Meet FEDIP

Andrew is the CEO of the Federation for Informatics Professionals in health and care (FEDIP).

FEDIP was established by the professional bodies, with the dual-core purposes of encompassing the 2 functions of Voluntary registration/regulation and Developing the Health and Care Informatics profession. 

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Andrew’s previous career has primarily involved working for the NHS in Wales, being a CIO for over ten years, helping to establish a national organisation to develop and implement the Informing health care strategy, before later leading development of a new organisation (NWIS) which brought together the strategy, implementation and delivery IT organisations in NHS Wales. 

Rony Arafin is the CEO of The Association of Professional Healthcare Analysts (AphA) and Director of Health Insights at the British Heart Foundation

Rony has extensive experience in analytics, having worked with a variety of private and public sector organisations. He has over 15 years' experience in the NHS and is an Honorary Fellow of the University of Exeter Medical School.

Rony is a DataIQ Top 100 Most Influential Data Leader and is a representative of the analyst community in this prestigious list.

As Director of Health Insights for the British Heart Foundation, he leads the data and analytics team, and in previous roles has led the analytics team, as Head of Analytics for NHS England, worked as Assistant Director of Information for Devon ICB, and led informatics teams in acute, community and mental health trusts, delivering business intelligence, clinical systems and application development services.

Rony is the CEO of the Association of Professional Healthcare Analysts (AphA). He has been instrumental in driving forward the National Competency Framework for Data and Analytical Professionals. Rony is a registered Leading Practitioner with FEDIP and offers extensive analytical leadership experience.

Nadira Hussain is the Chief Executive of Socitm.

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An established ICT and change management leader, NED and coach with 25+ years’ experience, Nadira has worked primarily in local government; leading the ICT and digital service, managing wider teams including business improvement, transformation and customer services. Nadira has implemented numerous complex change programmes across shared services to deliver new operating models, efficiencies and service improvement.

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At Socitm, Nadira is keen to support members shape and deliver effective public services through improved use and adoption of technologies, data and digital solutions & practices. She continues to focus on the work she initiated as president of the society (15/16), building the leadership, skills and diversity of the sector’s workforce. Her passion is to tackle inequality, promote professionalism, improve personal development opportunities and champion women role models.

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Her wider responsibilities include director for Federation for Informatics Professionals (FEDIP) advisory board, board member for the Institute of Government and Public Policy (IGPP), board member for the Solace in Business (SiB) Board. Her voluntary and charitable work include; steering group member for the Shuri Network, the Solace EDI forum and Diversity in Local Government Leadership (DLGL) forum, co-founder and co-chair of the Socitm/UKAuthority Women in Local Government ICT network and non-executive director for the #techmums board and Executive Committee member of the Major Cities of Europe (MCE) forum.

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Twitter handle @nadirahussain44 https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadira-hussain-63a08314/

www.socitm.net

Managing Director, BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT 

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Holly leads the professional community at BCS, focusing on membership, partnerships, professional registration and the BCS network of branches and specialist groups. She joined in 2019 from GS1 UK, a global data standards organisation where she was Chief Marketing Officer and Membership Director. Prior to this, she was Marketing & Communications Director at Wincanton plc. Holly is also a Trustee of internet safety charity, Southwest Grid for Learning. 

Mandy Burns, is the CEO of IHRIM (Institute of Health Records & Information Management) who deliver the National Clinical Coding Exam (NCCQ) and her day job is Head of Patient Services which covers Data Quality, Clinical Coding and Health Records in a large NHS Organisation. Mandy has over 30 years’ experience within the Health Service predominately in the Health Informatics environment. Mandy has worked in Acute, Specialist, Community and General NHS Organisations and has had a variety of roles covering Health Records, Transcription, Outpatients (Nursing and Admin), Child Health, Information Governance, Data Quality, Clinical Coding, Domestics/Building Management and other Administration services. Mandy has been part of FEDIP since its conception and has been a member of the FEDIP Board for approx. 5 years. Mandy also is the UK National Director for IFHIMA (International Federation of Health Informatics Management Associations) and supports them through working groups and representation at Conferences and Congresses around the World.

Louis Coiffait-Gunn, CEO 

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CILIP the library and information association 

Louis is responsible for championing CILIP members and the whole information profession, and ensuring the talented CILIP team keeps performing and evolving to meet members' needs. He is passionate about helping members to inform decision-making at all levels and in all sectors of society, to support people to learn, and to enrich our culture.  

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Louis has worked in government, research organisations, professional associations, universities, trade bodies and the press, and has volunteered on the boards of schools, universities and charities.   ​

Digital Health and Care NI Head of Digital Strategy 

Gary has over 20 years’ experience at the forefront of key IT and digital transformation Programmes throughout Health and Social Care Northern Ireland (HSCNI). From the introduction of a unique health identifier for every citizen in Northern Ireland - Health and Care Number - to the creation of a joined-up health and care record for every citizen in Northern Ireland – the multi award winning Northern Ireland Electronic Care Record; Gary has played a leading role in strategic design, planning and delivery of significant digital health transformation throughout HSCNI. This includes single, scalable solutions such as eReferrals triage, radiology investigation requesting and diabetes pathway.

More recently Gary was Director of the Encompass Programme. This Programme will be one of the largest investments in digital health in recent years and intends to replace ageing and obsolete HSCNI systems with a single integrated care record which can meet the current and future demands of our health and care services.

Currently, Gary is developing the Northern Ireland Public Health Agency Digital Strategy and attendant new digital and intelligence Directorate as well continuing to lead on the regional Digital Capacity and Capability agenda and the professionalism of Northern Ireland’s Digital Health and Care specialist workforce.

A 30+ year public sector information specialist, having worked across the health, culture and communication sectors. While employed by the Cabinet Office, Christopher worked with the newly formed Government Digital Service and their development and application of Cloud and Agile based services. He is currently working in the Scottish NHS transforming a disparate and complex information landscape into a single unified environment putting individual members of the NHS and social care workforce at the centre of wholly redesigned services. This involves defining and delivering the NHS Scotland vision as laid out in the Scottish Government Digital Health & Care Strategy (2018) by implementing dynamic change through innovative and agile approaches to technical, cultural and organisational challenges by leading the design delivery of new services, underpinned by new, public cloud based technology

With a nursing background, Wendy holds an MSc in Change & Innovation, and a Professorship in Applied Practice in recognition of her expertise and knowledge in championing professionalism in technology and information.

She has recently been appointed Dean of the Institute of Management and Health at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. Prior to her new role, Wendy was Head of Workforce and Organisational Development within the NHS Wales Informatics Service, overseeing workforce strategy; workforce planning; recruitment and retention; professional recognition and registration; education and training; career pathways & CPD. In 2016 she was instrumental in creating Wales Institute of Digital Information (WIDI) to support the development and implementation of Health informatics Apprenticeships and other learning programmes.

WIDI has now grown to include research, development and supporting innovation within its portfolio. Wendy is a Fellow of the British Computer Society (BCS), Vice Chair for professionalism and is on the board of Federation of Informatics Professionals (FEDIP) as well as holding Leading Practitioner status. She has a passion for developing “the next generation” as well developing professionalism across Health Informatics

After 42 years working in the NHS in a variety of roles, Kim has taken the step to become self-employed and is now working with FEDIP as a Programme Manager. Kim’s expertise is in records management and data quality and until recently held a senior manager position in an acute Trust for the last 16 years.

She also worked in the IT department as a Senior Project Manager, helping implement software to underpin the delivery of patient care. In 2002 Kim was seconded to work for the Department of Health for 12 months, leading the implementation of Copying Letters to Patients in the Southwest. Kim has been a member of IHRIM for over 30 years and is a Fellow of the Institute.

She has been on the Board in various roles and until recently served 13 years as Chairman which resulted in being awarded the Royle Mansell Award, the highest accolade the Institute can present to a member, for outstanding and sustained contribution to the work of the Institute over and above what would usually be expected of a member. Her role on the Board now is Director without Portfolio, to allow her to take on the role with FEDIP.

Kim is passionate about professionalism and was instrumental in the very early days of the inception of FEDIP working with UKCHIP and is registered on the FEDIP register

Russell has been with BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT since 2016 as Standards Development Manager. He has been involved with FEDIP since joining BCS and was instrumental in developing and launching the FEDIP Professional Standards for the Health and Care Informatics profession. Russell is an Aircraft Engineer by background and prior to joining BCS he spent the previous 21 years in Education and Training within the MOD, with a spell (4 years) as Head of Accreditation within the Defence Medical Education and Training Agency.

With a background in the legal profession, Sarah joined the FEDIP team in March 2021 after returning to the UK after spending two years in Japan, where she was Director of Advertising for a charity supporting Assistant Language Teachers. 

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Sarah runs a business consultancy and website design agency with a particular focus on creating virtual learning environments. She is currently studying for a postgraduate diploma in philosophy at the University of Cambridge. 

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Emma is Director of Professional Development with the Association of Professional Healthcare Analysts (AphA), an organisation driving forward the professionalisation of analysts and data specialists in health and care. With post-graduate qualifications in Digital Health Leadership and also Health Data Science, Emma is passionate about developing strong analytical capabilities, with analytical leaders providing insight to shape health and care for the future.

Emma co-designed the professional registration standards for analysts as part of her work with AphA and now chairs the AphA Professional Development Committee, overseeing the professional registration process and championing professional registration for the analytics community. Emma is herself registered as a Leading Practitioner with FEDIP. 

Emma’s day job is with the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust where she is a Programme Director specialising in data. Emma’s career spans over two decades and has included roles across the informatics spectrum, from IT to project management, but her passion remains with data and analytics. 

Jan is Head of Health and Care at BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT.  She joined BCS from the Faculty of Clinical Informatics, where she was instrumental in the set up and early development of the organisation.  Prior to that she managed the Health Informatics Unit at the Royal College of Physicians.  

Jan has worked in health informatics roles for most of her career, both at a local and a national level across all health and care settings.  As such, she understands the need to professionalise. Her priorities in her BCS and FEDIP roles are to create opportunities to develop the skills and experience needed for an effective and ethical digital workforce, with attractive career pathways available for all who work in health and social care informatics.    

Sonia is the Director of Sector Development at CILIP.   

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CILIP is the UK library and information association. CILIP supports, unites, and develops information professionals and librarians - the people who help the world make better decisions.  

As Director of Sector Development Sonia is responsible for the operational delivery, strategic success, and compliance of CILIP’s professional services, including accreditation, training, and communities.  

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In delivering CILIP’s professional services she was responsible for the design, development, and delivery of CILIP’s world leading Chartership and Fellowship for Knowledge management.  

She brings extensive experience as a librarian and information management practitioner, gained primarily in the corporate and SaaS sectors, as well as her experience of working for professional associations to her work in supporting the profession and future professionals.  

Sonia is passionate about creating open, flexible, equitable and attractive quality assured pathways into the profession.  

Andrew leads a central team of analysts within Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust providing a range of support across quality, safety and improvement domains. The team undertakes regular reporting, develops dashboards and undertakes deeper dives into these domains to support a range of clinical and corporate teams.  Andrew is also Executive Director of Skills Development at AphA, the Association of Professional Healthcare Analysts 

Andrew started his career in the NHS on the Graduate Financial Management training scheme. This gave him an early appreciation of the value of professionalisation and having a peer community and network.to join and develop within. He then moved into a variety of planning and performance roles before finding his home in an analytical role. Having seen what AphA was doing and seeing the value of this in filling a gap for the analytical community, he both became one of the first professionally registered analysts and joined the Board to help take this forward. 

Philip worked in the NHS from 1994-2009, and since then in academic health and care informatics. Philip is Programme Director of the MSc in Digital Skills for the Health and Care Professions at University of Wales Trinity St David (UWTSD). He is Deputy Editor of BMJ Health & Care Informatics, and national representative to the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) and the European Federation of Medical Informatics (EFMI). He serves on the Board of HL7 UK and co-chairs the BCS-FCI working group on computable biomedical knowledge. 

Lauren is the Director of Communications for the Institute of Health Records & Information Management (IHRIM). 

She joined the IHRIM team in 2015 as Deputy Director of Communications before moving into her current position on the Board in 2020. 

Lauren’s day job is a Clinical Information Assurance Lead / Team Leader in the Clinical Coding Department at The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust. She joined the NHS as a Receptionist and Clerk in 2008 before moving into a Trainee Clinical Coder role in 2013.  

Lauren sat the National Clinical Coding Qualification in 2015 and achieved Accredited Clinical Coder status with Distinction – something that she is extremely proud of. 

In her free time, she enjoys gardening and has her own allotment (pumpkins are her favourite thing to grow! She also enjoys hiking & climbing mountains. In 2023 she completed the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge, which was a 24-mile continuous hike with a total ascent of 1585 metres. The challenge was to complete all three peaks under 12 hours and she was delighted to finish in 9 hours 20 minutes woohoo!