Out of interest, which article was it in?
Andrew
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Stuart Skeates
> Sent: 17 November 1998 19:26
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> Subject: RE: Implementation of EPR
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> On Sunday, November 15, 1998 10:26 AM, Mary Hawking
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> > In message <[log in to unmask]>, Stuart
> > Skeates <[log in to unmask]> writes
> >
> > >.I would
> > >be interested if anyone has any figures for a suitable ratio of
> > >hardware costs to software costs to training costs to locum costs.
> >
> > Training costs used to be quoted as 15% of original cost (i.e. hardware
> > + software + installation, and, I think, *initial* training)
> > Locum costs weren't mentioned - this was in a discussion on PRINCE and
> > refered to the acute and community sectors.. where they don't appear to
> > need locum cover!
> >
> > Are you also looking for staff locum/overtime costs attributable to the
> > time needed for training? Again, these are not normally covered in
> > General Practice staff training budgets
> >
> > Mary
> >
> I am thinking through blocks to the implementation of change in General
> Practice with particular reference to IT strategies. One area
> that comes up
> is finding the time for adequate training both initial and
> ongoing. Time is
> of course money and the money is needed for locum cover whilst training
> takes place. I am not surprised that the acute and community
> sectors don't
> need locums - outpatient appts and operations are postponed all too
> frequently. Midwives and community nurses seem to be the most affected by
> this no locum policy as their work like ours is still there.
>
> I found this quote in the BMJ of the 26th Sept last night which also
> highlights the lack of funding in training
> 'Dr Ian Bowns, a senior fellow at the School of Health and
> Related Research
> in Sheffield who has been commissioned to survey the current state of
> education and training in informatics, says that many medical schools and
> NHS trusts have no information technology training whatsoever, in stark
> contrast to information projects in industry, in which up to half of the
> budget might be spent on training staff to use new technology.'
>
> IMHO if there is to be any hope of utilising the new technology then we
> need to move on from the NHS training technique of 'This is a computer -
> you'll pick it up as you go along' and invest some serious training and
> education. Many practices, I feel, are now littered with fast computers
> that are very underutilised.
>
> We have had some funding for training costs but not approaching
> 50% of the
> bid if that is what industry finds is required.
>
> Stuart
>
> Dr Stuart Skeates
> Romsey
> Hants
>
>
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