Chief Executive Bulletin
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13 - 18 November 2004, Issue 245 |
Contents:
NHS and social care interest
1. Contacts information required urgently
NHS interest
2. Clinical Leaders for NPfIT
3. Healthcare Industries Task Force (HITF) report
4. Chief medical officer's letter on preventing transmission
of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) through surgical instruments
5. Two European directives on blood safety become law on
8 February 2005
Social care interest
6. Consultation to form a care services improvement partnership
Further items of interest
7. The development and implementation of integrated governance
8. Following the success of the Healthy Communities Collaborative
(HCC)
9. PCT indicative dental budgets - 2004-5 and 2005-6
10. NHSE (2004) 10 - Bed cubical rails, shower curtain rails
and curtain rails in psychiatric in-patient settings via SABS system
NHS and social care interest
1. Contacts information required urgently (Gateway
reference 4154)
Please complete form at weblink below with details of children's leads
for NHS trusts, primary care trusts, strategic health authorities, and
directors of children's services for local authorities with social services.
NHS foundation trusts are also invited to provide such details. Data protection
is assured. For enquiries contact Raj Mohindra on 020 7972 5705.
Form >
Please return completed forms to Contact_details@dh.gsi.gov.uk
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NHS interest
2. Clinical Leaders for NPfIT (Gateway reference
4165)
The GP, hospital doctor and nurse clinical leaders have been appointed
for the NPfIT programme. Professor Mike Pringle and Dr Gillian Braunold
will share the GP leader role, while Mr Ian Scott and DR Simon Eccles
will share the hospital doctor leader role. Heather Drabble will be the
nursing leader. The AHP leader is expected to be announced shortly. Biographies
of the appointees are available. Read
the biographies >
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3. Healthcare Industries Task Force (HITF) report
(Gateway reference 4028)
The task force is the first joint strategic initiative of its kind - set
up a year ago to deliver a programme to benefit patients and the NHS,
to stimulate UK science and industry, and to improve growth in manufacturing,
investment, employment and exports. The report was launched 17 November.
For more information contact Naseem Mahtey on 020 797 22736. Available
at www.advisorybodies.doh.gov.uk/hitf
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4. Chief medical officer's letter on preventing transmission
of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) through surgical instruments (Gateway
reference 4147)
This letter reports progress on the tonsillectomy audit commissioned by
the Department of Health and outlines further work commissioned from NICE
on the choice of instruments in tonsillectomies and other procedures.
Read
the letter >
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5. Two European directives on blood safety become
law on 8 February 2005 (Gateway reference 3998)
Hospital blood banks must satisfy requirements around quality systems,
reporting adverse events and record keeping by 8 November 2005. A working
group will issue guidance on the implications in due course. Draft regulations
and consultation are available.
Read the draft regulations and consultation >
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Social care interest
6. Consultation to form a care services improvement
partnership (Gateway reference 4035)
The partnership will bring together seven existing initiatives providing
service improvement, covering children, learning disabilities, mental
health, older people and physical disability. It is proposed the partnership
is based within the Social Care Institute for Excellence. Details at www.csipconsultation.org.uk
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Further items of interest
7. The development and implementation of integrated
governance (Gateway reference 4161)
This document from Professor Michael Deighan, strategic board development
advisor, outlines current work to integrate governance systems across
the NHS. Read
more >
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8. Following the success of the Healthy Communities
Collaborative (HCC) (Gateway reference 4155)
The National Primary Care Development Team is inviting organisations or
groups in the north to apply to become one of the HCC wave three sites.
Contact Adrian Smith on 0161 236 1566, or visit www.npdt.org/15/Healthy%20Communities%20Wave%20Three.pdf
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9. PCT indicative dental budgets - 2004-5 and 2005-6
(Gateway reference 4126)
The department will conduct a further review of indicative allocations
in early 2005-6, taking into account access and new personal dental services
(PDS) conversions in 2004-5, to ensure that every PCT is adequately funded
to meet their confirmed service commitments.
Read
the letter >
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10. NHSE (2004) 10 - Bed cubical rails, shower curtain
rails and curtain rails in psychiatric inpatient settings via SABS system
(Gateway reference 4070)
Risk - suicide/potential suicide. Mental health trusts are reminded of
their obligations to comply with the instruction to remove all non-collapsible
bed and shower curtain rails in psychiatric inpatient settings as per
the chief medical officer's 2000 report An organisation with a memory.
Contact NHS Estates, nhs.estates@dh.gsi.gov.uk
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 - © 2004
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