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Supporting safe, effective and efficient health and care for the public through the best use of information and information technology.

Safe, effective and efficient healthcare achieved through the best use of information and information technology.

The Faculty of Clinical Informatics is the multi-disciplinary professional body for all health and social care qualified individuals working as informaticians across the UK.

The Faculty is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation which aims to advance the health of the public, particularly through the following:

the development and monitoring of professional standards in clinical informatics;
the provision of education and training to clinicians;
the provision of guidance on the commissioning, design, development and delivery of health and care information systems;
the promotion of the inclusion of clinical informatics in core clinical training to help promote safe, effective and professional standards.

You can find our charitable objects and registration details on the Charity Commission website.

Over the next year, the Faculty of Clinical Informatics intends to continue to encourage and develop the practice of clinical informatics to improve patient outcomes in health and social care, in line with its Vision, Values and Plans. This will be achieved by fulfilling a number of key milestones, including:

developing and publishing core competency standards for informaticians to help ensure that individuals and their employers are clear about the skills and experience required for clinical informatics roles;
providing guidance and support for appraisal and revalidation processes, to help ensure that informatics practice standards are maintained;
providing professional accreditation of clinical informatics training courses to signpost members and others to high quality training;
supporting clinical informaticians at every stage of their career, through organising events, establishing Special Interest Groups, and setting up a mentoring scheme with our members.

The Faculty of Clinical Informatics has been, and continues to be, shaped by its unique, multi-professional membership cohort who bring a wealth of combined knowledge and experience.

The Faculty was initially formed of Founding Fellows, and membership now includes Fellows, Members and Associates. We recently completed a fourth recruitment round, which expanded our membership to over 500.

We hold recruitment rounds for new Members and Fellows up to 3 times a year. If you are interested in joining, please click here to find out more and register your interest for our next application window.

Applications for Associate members are always open. To apply, fill out the application form and send to info@fci.org.uk. For more information and guidance, see ‘How to Apply’.

Resources

The Faculty of Clinical Informatics will offer a range of resources including:

Support for revalidation in clinical informatics

Career advice and support

Accreditation of learning and development

Special Interest Groups

Further services will be added as the Faculty develops.

News and updates

News

Faculty of Clinical Informatics Annual Scientific Conference Postponed

March 24, 2020

Due to government measures implemented to combat the spread of COVID-19, the Faculty Scientific Conference, originally set to take place on 14th May, has been postponed.

News

FCI Seeks Clinical Lead and Assessors for CPD Accreditation

February 10, 2020

The Faculty of Clinical Informatics are seeking to appoint a clinical lead and a panel of assessors for CPD accreditation. We are seeking applications from any health or care discipline as many learning resources will be multi-disciplinary.

News

Council and Chair of Council Elections

February 10, 2020

Current council members’ terms of office are 2 years and end in May 2020, except for Executive Officers who have a three year term, ending in May 2021. This means 8 out of 12 Council seats are up for election. In addition the Chair of Council will be stepping down and so there will also be an election of a new Chair.

News

Faculty of Clinical Informatics Launches CPD Accreditation Scheme

January 24, 2020

One of the core aims of the Faculty is to ensure that there is appropriate education available in the arena of clinical informatics and to signal that any such training is being delivered to an appropriate standard. As part of this objective, the Faculty have launched a CPD Accreditation service.

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Guest posts

Guests are invited to share their own thoughts and opinions on informatics, meaning views expressed in these blogs do not necessarily reflect those held by the Faculty.

Guest post

COVID-19 and Microsoft Teams in NHS Scotland

March 25, 2020

Paul Campbell is the Clinical Director for eHealth at NHS National Services Scotland, and is the Honorary Secretary and a Council member at the Faculty of Clinical Informatics. In the current COVID-19 crisis, Paul has been involved in the rapid deployment of Microsoft Teams in NHS Scotland to over 160,000 staff over a couple of weeks.

Guest post

Meet our Faculty Trustee... Yinka Makinde

March 9, 2020

As the Faculty has become an independent body and set up a Trustee board, we spoke to one of our Lay Trustees Yinka Makinde about her career in digital health and her experience of the Faculty so far. Yinka is an experienced healthcare and technology leader and entrepreneur, who previously practised as a front-line pharmacist for 12 years across England, Singapore and Australia. She is currently the Programme Director at DigitalHealth.London (DH.L).

Guest post

Vicky Chaplin, founding member of the FCI Early Careers Group, introduces her ECG Twitter slot

February 12, 2020

Vicky Chaplin is Assistant Director for Medicines Optimisation at NHS London Procurement Partnership, and Medicines and Prescribing Associate at NICE. She is also a Member or the Faculty and one of the founders of our Early Careers Special Interest Group. Vicky will be manning the ECG Twitter account over the next few weeks and wrote this blog to introduce herself, discuss her roles in pharmacy and informatics, and give an idea of what the ECG Twitter account will be posting over the coming weeks.

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Meet our featured member for January... Ronan O'Leary

February 6, 2020

Ronan O’Leary is a consultant in neurosciences and trauma intensive care medicine at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge and a Member of the Faculty. We had a chat with Ronan about his career in informatics and what's happening at the University of Cambridge Healthcare Data Programme.

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Register your interest

To register your interest in applying to become a Fellow or Member of the Faculty of Clinical Informatics, please complete your details below and we will add your name to our mailing list and contact you when applications open.

Please view our privacy policy to learn about how you can control our use of your data.

Feedback and Complaints

The Faculty of Clinical Informatics takes the view that your feedback can help us improve our services and procedures. If you would like to give us feedback or have anything that you'd like to discuss with the Faculty, please fill out the 'Contact Us' form to the right and we will get back to you soon as possible.

If you feel that a mistake has been made or have found something unsatisfactory or unacceptable, please let us know by filling out our complaints form. Complaints should be sent to the Faculty Business Manager at jan.hoogewerf@fci.org.uk.

If you are unhappy with the decision of the membership assessment panel about your application, you may wish to raise an appeal rather than a complaint. Visit our Appeals page to find out more and download the Faculty Appeals Policy.

There is no fee for making a complaint and receipt of the complaint will be acknowledged within 10 working days. Complainants will not suffer any disadvantage or recrimination as a result of making a complaint.

For further details, download the Faculty Complaints Policy.

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Supporters

The Faculty of Clinical Informatics wants to thank the Paperless 2020 Building a Digital Ready Workforce programme for its generous support, including resources and funding.

Supporting safe, effective and efficient health and care for the public through the best use of information and information technology.

Safe, effective and efficient healthcare achieved through the best use of information and information technology.

The Faculty of Clinical Informatics is the multi-disciplinary professional body for all health and social care qualified individuals working as informaticians across the UK.

Resources

The Faculty of Clinical Informatics will offer a range of resources including:

Support for revalidation in clinical informatics

Career advice and support

Accreditation of learning and development

Special Interest Groups

News and updates

Faculty of Clinical Informatics Annual Scientific Conference Postponed

FCI Seeks Clinical Lead and Assessors for CPD Accreditation

Council and Chair of Council Elections

Faculty of Clinical Informatics Launches CPD Accreditation Scheme

Guest posts

COVID-19 and Microsoft Teams in NHS Scotland

Meet our Faculty Trustee... Yinka Makinde

Vicky Chaplin, founding member of the FCI Early Careers Group, introduces her ECG Twitter slot

Meet our featured member for January... Ronan O'Leary

Elsewhere

Register your interest

Feedback and Complaints

Contact us

Supporters

The Faculty of Clinical Informatics wants to thank the Paperless 2020 Building a Digital Ready Workforce programme for its generous support, including resources and funding.

Sponsors

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