Chief Executive Bulletin
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10 - 15 January 2004, Issue 201 |
Contents:
NHS and social care interest
1. Meeting the requirements of the Working Time Regulation
2. Controls Assurance Standards for 2003/2004 reporting
NHS interest
3. New General Medical Services (nGMS) documents
4. Commissioning NHS dentistry: further guidance for PCTs
published on 29 December
Social care interest
5. Amended continuing care (National Health Service responsibilities)
directions
6. Protocol for judicial case management in public law Children
Act cases - Circular LAC(2004)1
Further items of interest
7. National Service Framework (NSF) for Renal Services Part
One: Dialysis and Transplantation
8. Changes in the regulation on direct payments
9. Department of Health support for implementing the Single
Assessment Process
10. PSS Performance Assessment and Improvement Process 2004
11. Patient Safety 2004
12. Consultant Contract - its role in delivering service
improvements
13. New arrangements for applying the Consultant Contract
England (2003) to consultant clinical academics in England
14. Electro convulsive therapy (ECT) accreditation service
15. Prioritisation of further major capital schemes in 2004
- guidance launched
16. Local pharmacy budgets 2003-2004 - domiciliary oxygen
therapy services
17. NHS estates alert - NHSE (2004) 01
NHS and social care interest
1. Meeting the requirements of the Working Time Regulation
(Gateway reference 2544)
NHS and social care employers are being updated on compliance with the
European Working Time Directive following the Jaeger Judgement in the
European Court of Justice. The information outlines the position on resident
on-call working, compensatory rest and the individual opt-out waiver.
More
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or contact corrin.shepherd@doh.gsi.gov.uk
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2. Controls Assurance Standards for 2003/2004 reporting
(Gateway reference 2194)
All trusts and strategic health authorities are required to produce a
Statement on Internal Control (SIC) to accompany their annual accounts
(see Chief executive bulletin
186). Returns required by 15 May 2004.
Spreadsheet is at www.info.doh.gov.uk/doh/rm5.nsf/AdminDocs/CAStandards?OpenDocument
Standards and details are at www.info.doh.gov.uk/doh/rm5.nsf
Contact CAP@doh.gsi.gov.uk
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NHS interest
3. New General Medical Services (nGMS) documents
(Gateway reference 2588)
The Department of Health has published a set of documents on the new GMS
contract:
- Delivering Investment in General Practice - the full detail of
how the contract will work and what needs to be done to implement it
- a draft standard GMS contract, with an accompanying explanatory note
for primary care trusts
- a draft GMS Statement of Financial Entitlements for 2004/05, which replaces
the old Red Book
- draft GMS contract regulations.
These documents were all negotiated with the British Medical Association
and agreed with them and the NHS Confederation. Hard copies of Delivering
Investment in General Practice and a CDROM including all of these
documents are available from the NHS Response line on 08701 555 455. Documents
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The department publishes a fortnightly web update on nGMS and PMS implementation.
Read
Update 4 >
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4. Commissioning NHS dentistry: further guidance for
PCTs published on 29 December (Gateway reference 2553)
Information is now available on dental practice prescribing profiles.
It includes key messages on access and priorities, the allocation of £35m
capital and £15m revenue to support access, quality and choice,
the allocation of £5m capital for salaried primary dental care service
modernisation and the general principles underpinning the base contract
from April 2005. More
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Social care interest
5. Amended continuing care (National Health Service
responsibilities) directions (Gateway reference 2608)
Consultation revealed that the Delayed Discharge (Continuing Care) Directions
did not make it sufficiently clear that people could request a review
of their assessment at the point of discharge, as had been discussed in
Parliament. As a result the directions were amended following the completion
of the consultation. The
amended directions are now open to consultation until 13 February 2004
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6. Protocol for judicial case management in public
law Children Act cases - Circular LAC(2004)1 (Gateway reference 2622)
The Department for Constitutional Affairs has issued protocol to address
the difficulties caused to children and their families and the cost implications
resulting from the current delay in completing proceedings. The protocol
has six steps to streamline the key processes towards achieving a final
hearing within forty weeks. Directors of Social Services should ensure
their heads of legal services are aware of
this circular
The action required by local authority social and legal services to ensure
compliance with the protocol will shortly be at www.dfes.gov.uk/childrenandfamilies/
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Further items of interest
7. National Service Framework (NSF) for Renal Services
Part One: Dialysis and Transplantation (Gateway reference 1611)
The Department of Health has published the Renal Services Information
Implementation Strategy, to support the Renal Services NSF. More
>
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8. Changes in the regulation on direct payments
(Gateway reference 2617)
The Department of Health is holding a series of regional events on direct
payments. For details e-mail barry@ncil.org.uk
or tel 020 7587 1663.
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9. Department of Health support for implementing the
Single Assessment Process (Gateway reference 2593)
The website for the Single Assessment Process has been updated. Also,
the Department will be running five events in February and March to focus
on issues such as consent, professional trust and information sharing,
as well as a chance to work through specific local problems.
More
>
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10. PSS Performance Assessment and Improvement Process
2004 (Gateway reference 2615)
Details
of Ref CI(2004)1
Contact paul.brearley@doh.gsi.gov.uk
tel 0113 254 7376
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11. Patient Safety 2004 (Gateway reference 2613)
NPSA chair Lord Philip Hunt has issued invitations to hear the latest
thinking in patient safety and contribute to this fast developing field
at this event.
Details at www.npsa.nhs.uk/events/patientsafety2004/
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12. Consultant Contract - its role in delivering
service improvements (Gateway reference 2611)
This free one-day national conference on 9 February is aimed at consultants,
senior trust executives and medical managers. It aims to provide delegates
with a framework for using the new consultant contract as a lever to improve
patient care.
More at www.modern.nhs.uk/consultants/conference/
Contact Anna Vigurs at ccitenquiries@doh.gsi.gov.uk
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13. New arrangements for applying the Consultant
Contract England (2003) to consultant clinical academics in England
(Gateway reference 2531)
These arrangements have now been endorsed by a ballot of the BMA's clinical
academic members. Details
of the contract documentation and funding arrangements
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14. Electro convulsive therapy (ECT) accreditation
service (Gateway reference 2610)
The national director for mental health has sent a letter to trusts which
provide ECT as part of their mental health services, recommending the
Royal College of Psychiatrists' ECT Accreditation Service. More
>
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15. Prioritisation of further major capital schemes
in 2004 - guidance launched (Gateway reference 2290)
The department has launched a further prioritisation round for major capital
schemes that will report in the summer of 2004. Capital schemes that exceed
£40m at 2003/4 prices must submit strategic outline cases for national
prioritisation by 23 April 2004.
More
>
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16. Local pharmacy budgets 2003-2004 - domiciliary
oxygen therapy services (Gateway reference 2594)
Letter and table of figures notifying primary care trusts of their 2003-2004
allocations for oxygen services and oxygen hardware budgets. Available
at: www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/MedicinesPharmacyAndIndustryServices/Prescriptions/fs/en
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17. NHS estates alert - NHSE (2004) 01 (Gateway
reference 2609)
Reporting defect and failures and disseminating NHS Estates Alerts
This NHS Estates Alert was issued 12 January 2004 for action. For further
information contact NHS Estates, centre of healthcare engineering, e-mail
nhsestates@doh.gsi.gov.uk
More at www.nhsestates.gov.uk/healthcare_eng_science/content/nhs_estates_alerts.html
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