e-KSF now! Newsletter
April 2007
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Welcome to the e-KSF Spring Newsletter

Dear e-KSF Champion!

In a time of change and restructuring in the NHS, use of the e-KSF to support the Knowledge and Skills Framework is still increasing across England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. We now have 70,000 active users – up from 36,000 this time last year – and 160 organisations with more than 100 people using e-KSF. If your organisation isn’t among these, let us know, we can help!

Highlights from the past 3 months include an acceleration of the e-KSF/ESR link, allowing these two core systems (in England and Wales) to exchange data. We now have the link activated for 51 organisations, and are working with 131 additional organisations over the next 3 months.

We also have two exciting new developments to e-KSF this year, one in May and one in September, to help make your KSF lives easier.

Please do also complete our survey of e-KSF roll-out, accessible from here or you'll find more information and the link from the Hot Topic on e-KSFnow. We’re always keen to hear about your experiences and stories, and to share learning. So, if you have anything else to tell us, please drop us a line at contact@e-ksf.org!

You can read our newsletter articles by clicking the “Hot Topics” links on the right hand side of this page.

Best wishes

Tim Newham, e-KSF UK Project Manager

 

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New e-KSF Releases in 2007
We have two exciting new releases of e-KSF planned for the remainder of 2007...
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How is e-KSF Implementation Going in Your Organisation?
We understand that in this time of change and financial pressure in the NHS, it can sometimes be hard to make a case for continuing to invest time, effort and resources in the KSF and e-KSF...
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Progress on e-KSF / ESR Links
At the time of writing, we have processed our first two “batches” of organisations for data links between e-KSF and ESR (England and Wales), meaning that we now have the link in place for 51 organisations – 13 in England and also all 38 organisations in Wales...
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e-KSF Security Testing Completed Successfully
All aspects of the e-KSF service are routinely tested before release and data security is of course the highest priority for us....
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e-KSF and Quarterly Monitoring
Have you completed your quarterly KSF returns, yet? In England the NHS Staff Council request quarterly reports of progress, usually via the Strategic Health Authorities. If you don’t know about the returns process....
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Talk to Us...
Do you have an e-KSF story to tell? We’re looking for case studies for our next newsletter...
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