Many thanks for this Alex
Firstly I think we need to establish whether they are merely ending support
for the HIA Gateway but leaving the existing site up and running for the
time being, or are they pulling the plug on it completely. If the former we
have a bit of time to sort this out, but if the latter we clearly have an
urgent job on our hands making sure that the existing resources don’t get
lost. It certainly looks from the announcement on the HIA Gateway website
that it will be the latter.
I have set up a site at www.hianet.org.uk for HIA resources in the South
East, but haven't yet had a chance to get it fully up and running. It can
provide both unrestricted and password-protected access to resources, so
could pretty easily duplicate most if not all of the functions of the HIA
Gateway. It is also interoperable with a number of other public health
network websites and public health observatories so one can include them in
any searches on the site.
If people feel it would make sense to shift the HIA Gateway over to this
site I'd be very happy to support this. I'm afraid I don’t have the capacity
to provide the admin support for it but if others are prepared to do this
I'm sure we can arrange training for people who would be adding things to
it.
If people feel that this is an appropriate solution we'll have to work out
how to cover the costs in the long term, especially if these go up because
of greater demands on the server etc, but they are covered for at least the
next 6 months. It currently costs of the order of £1500/year for hosting and
backups; changes and development would of course add to this.
I'm afraid I won’t be at the Cardiff conference but hope you'll be able to
discuss this, and any other possible solutions.
bw
harry
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Dr Harry Rutter
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Deputy Director, South East Public Health Observatory
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Subject: HIA Gateway
it would seem that from April Fools' Day NICE will cease to
support the HIA Gateway website. Urgent consideration needs to be
given - most obviously at the Cardiff HIA conference the
following week - as to how this can be remedied
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