Training needs for information management: a national programme

This paper briefly describes major changes in the, management and organization of the English National Health Service from 1985. The information consequences of those changes and the central programme necessary both to realize and to achieve them, are summarized. The requirements for training flowing from these developments are analysed, as are some of the obstacles to be overcome in meeting them. The national programme of training in information management, currently in its third year, is set out, and its particular aims described.