Chief Executive Bulletin: 8 - 14 September 2000
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Hard copy versions of these publications can be ordered from the NHS Responseline 08701 555 455.
Contents: NHS interest
3. The NHS Prostate Cancer Programme 6. National Pay for Managers 2000/2001 7. Ensuring a national and consistent approach to online public information 10. Decision of the NHS Tribunal 11. Half price millennium dome tickets for NHS staff, their friends and Families. NHS and Social Care interest 12. The NHS Plan : Planning for Increases in Beds Social Care interest 14. Drug and alcohol specific grants 2000/2001 15. New Procedures For Bringing Small Private Children's Homes Under Regulation NHS interest 1. Fuel crisis Letter about using "red diesel" (gas oil) - emailed to NHS CEs 13/9/00 Draft proforma for use when accessing red diesel (emailed to NHS CEs 14/9/00 Home Office Guidance on Priority Purposes for Oil (emailed to NHS CEs 14/9/00) Link to letter emailed 14/9/00 Although protesters have withdrawn from some of the terminals and tankers are making deliveries, there are still many difficulties and it will be some time before availability of fuel is restored to normal. This letter gives guidance on a number of issues connected with the fuel crisis: essential users; red diesel; action; emergency and elective work 2. Mental Health National Service Framework (NSF) : Workforce Education and Training Underpinning Programme One of the five underpinning programmes of the NSF is concerned with Workforce Education and Training and a Workforce Action Team (WAT) was appointed by Ministers to deliver a nationally co-ordinated programme of support to help local health and social services to tackle their complex workforce problems. The WAT is chaired by Sue Hunt who is an experienced Mental Health Services Chief Executive. Working with local employers, the education and training consortia, the national training organisations and other key stakeholders, the WAT has produced an Interim Report which sets out the key principles which should govern workforce planning, education and training and describes the following key areas on which they will be focussing:
The Interim Report is available from the NHS Responseline 08701 555 455 or on the Mental Health National Service Framework page of the DoH website http://www.doh.gov.uk/nsf/mentalhealth.htm 3. The NHS Prostate Cancer Programme
http://www.doh.gov.uk/cancer/prostate.htm (Ref 22298. Being mailed 15/9/00 to HA, PCG/T CEs, trust urology depts. and lead cancer clinicians) 4. Pharmacy in the Future - Implementing the NHS Plan. A programme for pharmacy in the National Health Service This document sets out the Government's vision of how pharmacy can play a full part in delivering the vision of the new NHS - an NHS which offers people fast and convenient care, available when people require it, tailored to their individual needs and delivered to a consistently high standard. (Ref 22324. Will be mailed w/c 25/9/00 to CEs of PCG/Ts, HAs and trusts, Dirs of PH, Pharmaceutical advisors) 5. NHS Identity Guidelines The NHS Identity Guidelines (showing the standard corporate identity design style for the NHS introduced in January 1999) were published on the intranet in April this year at nww.doh.nhsweb.nhs.uk/commsnet/identity.htm and www.doh.gov.uk/nhsidentity. Those health authorities and trusts that are not already using the new style when ordering new items should start doing so in accordance with the policy. Printed copies (ref NHSG01) will be sent to corporate identity contacts (where trusts and health authorities have specified these) or communications contacts in week commencing 18 September. 6. National Pay for Managers 2000/2001 i) Senior Management in Health Authorities ii) Other General and Senior managers on residual national arrangements (Letter 14/9/00 from Rosamond Roughton) This letter summarises the arrangements for pay increases for managers on national terms whose pay is reviewed from 1 September each year. It is to be implemented in light of Sir Alan Langland's letter of 16 March 2000 entitled Rosamond Roughton's letter (ref 22359) will be mailed to Regional Directors, HA and NHS Trust Directors of Personnel and Community Health Council Chief Officers on 20 September. 7. Ensuring a national and consistent approach to online public information In August 2000 the NHS Executive issued 10 targets associated with an additional £60 million for investment in information and IT. Target 1 relates to the online provision of accurate, standard and timely information on local healthcare services and their performance. Further guidance is now available on the definitive list of core information to be provided and the way in which it will be collected and published. nhs.uk will host and provide the main portal to the core information which will also be featured and accessed through NHS Direct Online. There are a number of actions by local NHS organisations that are outlined in the guidance. The most pressing is to nominate and provide a web editor for each organisation (there are already almost 200 web editors set up as a result of chief executive weekly bulletin issue 20 16 - 22 June). This will ensure a full network is in place to collect and maintain the necessary core information. Additional funding has been allocated to health authorities. Link to guidance http://www.doh.gov.uk/nhsexipu/whatnew/eguide.html 8. E-mail guidelines A recent meeting of the NHS Chief Executives Information Forum discussed the need for guidance to be issued on making the most effective use of e-mail and considering the correct protocols when using e-mail.A short set of practical guidelines has been produced and is available in Portable Document Format at http://www.doh.gov.uk/nhsexipu/whatnew/email.pdf 9. Personal Medical Services Pilots Under The NHS (Primary Care) Act 1997 Comprehensive Guide Third Edition August 2000 This is currently with the printers and hard-copies should be available from the NHS Responseline (tel 0541 555455) on 25 September 2000. Copies are available now on the NHS website at www.doh.gov.uk/pricare/pmsguidance.htm in pdf format 10. Decision of the NHS Tribunal Please note that a decision of the NHS Tribunal can be found on the NHS Web at: nww.doh.nhsweb.nhs.uk/nhs/nhstribunal.htm 11. Half price millennium dome tickets for NHS staff, their friends and Families. 7,000 NHS staff have already booked tickets at the special price of £10 (half normal price) which is open to all NHS staff, their friends and families. The offer is open for visits between Sunday 17th September and Monday October 2nd. Staff wishing to take advantage of this offer should call 0870 241 2790 and quote "NHS Offer". Children under 5 go free. There is no limit the number of tickets that can be bought on this line. All tickets are £10. The offer is open to all NHS staff and contractors, their friends and families. NHS / Social Care interest 12. The NHS Plan : Planning for Increases in Beds 8/9/00 - This letter asks you to set the necessary work in hand to plan for activity and bed increases in line with the NHS Plan which requires an increase of 7,000 beds nationally by 2004, of which 5,000 beds will be in intermediate care and around 2,100 in general and acute beds to deliver the waiting targets set out in the Plan. As set out in the Plan, the Government has provided significant resources for the expansion of intermediate care. Additional funds have also been made available to target gaps in capacity. This expansion is crucial to the delivery of the NHS Plan and to cope with peaks in demand at winter. (E-mailed 8/9/00 to NHS and council CEs, directors of social services) 13. Department of Health Research Governance Framework for Health and Social Care: Consultation Paper (draft) This Framework sets out the standards, delivery mechanisms and monitoring arrangements for all research which relates to the responsibilities of the Secretary of State for Health, and defines responsibilities within and beyond the NHS. Views are invited from interested parties prior to publication. Please bring this statement to the attention of staff with an interest in R & D and give it consideration yourself - it proposes holding Chief Executives to account for aspects of the conduct of research through the Duty of Quality. Comments are requested by 10 November. To download the consultation document in Portable Document Format (PDF) see: http://www.doh.gov.uk/research/announcements/researchgovernanceconsult.htm Queries can be addressed to Tarin Kharan 020 7210 5081. Social Care Interest 14. Drug and alcohol specific grants 2000/2001 06/09/2000 - LAC (2000)19 15. New Procedures For Bringing Small Private Children's Homes Under Regulation 11/9/00 - LASSL(2000)10 This letter advises local social services authorities that they will be required to register small private children's homes from January 2001, and also that, in the future, they will not be able to place children in unregistered homes. It asks that you make contact with small private children's homes in which you place children, including those outside your area, and also all those you are aware of within your local authority, to advise them of the forthcoming changes. It requests that local Registration and Inspection Units prepare to register such homes according to local policies and standards. A circular giving details of the arrangements for regulation of small private children's homes will be issued by the Department of Health shortly. (e-mailed to council CEs and directors of social services 11/9/00) 16. Guidance for local authorities on preparing for the transfer of the guardian ad litem and reporting officer (GALRO) service to CAFCASS The Criminal Justice and Court Services Bill is expected to become law this autumn. It provides for the setting up in April 2001 of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (CAFCASS). This guidance is intended to assist local authorities and their HR/personnel sections in dealing with employee issues. If necessary, the Department will give separate guidance later in the year covering other issues such as self-employed guardians. 17. Direct payment illustrations Illustrations from the Easy Guide to Direct Payments are now available on the Departments of Health website at www.doh.gov.uk/directpayments/directp.htm The graphics are for use by local authorities and voluntary organisations for the promotion of direct payments. For instance they could be used in a leaflet to promote direct payments. 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 - ©2000 Back to Chief Executive's Bulletin Home Page |
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