Chief Executive Bulletin
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8 - 15 October 2004, Issue 240 |
Contents:
NHS and social care interest
No items this week
NHS interest
1. Managed local children's clinical networks and managed
maternity care networks - additional funding available
2. PCT engagement on Supporting People
3. Agenda for Change - publication of staff booklet and other
documentation
Social care interest
4. LAC (2004)20: new guidance on the choice of accommodation
directions 1992
Further items of interest
5. National Audit Office report - Improving Emergency
Care in England
6. Mental Health and Social Exclusion
7. Out of hours
8. National Specialist Commissioning Advisory Group (NSCAG)
annual report 2003-2004
9. Guidance on the regulation of operating department practitioners
NHS and social care interest
No items this week
NHS interest
1. Managed local children's clinical networks and
managed maternity care networks - additional funding available (Gateway
reference 3975)
SHA chief executives were informed in June 2004 of a resource allocation
of £90,000 in respect of the Working Time Directive Strategic Change
Fund. This allocation is available to support the creation of managed
local children's clinical networks and managed maternity care networks.
SHA chief executives are asked to ensure that the money has been identified
and is being made available for this purpose. Advice is available from
the Modernisation Agency via Susanne Cox, 020 7210 5140. Read
further information >
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2. PCT engagement on Supporting People (Gateway
reference 3978)
Supporting People is an Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) initiative
that spends £1.7 billion annually on helping vulnerable people live
at home. Local authorities distribute the money, but PCTs are required
to be represented on a commissioning body that sets the overall priorities
for spending the funds. Chief executives of PCTs are asked to ensure that
their PCT is fully engaged on Supporting People and aware of the benefits
it can bring in meeting their key targets. Contact is Peter Howitt, Primary
Care, 0207 633 4024. Read
further information >
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3. Agenda for Change - publication of staff booklet
and other documentation (Gateway references 3538, 3616, 3615)
Agenda for Change: What will it mean for you? A guide for staff was
published on 11 October. A supply is being sent to HR directors for distribution
to all non-medical staff as soon as possible. Copies of the NHS Knowledge
and Skills Framework and the NHS Job Evaluation Handbook have
also been published. Copies for HR and finance directors, communication
and payroll leads, staff representatives chairs and secretaries will be
sent to HR directors in the batch mailing distribution on 22 October.
Read more >
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Social care interest
4. LAC (2004)20: new guidance on the choice of accommodation
directions 1992 (Gateway reference 3700)
The guidance has now been issued and is available alongside the summary
report of the public consultation exercise. If councils have any queries,
they should contact OPDEnquiries@dh.gsi.gov.uk
Read
the guidance >
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Further items of interest
5. National Audit Office report - Improving Emergency
Care in England (Gateway reference 3977)
The National Audit Office has published this national value for money
study. The report contains recommendations for acute trusts, primary care
trusts, emergency care networks, strategic health authorities, workforce
development confederations and the Department of Health. Available at
www.nao.org.uk/pn/03-04/03041075.htm
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6. Mental Health and Social Exclusion
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) Social Exclusion Unit report
contains recommendations for action to reduce social exclusion, improve
community engagement and reduce inequalities, and is fully endorsed by
Department of Health ministers. In conjunction with the National Institute
for Mental Health in England (NIMHE), 12 factsheets have been published
to promote social inclusion at local level. Contact is David Morris, London
Development Centre for Mental Health, 11-13 Cavendish Square, London,
W1; 020 7307 2431.
More information available at www.socialexclusion.gov.uk/page.asp?id=257
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7. Out of hours (Gateway reference 3776)
The Government's response to the Health Committee report on out-of-hours
services has been published as Command Paper 6352, along with the updated
quality requirements that all providers will need to meet from 1 January
2005. Both are available at www.out-of-hours.info/documents.php
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8. National Specialist Commissioning Advisory Group
(NSCAG) annual report 2003-2004 (Gateway reference 3687)
This report gives information on the highly specialised services that
were nationally designated and funded under the auspices of NSCAG during
2003/4. Copies can be ordered from the Department of Health publications
orderline. Contact is Stephanie Mallory, nscag@dh.gsi.gov.uk
Read
the report >
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9. Guidance on the regulation of operating department
practitioners (Gateway reference 3959)
This guidance is for NHS organisations, following the regulation of operating
department practitioners by the Health Professions Council from 18th October
2004. Contact telephone number is 0113 254 5790. Read
the guidance >
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personal or in-house use - © 2004
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