Policy
HLG has taken the opportunity of the creation of the CILIP Policy Forum to review its own policy processes, and to create its own panel to lead on this. New panel members would be very welcome.
The panel welcomes contributions and suggestions from HLG members on issues to respond to, in addition to requests from CILIP and proactively identifying issues relevant to HLG members.
Panel membership list
The HLG Ideas and Influence Panel Terms of Reference
Links
HLG are represented on the following groups:
March 2009
NHS Evidence
CILIP/SCONUL Health Strategy group are writing to Gillian Leng to request a meeting to discuss NHS Evidence, for which HLG are producing a briefing paper on the role of librarians in supporting NHS Evidence's implementation.
January 2009
The Informal Learning response
August 2008
The National Service Framework
July 2008
CILIP/SCONUL Health Strategy Group's Open letter in response to the NLH review
June 2007
HLG Reponse to European Commission
CILIP, with the help of HLG, has responded to the the 'Draft report on current practice with regard to provision of information to patients on medicinal products'. The response has been acknowledged.
October 2007
Future Proofing the profession - Update on the CILIP Health Executive Advisory Group (HEAG) report.
HLG has been selected as a pilot to investigate a new relationship between corporate CILIP and its special interest groups.
The recommendations from the Future Proofing report were agreed by the CILIP Executive.
The core group which led on the development of the report was chaired by Judy Palmer, Oxford University Services, and Jackie Lord, as Chair of Health Libraries Group, was a member of the group. The HEAG's aim was to identify and explore key agendas and challenges that LIS faces within health care.
Two of the recommendations have important implications for HLG:
HLG is to be used as a pilot to investigate a new relationship between corporate CILIP and its special interest groups. CILIP will devolve policy and advocacy work to HLG. Thus, the expertise of HLG members will be used to formulate policy whilst being able to use the necessary infrastructure and policy influencing mechanisms of CILIP.
The report emphasised the need for horizon scanning, an important building block for effective influencing.
The first step towards implementing these recommendations will take place in early December, when two HLG members including Gary Birkenhead, SCOPE, and an HLG Committee member, will attend a horizon scanning event to identify professional policy priorities for CILIP.
Jackie Lord, Past Chair, HLG
29 March 2007
HLG responded on behalf of CILIP to the report Learning for a change in healthcare (see http://www.wideningparticipation.nhs.uk/). Our response covers the importance of library staff in widening participation in learning, highlighted some examples of work in this area and emphasised the importance of appropriate funding. The potential contribution of library services beyond those in the NHS was also raised.