Information Services Division (NHS Scotland)

The Information Services Division (ISD) of NHS National Services Scotland is headed by Susan Burney (Director, Information Services) and Ron Anderson (Interim Director, Information Management and Technology) 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


 * National Information Systems Group - directed by Ron Anderson - develops IT and telecomms systems for NHS Scotland

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.