programme by 2010. The DMICP will interface fully with Connecting for Health systems.

DMICP will operate like a local service provider for the DMS. Its systems will have the same compatibility and interaction as those used by the five existing local service providers and will deliver the same high level of data standards and service. Interfaces with GP to GP transfer, Choose and Book and the NHS Care Records Service will all be key elements of the system.

SceneOne have been supplying candidates to the Connecting for Health programme since its inception including Managers, Business Analysts, Implementation consultants and trainers. Our contractors are currently working in Primary, Secondary, Dental, Occupational and mental Healthcare positions and many have been with us for over 2 years. They clearly understand As-Is and To-Be clinical process models and are experienced in the analysis, development, testing and implementation of these models, including providing advice on procedures during cutover and floor-walking where required.

We have kept in regular contact with the suppliers tendering for the DMICP and keen to speak to anyone with a defence clinical background or specialist knowledge of healthcare IT systems to discuss the opportunities this programme will offer. Our resource team is experienced in speaking to both clinicians and technicians. We understand how valuable your time is and will provide concise information, assistance 24/7 throughout the recruitment process to suit your working hours with timely feedback.

If you have any questions on the Defence Medical Information Capability Programme please speak to Paul Tonner, or send us your CV.

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