About Wirral Health Informatics Service
- Formed in 2002
- Employs some 160 staff
- Serves a user base totaling over eight thousand people
- Manages deployment of major NPfIT systems
- Provides a CfH-accredited Service Desk (helpdesk)
- Provides various of its services to NHS organisations beyond Wirral
WHIS was formed in 2002, bringing together the local Health Authority and Trust I.T. and Information departments to form a new best-of-breed and efficient I.T. service.
It is an NHS department, jointly owned by three local Trust stakeholders: Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Wirral Primary Care Trust and Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology NHS Foundation Trust.
With its three 'divisions':
- Applications, Project and Training (APT)
- Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
- Internet Services (IS)
WHIS provides a wealth of IT services to its stakeholders and, increasingly, to other NHS organisations who commission work from outside Wirral.