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Chief Executive Bulletin
Contents: NHS and social care interest NHS interest Social care interest Further items of interest NHS and social care interest 1. Publication of the response to the Isaacs Report The response to the Isaacs Report is to be published shortly by the Department of Health, the Home Office and the Department for Education and Skills. The response will address the recommendations put forward in HM Inspector of Anatomy's report that was published in May 2003. The response will be at http://www.doh.gov.uk/cmo/isaacsreport/response One copy of the response per organisation will be available by emailing doh@prolog.uk.com with full postal details and quoting reference 32584. The Isaacs Report is at www.doh.gov.uk/cmo/isaacsreport/ NHS interest 2. Publication of Saving Lives, Valuing Donors - a Transplant Framework for England The Framework sets out key aims for organ and tissue transplantation over the next ten years. Chief executives may wish to review their services in line with the national and international good practice outlined to optimise organ and tissue transplantation. Details at www.doh.gov.uk/transplantframework/ Contact: Triona Norman Tel: 020 7972 4921 or email cnorman@doh.gsi.gov.uk Social care interest 3. 2003/2004 Residential allowance special grant report This report is now available along with the consultation document on the residential allowance transfer, which sets out the proposed amounts to be transferred to councils and the draft Local Authority Circular (LAC) which sets out guidance to councils on the transfer of residential allowance. Details at www.doh.gov.uk/residentialallowance/index.htm Contact: Adebayo Adekaiyaoja at Adebayo.Adekaiyaoja@doh.gsi.gov.uk 4. Mental health supplementary credit approvals Councils with social services responsibility, (CSSRs), awarded mental health supplementary credit approvals, (MHSCA), for 2002-2004 and/or 2003-2004, are requested to formally confirm what will be spent on the designated projects before the end of March 2004. This is to be done by completing the forecast of final out turn forms due back no later than 15 August 2003. All CSSRs including those who were not awarded MHSCA for 2002-2004 and/or 2003-2004 can bid for any surplus resources, which must be spent by the end of March 2004. Return the bid for under-spend form by 15 August 2003. Details at www.doh.gov.uk/mentalhealth/mhscaforecast.htm Contact: Anthony Morrill at anthony.morrill@doh.gsi.gov.uk Further items of interest 5. Notes on the preparation of 2003/2004 SSDA 903
data in XML single file format are now available at http://www.doh.gov.uk/stats/forms.htm#
ssda903 Contact: Gideon Ovadia, DH Statistics Division 3A, 451C Skipton House, 80 London Road, London SE1 6LH. Tel 020 7972 5799, fax 020 7972 5662. 6. Amendments to adoption and fostering forms/fees A/L (MD) 2/03 - There have been some minor amendments to the original letter published on 30 May 2003 relating to some of the forms/fees for adoption and fostering. Details at www.doh.gov.uk/publications/coinh.html 7. Allocations for modernising the NHS hospital medicines manufacturing service. The implementation plan, including information on review boards, bidding templates, contact details and guidance notes is at www.doh.gov.uk/hospitalmanufacturing/index.htm 8. National workforce strategy for estates and facilities
staff 9. The GP flexible careers scheme (FCS) - New amendments to the SFA and accompanying guidance is at www.doh.gov.uk/pricare/fcs/ and www.doh.gov.uk/pricare/030630para52sfa.pdf 10. Advance letter DOS 2/2003 - Gives the common pay scales for Community Dental Service (CDS) and salaried Personal Dental Services (PDS) dentists, and confirms increases to London weighting allowance, all effective from 1 April 2003. Action is only required by those NHS trusts providing a salaried PDS Service or CDS. Details at www.doh.gov.uk/publications/coinh.html 11. Medical device alert - MDA/2003/017 - Vygon intravenous extension lines with a white slide clamp-octopus and single bionector with extension, issued on 8/07/03 for immediate action. Details at http://devices.mhra.gov.uk/ 12. Fire extinguishers risk safety notice NHSE
SN (2003) 04 - Loss of fire fighting capability due to internal component
failure. Details at
The documents in this bulletin are Crown copyright but may be reproduced by NHS and local authority staff without formal permission or charge for personal or in-house use - ©2003
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