Morning
John
I agree the HIA Gateway website would be most useful in facilitating
client / practitioner relations, will aid in supporting new and
emerging practitioners while also increasing opportunities for
competitive tenders.
This
is not only beneficial to clients in that it allows them to review the
current skills base and target invitation to tenders accordingly, but
will also help in further evolving HIA. I say this as new practitioners
and more competitive tenders not only promote innovation but also drive
more cost effective HIA. Both are vital to the further mainstreaming of
HIA.
The
two key sections I would suggest include:
- HIA
Practitioner Data base; and
- HIA
Invitation to Tender.
HIA Practitioner Data base
I
don’t recommend it to be too detailed; at most it should include the
following information:
- Organisation;
Jo blogs group
- HIA Services
brief description of service provision
limited to a set number of characters
- Regional
capacity the geographic area the practitioner is
willing to work
- Key contact;
and name of person likely to remain the key
contact for this organisation for an extended period
- Contact
details.
This
provides a balance of the minimum level of information a client need to
identify potential service providers and the minimum maintenance effort.
The
latter point is important, in that you don’t want to have to commit too
many resources to maintain this.
I
also recommend you consult someone on any legal / liability
implications from posting such a database and give some though on an
appropriate caveat that states that you do not vouch for the people /
organisations presented in this data base.
HIA Invitation to Tender
The
other approach is to provide a page to advertise HIA tenders. Although
beneficial and complementary to the HIA practitioner data base, it
should not be seen as an alternative. Displaying invitation to tenders
will require more frequent update, will not support new and emerging
practitioners, nor will it provide potential clients the opportunity to
target appropriate practitioners.
John,
I hope this is of use.
All
my best
Andrew
Andrew
Buroni
Senior Consultant
Health Impact Assessment
RPS
6-7 Lovers Walk
Brighton
BN1 6AH
T:
01273 546800
F: 01273 546801
There has
been a fair amount of discussion about how the HIA gateway should
handle HIA consultants (ie people or firms who offer to do HIAs or HIA
related work in return for fees.) The HIA people directory is limited
to people and offers little scope for those wishing to offer services
to lay out what they offer. Similarly the links page only carries links
to publicly funded organisations (not to commercial firms).
It has been
suggested that we should add an additional directory for consultants.
If we do this we obviously need to have clear rules as to the content
of the entry and the nature of the claims that could be made. Once
again any such page would have to carry a clear warning that the HIA
gateway did not in any way endorse the claims made.
I would be
most grateful to hear opinions as to
1. Should
the HIA gateway include a consultants directory?
2. If so
what information should the consultants be asked to supply, what
guidance should they be given and what limitations should there be.
I look
forward to hearing from you.
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