Chief Executive Bulletin
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14 - 19 February 2004, Issue 206 |
Contents:
NHS and social care interest
No items this week
NHS interest
1. Working group formed to address Rowan Ward issues
2. Interhospital transfer audit
3. Standardise your crash call number to 2222
4. Pre and post appointment checks
Social care interest
No items this week
Further items of interest
5. 24 - 48 hour primary care access
6. nGMS and PMS Update
7. New Department of Health (DH) website
8. Findings of national working group on roles and responsibilities
of psychiatrists
9. Modernising pathology services
10. Guidance on planning for incidents involving radioactivity
11. National Programme for IT update
12. Launch of NPSA's national reporting and learning system
(NRLS) on 25 February
13. Framework proposals for primary dental services in England
from 2005
14. National total of transfer of Residential Allowance
15. Healthy Start: Government response to the consultation
16. Guidance on access and systems capacity grant 2004/2005
and the delayed discharges grant 2004/05
17. Consultation events - Implementation of the Protection
of Vulnerable Adults (POVA) List, 4 March in London or 9 March in Leeds
18. MEDICAL DEVICE ALERT - MDA/2004/007
NHS and social care interest
No items this week
NHS interest
1. Working group formed to address Rowan Ward issues
(Gateway reference 2740)
Following the CHI report into the issues at Rowan Ward in Manchester where
a group of vulnerable patients in an isolated mental health ward received
treatment that was well below the standards expected, Stephen Ladyman
has sought urgent reassurance that such events will not arise elsewhere.
The letter requests information from SHA chief executives. Read
the circular >
Please send your response to julie.nichols@doh.gsi.gov.uk
by 6 March 2004. ROCR number 203-100.
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2. Interhospital transfer audit (Gateway reference
2600)
The Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) Collaborative is undertaking a national
survey of interhospital transfers in cardiac care in all acute trusts.
It will be co-ordinated by collaborative staff to minimise local impact.
The work will last four weeks commencing 1 March 2004.
Please identify an appropriate individual within your organisation to
support this project. Details should be supplied to Sheelagh Machin at
the CHD Collaborative on chdcinfo@npat.nhs.uk
or tel 07771980846.
An explanatory letter is at www.modern.nhs.uk/chd/whatsnew
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3. Standardise your crash call number to 2222
(Gateway reference 2667)
The National Patient Safety Agency is issuing a patient safety alert advising
all acute trusts to standardise the crash call telephone number to 2222.
27 different crash call numbers are used in NHS hospitals in England,
causing delay for staff summoning the resuscitation team in an emergency.
With increased staff turnover and more agency/locum staff, this represents
a greater risk to patient safety.
Chief executives are asked to review the risks, costs of conversion and
take appropriate action within available resources. This alert replaces
earlier NHS Estates' guidance (Health Building Note 1997/48, paragraph
2.10).
More at: www.npsa.nhs.uk/h_profIndex.asp
and www.npsa.nhs.uk/admin/publications/docs/crashcall.pdf
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4. Pre and post appointment checks (Gateway reference
2794)
The National Audit Office's report on suspended clinicians found that
43 per cent of trusts surveyed were not complying fully with the requirements
of HSC 2002/008 Pre and Post Appointment Checks for All Persons Working
in the NHS in England. In particular trusts failed to obtain declarations
from applicants that they are not subject to investigation or proceedings
by a regulatory body. The requirements in HSC 2002/008 are binding on
all NHS bodies under the terms of a Secretary of State direction and failure
to comply with the requirements has serious implications for patient safety.
Read
the HSC >
Social care interest
No items this week.
Further items of interest
5. 24 - 48 hour primary care access (Gateway reference
2805)
The results of the anonymised MORI survey of GP access undertaken in December
are being made available to SHAs and PCTs. Read
the letter and results
> from Gary Belfield (head of primary care).
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6. nGMS and PMS Update (Gateway reference 2807)
Together with the NHS Confederation, NHS Modernisation Agency (NatPact)
and the National Primary Care Development Team, the department publishes
a fortnightly web update on nGMS and PMS implementation. Read
Update No. 6
>
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7. New Department of Health (DH) website (Gateway
reference 2737)
The DH website is now live and has a new URL www.dh.gov.uk
The development of this site is an ongoing project and feedback will be
welcomed. Send it to newsitefeedback@doh.gsi.gov.uk
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8. Findings of national working group on roles and
responsibilities of psychiatrists (Gateway reference 2710)
The BMA in partnership with the MA has published a report of the national
working group looking at the roles and responsibilities of psychiatrists.
Read the report
>
Comments to barry.foley@doh.gsi.gov.uk
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9. Modernising pathology services (Gateway reference
1516)
Guidance has been published on how service design, particularly through
the development of managed networks, can help build the pathology capacity
required to deliver key targets and commitments.
Read
the guidance
>
Contact deirdre.feehan@doh.gsi.gov.uk
or paul.clegg@doh.gsi.gov.uk
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10. Guidance on planning for incidents involving
radioactivity (Gateway reference 2494)
Chapter 9 and the Radioactivity annex of the 1998 NHS Guidance Planning
for Major Incidents have been updated to provide guidance on planning
for and responding to incidents involving radiation. Read
the guidance
>
Contact: monika.temple@doh.gsi.gov.uk
tel 020 7972 5026.
11. National Programme for IT update (Gateway
reference 2815)
The National Programme for IT has launched a monthly programme update.
The update provides a briefing for stakeholders on the programme's progress,
including the NHS Care Records Service, Electronic Booking, Electronic
Transmission of Prescriptions and the provision of an underpinning IT
infrastructure. Read
the update
>
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12. Launch of NPSA's national reporting and learning
system (NRLS) on 25 February (Gateway reference 1056)
The National Patient Safety Agency aimed to work with all NHS organisations
during 2004. If your organisation has yet to do so, contact your NPSA
Patient Safety manager for further information. More details on the NRLS
are at www.npsa.nhs.uk/static/connecting.asp
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13. Framework proposals for primary dental services
in England from 2005 (Gateway reference 2755)
This document has been published electronically and the British Dental
Association will be seeking the views of dentists on the proposals during
February and March. It is available,
together with supporting information for PCTs
>
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14. National total of transfer of Residential Allowance
(Gateway reference 2812)
The national total of the transfer of Residential Allowance for 2004-05
is confirmed as £409.48 million. Councils will be notified of their
final allocations by 31 May 2004. More
information
>
Contact adebayo.adekaiyaoja@doh.gsi.gov.uk
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15. Healthy Start: Government response to the consultation
(Gateway reference 2730)
The Department of Health published its response to the autumn 2002 public
consultation on reform of the Welfare Food Scheme on 16 February 2004.
Read
the response
>
16. Guidance on access and systems capacity grant
2004/2005 and the delayed discharges grant 2004/05 (Gateway reference
2781)
Information
on arrangements for payments of these grants >
Contact: Jenny.Mudge@doh.gsi.gov.uk
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17. Consultation events - Implementation of the Protection
of Vulnerable Adults (POVA) List, 4 March in London or 9 March in Leeds
(Gateway reference 2683)
Anyone having difficulty downloading details of this event, please contact
Mohammed Sayad for technical advice at mohammed.sayad@doh.gsi.gov.uk
tel 020 7972 23911.
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18. MEDICAL DEVICE ALERT - MDA/2004/007 (Gateway
reference 2816)
Bed rails: twin-bar designs
This Medical Device Alert was issued on 13 February 2004 to NHS trusts
and Social Services for action and information request. Further information
can be found at www.mhra.gov.uk
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