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December 6, 2006

So what's new?

A quick update on where we're at - apart of course from busily signing all those Christmas Cards.
The main event at the moment is that we are begining to work with patient groups. An obvious thing to do and something we should have done better long ago. We hope to be developing a whole prgoramme about how the site can help patients have more influence over commissioning (that's the process by which managers plus a few clinicians decide what health seervices they are going to buy on behalf of you and me). Sounds boring but if we can get it right it should make a real difference.
For the techies we're busy working on version 2.5 of the site - should be released in January - and thanks to Headshift and to James at PO for all the great work they are doing on it. The delights of V 2.5 include
- a redesigned public interface with more signage to help you get around better.
- and subscribers will be able to set up their data feeds (RSS feeds) so that they can look at lots of hospitals instead of just one. Or at any posting that contains say, diabetes, or cancer.
- Finally we had our first meeting of B share holders in October. B shareholders are the 20 or so people who have kindly agreed to invest £1.00 in PO and who are there to give us help, advice and support. They also hold us to account - in very nice and thoughtful ways - and make sure that we stay true to NHS values. Many thanks to them all - and if you're interested in being becoming a B shareholder and dont mind travelling to Sheffield drop me an email.

Posted by Paul at December 6, 2006 9:22 AM