NHS Online

NHS Resource Centre: background

• The website first launched in September 2006 to honour three key NHS EWA deliverables:

• Ensure wide distribution of the Home User Programme and Employee Purchase Programmes

• Deliver free Office, SharePoint and InfoPath training online to all NHS staff

• Provide useful, relevant & strategic information to NHS TDMs and BDMs

Today’s NHS Resource Centre

• Ongoing customer feedback resulted in a number of fundamental changes to the portal with a re-launch last August:

• Creation of a community driven site based on .NET technology utilising the latest Web 2.0 features

• The portal is a collaborative site that enables:Homepage customisation including personal avatars and RSS feedsThe ability to add content (articles, comments, tips and events)The ability to create specific GroupsA powerful internal search tool and tagging

Today’s NHS Resource Centre

Vital Statistics

• The site now attracts 38,000 unique users per month• 120,000 page views per month• Approximately 4000 registered members• 4000 licences of Office purchased monthly by NHS home

users• 4500 Newsletter subscribers• 6000 E-Learning registrations

NHS Resource Centre Functionality

• Homepage customisation: create a personalised view with your RSS feeds, your recent articles and events and your tag cloud

• Benefit from a powerful Search tool and explore all tags• Add your own RSS feeds• Add your own content• Subscribe to useful email alerts

Personalise your homepage

RSS feeds and Tag Clouds

Add Content

NHS Resource Centre Functionality

• Most Popular feature: Groups• Within groups you can start and participate in discussion

forums• The Process Modelling Community group was set up in

conjunction with the NHS Institute and NHS partners, TC Analyzer

The group supports patient pathway deliverablesUsers can submit process models via the community and also download process models as part of the Process Modelling Library.The NHS Institute and TC Analyzer offer a free verification service that will confirm that process models adhere to the notation used.

Groups and Discussion Forums

Process Modelling Community

Benefits: HUP & EPP

• To take advantage of both benefits all you need is an NHS email address

• HUP offers free Office 2007 or Office 2004 for Mac – you only pay for P&P (under £18)

• EPP offers discounts on games, hardware and a host of MS software plus up to 70% off Windows Vista upgrades

NHS Offers

Online Bookshop

• NHS staff benefit: you need to be signed in to enter the bookshop

• 50% off all Microsoft Press titles• Free postage and packaging on purchases over £16• Fast delivery and online support• Books in Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Vista, some

Microsoft certification training books and many more

Online Bookshop

NHS E-Learning

• Approximately 6000 NHS users have signed up for online training

• Staff can train from work or home with an Internet connection – and it’s free!

• Courses in Office 2003, InfoPath and SharePoint 2003• Brand new courses in Office 2007, Groove, SharePoint

Services and Windows Vista launch at the beginning of next month

• Get a sneak peak at the new E-learning design and functionalities launching next month....

NHS E-Learning

NHS E-Learning: functionality

• A personal dashboard gives easy access to all courses and keeps track of latest exercises completed

• Add courses to your personal training plan and track your progress

• Receive assigned courses from your Training Manager• Add comments to the exercises you have taken• Coming soon:

More training coursesSelf-assessments and printable certificates

Next Steps

Sign up free at www.microsoft/com/uk/nhs

Use any Windows Live ID to sign up, then register with your NHS email address when prompted

Sign up for the free eNewsletter for latest info & offers

Send feedback/questions to nhsweb@microsoft.com