Information Services Division

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The Information Services Division (ISD) of NHS National Services Scotland is headed by Susan Burney (Director, Information Services) and has a number of groups. The main ones are:

• Healthcare Information Group - directed by Scott Heald - analyses hospital, general practice, prescribing and other nationally consistent data

• Epidemiology and Statistics Group - directed by Roger Black - compiles national statistics on cancer and substance abuse

• Data Intelligence Group - interim director Anne Leigh-Brown - ensures submission of current data streams and develops new ones

There are also a number of specialist programmes. These include: Women, Children and Sexual health; Public Health, Substance Misuse; Quality Improvement; Information Governance; Waiting Times; Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke; Genetics and Information; Clinical Dataset Development; and Mental Health.

For more information visit www.isdscotland.org