Chief Executive Bulletin
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13 - 18 March 2004, Issue 210 |
Contents:
NHS and social care interest
No items this week
NHS interest
1. Review of the controls assurance regime - reducing the
burden
Social care interest
2. Consultation document on residential allowance transfer
(RA)
3. Local Authority Social Services Letter (LASSL) (2004)6
Further items of interest
4. Primary Care Services - Information for Patients
5. NHS Foundation Trusts: Secondary legislation to establish
a failure regime
6. Publication of Every Child Matters: Next Steps
7. Placement of children in unregistered provision
8. Improving recruitment and retention of consultant psychiatrists
9. Prescription-only medicine (POMs) contaminated sharps
10. Waste incinerator directives (WID) - 2000/76/EC
NHS and social care interest
No items this week
NHS interest
1. Review of the controls assurance regime - reducing
the burden (Gateway reference 2825. ROCR/2004/004)
The Department of Health recently commissioned an independent review to
examine the scope for making significant reductions to the burden of the
controls assurance regime. Ernst & Young, who will lead on this, are
now undertaking preliminary work. This is an opportunity to influence
change. All chief executives are asked to ensure that the attached 15-20
minute, questionnaire is completed by the designated control assurance
lead.
The questionnaire should be completed by 7 April 2004 and is at www.eyware.com/tools/24486432
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Social care interest
2. Consultation document on residential allowance transfer
(RA) (Gateway reference 2942)
This document sets out indicative allocations to councils for 2004-05
and gives proposed methodologies to distribute the 2004-05 and the 2005-06
transfers. The consultation will end on 15 April.
Read
the consultation document >
Contact adebayo.adekaiyaoja@doh.gsi.gov.uk
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3. Local Authority Social Services Letter (LASSL)
(2004)6 (Gateway reference 2966)
Notifies authorities of changes in the Children's Social Services (CSS)
Formula Spending Shares (FSS) allocation and specific grants for 2004-05.
Replaces LASSL (2003)7. Available at the Department for Education and
Skills at www.dfes.gov.uk/childrenandfamilies/cfcirculars.shtml
and on the Department
of Health website >
Contact paul.oconnor@dfes.gsi.gov.uk
tel 020 7925 5696
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Further items of interest
4. Primary Care Services - Information for Patients
(Gateway reference 2957)
GP practices will have until 1 August to produce new practice leaflets
which comply with the new regulations, and PCTs will have until 1 October
to produce the PCT Guide to Primary Care Services. Read
more >
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5. NHS Foundation Trusts: Secondary legislation to
establish a failure regime (Gateway reference 2664)
Consultation document on proposals for secondary legislation to establish
an insolvency and failure regime for NHS Foundation Trusts. Consultation
period ends on 7 May 2004. Information on how to respond is in paragraph
1.7 of the document. Read
the document >
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6. Publication of Every Child Matters: Next Steps
(Gateway reference 2911)
The Government has recently published its response to the consultation
exercise on the Children's Green Paper. Hard copies from DfES publications
Tel 0845 6022260, quoting DfES/0240/2004.
Or electronically at www.dfes.gov.uk/everychildmatters
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7. Placement of children in unregistered provision
(Gateway reference 2930)
This letter confirms the legal and policy position about placing children
in services that require registration. Published as CI letter CI(2004)3.
Read
the letter >
Contact: roger.morgan@doh.gsi.gov.uk
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8. Improving recruitment and retention of consultant
psychiatrists (Gateway reference 2919)
Recommendations of best practice from a working group reporting to the
Mental Health Care Group Workforce Team are available. Read
the recommendations >
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9. Prescription-only medicine (POMs) contaminated
sharps (Gateway reference 2959)
Trusts must be made aware of their legal responsibility in the disposal
of this special waste in order to comply with the Environmental Protection
Act 1990 section 34 'duty of care' requirements and to avoid possible
financial penalties. More at www.nhsestates.gov.uk/download/sustainable_development/POMs.doc
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10. Waste incinerator directives (WID) - 2000/76/EC
(Gateway reference 2960)
Trusts must ensure that their waste contractors comply with the WID requirements
and that they apply for new permits to operate from the regulator. For
new incinerator plants the requirements take immediate effect. More at
www.nhsestates.gov.uk/download/sustainable_development/WIDandNHS%20151003.doc
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personal or in-house use - ©2004
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