All-Singing-All-Dancing
Internet Accessibility, Security, etc. OPERA Internet Browser. Free version.
Block pop-ups, see websites as they were meant to be -
unfuddled by Internet Explorer and Netscape bugs - or
exactly how YOU want to see them! User friendly and
probably the best Internet Browser in the world - did I
mention that there is even a free version? Cannot be
too highly recommended.
ECDL - Allied Health Professions - pdf file
ECDL - European Computer Driving Licence - Basic IT
Skills Standard for the NHS : Allied Health
Professions. Equivalent documents for other NHS staff
groups simply quote different, relevant "satisfied
users".
ECDL - Basic I.T.
Skills Training For All NHS Staff
ECDL is a flexible, modular qualification designed to
cover the key concepts of IT and its practical
application in the workplace. It is estimated that a
complete novice should be able to complete the whole
qualification in about 100 hours while those with some
IT skills can complete it in as few as 20 hours. The
on-line learning programme will be delivered by a
consortium led by Spring IT Training and including
Learn ECDL, and NCC Education. The consortium is the
preferred supplier, selected by the NHS Information
Authority, and will offer a national tracking and
monitoring service for ECDL registrations and access to
the learning and testing materials.
ECDL - FAQs
from Communities (eg. NHS Trusts)
Do we have to be an Accredited Test Centre to Teach
Staff? Do we have to pay the BCS fee of £350?
What do we have to do to become a test centre? How do I
contact the National Team? Will there be national money
to back fill staff time? Do we have to alter our
network configuration to run the software?
ECDL - NHS
Homepage
The European Computer Driving Licence was established
in 1988 by the Finnish Computer Society and was quickly
adopted as a National Standard in IT competency in that
country. During the early 1990's the curriculum was
developed and adopted by the EU member states as a
European Award. In 1996 the British Computer Society
decided to promote the ECDL within the UK and since
that time the number of people registering per year has
grown to approximately 200,000 people in the UK.
Further information on ECDL ,access for NHS staff and
useful links.
ECDL - NHS
Voucher Scheme
"There are over a million staff employed in the NHSA
in England and we want to be able to offer every NHS
employee the opportunity to gain the ECDL
qualification. The voucher scheme is the entry point to
ECDL for all staff. The voucher scheme allows the
individual to assess their ability and need to embark
on the qualification prior to registering with the
British Computer Society (BCS). It would be too
expensive and may devalue the qualification if we were
to issue every member of staff with a Log Book before
establishing their commitment to taking the
qualification."
ECDL - Project Update(Jan 2003) pdf file
Extract: "The Department of Health has set the
following targets for health communities within this
year's advice as part of the financial planning
framework: • All person specifications must show a
required competence in the Basic IT Skills by March
2005; • On appointment all NHS Staff must hold the
ECDL or equivalent, or commit to gaining it within 2
years from April 2003; • All NHS staff must have
IT Skills equivalent to the "Getting Started" and 40%
of staff to have gained the ECDL by March 2005; •
All local health communities within each StHA will have
2 fully accredited ECDL test centres by December
2003."
Email Lists
FAQ'S
Information for anyone new to email lists and groups
or the Internet in general. Explains what email lists
and groups are, and how they work.
Email
Primer
Most of the material presented in this primer was
published originally in The Complete Idiot's Guide to
Internet E-Mail, by Paul McFedries, now sadly out of
print.
Internet
Efficiency: Download Accelerator
Free trial version. Full version is not free, but if
you are thinking of downloading lots of things, it will
save you time, and if time is money, it will save you
money.
Internet Security:
Messenger Spam Blocking
Free download to "Stop Messenger Spam" or see links on
the "Stop Messenger Spam" home page for instructions to
change your computer settings to block those pesky grey
boxes!
Internet Security: Spam Advice from Yahoo!
Groups
*** IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ THIS PAGE ON YAHOO!***
Spam is any message or posting, regardless of its
content, that is sent to multiple recipients who have
not specifically requested the message. Spam can also
be multiple postings of the same message to newsgroups
or list servers that aren't related to the topic of the
message. Other common terms for spam include UCE
(unsolicited commercial email) and UBE (unsolicited
bulk email). Is it possible for a spammer to gather
email addresses from Yahoo! Groups?
Internet
Security: Spam Protection With Mailwasher
Free download. Powerful email checker with effective
spam elimination. Mailwasher works by checking your
"pop email" or "hotmail" inbox before you download
emails into your email program, eg. Outlook.
Internet
Security: Spyware Clean-Up
"Spybot Search and Destroy", free download. If you
have not been protecting your computer from Spyware,
this program will clean it up for you.
Internet
Security: Stop Pop-Ups and More
Secure IE lets you block those irritating adverts that
pop up all the time. Also blocks some types of computer
hacking and lets you open multiple websites in one
browser window. Not free, but better than Internet
Explorer and said to compare favourably with Opera and
Netscape.
Internet Security:
Virus Protection
AVG Anti-Virus Guard - Free Download. If you don't
have virus protection then sooner or later you WILL get
a virus, either through an email, from a website or
simply through using Microsoft Outlook or Internet
Explorer.
Netiquette
Link to Yahoo list of pages and sites with advice for
"newbies" to the Internet.
NHS INL
(Informatics Learning Networks) e-Community - National
Homepage
This project, managed by the Ways of Working with
Information (now NHID) programme, also provides a web
based eCommunity where members (and others) can come
together to find out more about Learning Informatics
Networks, as well as enter discussion on important
IM&T subjects. This virtual support environment
encourages multidisciplinary, nation-wide IM&T
debate in an environment aimed at addressing IM&T
from a clinical rather than technical perspective.
National overview, results of national surveys, etc.
Links to all regional eCommunities.
NHS
INL (Informatics Learning Networks) Planning
Survey
Tell the NHS about your IT training needs. "In order
to help the Informatics Learning Network Project
Managers plan future events they would like to identify
your training needs i.e. what you want to know and find
out about health informatics. It would also be helpful
if you could provide feedback on you prefer to learn.
Your responses will remain anonymous, unless you state
that you are happy for your responses to be used and
attributed to you. All questions relate to the
Informatics Learning Network (previously called
Regional Learning Network)."
NHSnet
NHSnet is a secure wide area network connecting NHS
organisations managed for the NHS by BT and Cable and
Wireless. Electronic mail service is provided by
Syntegra. NHSnet is also known as the NHS Intranet and
it is the largest Virtual Private Network in Europe
providing a: Similar range of communication and
information services to that of the Internet Dedicated
NHS network with guaranteed service and availability
Secure and controlled environment for healthcare
information.
PDF Files - How to convert to Web Pages
If you have to download a pdf file to read it, this
web tool lets you covert the pdf file to a normal web
page so you can decide whether or not you want to
download it. 1. Open the Acrobat converter (link
below). 2. Open a new window for the web page with the
pdf link. 3. Right click on the link to the pdf file.
4. Click "copy shortcut" in the drop-down menu. 5. Go
to the Acrobat converter web page. 6. Paste the pdf
file shortcut in the box next to the word "URL" on the
Acrobat page. 7. Click the button that says, "Get this
Adobe PDF document as HTML". 8. You will see a very
simple page without all the graphics of the original.
If you do not like the look of the HTML page, click
your "back" button to go back to the converter, tick
the "Reflow paragraphs" box and try again.
