Chief Executive Bulletin
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15 - 21 November 2003, Issue 195 |
Contents:
NHS and social care interest
(no items this week)
NHS interest
1. Annual certificate of fire safety management - 2003
2. Hospital medicines management collaborative
3. Memorandum of understanding between the government of
the Republic of South Africa and the government of the United Kingdom
on behalf of England
Social care interest
4. Children's views from care and residential education on
proposals in the Green Paper "Every Child Matters"
5. Improving Older People's Services - an overview of performance
Further items of interest
6. Your Life! Magazine: Spring 2004 issue announced
7. Stop smoking products rebate scheme
8. Closure of the Retained Organs Commission
9. New pay framework for NHS chief executives and directors
10. Management of external quality assessment (EQA) schemes
based in the NHS (England)
11. Patient Environment Action Teams (PEAT) - 2004
12. National Patient Safety Agency - Seven steps to patient
safety
13. Improving the efficiency of scrutiny of risk management
14. The statistical bulletin 2003/22: In-patients formally
detained in hospitals under the Mental Health Act 1983 and other legislation,
England: 1992-93 to 2002-03
15. MEDICAL DEVICE ALERT - MDA/2003/040
16. MEDICAL DEVICE ALERT - MDA/2003/041
NHS interest
1. Annual certificate of fire safety management -
2003 (Gateway reference 2251)
Chief executives of NHS trusts, primary care trusts, strategic health
authorities and special health authorities are reminded to complete and
sign the Annual Certificate of Fire Safety Management for the period 1
January 2003 to 31 December 2003. Return them to the Head of Performance
and Estate Analysis, NHS Estates, 1 Trevelyan Square, Boar Lane, Leeds,
LS1 6AE, by 31 January 2004. Blank certificates and guidance notes are
at www.nhsestates.gov.uk/download/firecertificates/firecertificate.pdf
www.nhsestates.gov.uk/download/firecertificates/guidance.pdf
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2. Hospital medicines management collaborative
(Gateway reference 2272)
The hospital medicines management collaborative launched in September
and hosted by the National Prescribing Centre will use a proven improvement
approach to focus on identifying, spreading and implementing good medicines
management practice in the hospital setting. The collaborative will be
informed by the Medicines Management Framework self-assessments completed
in 2001. Expressions of interest for the collaborative should be made
by 12 December and completed application forms submitted to hmmc@npc.nhs.uk
by Monday 5 January 2004. More at www.npc.nhs.uk/mms
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3. Memorandum of understanding between the government
of the Republic of South Africa and the government of the United Kingdom
on behalf of England (Gateway reference 2318)
This focuses on the educational exchange of health care concepts and personnel.
Prior to setting up these arrangements we would like to hear from people
already operating an exchange programme with South Africa or from those
interested in doing so. Respond by January 16 2004. More at www.doh.gov.uk/cebulletin/musouthafricauk.htm
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Social care interest
4. Children's views from care and residential education
on proposals in the Green Paper "Every Child Matters" (Gateway
reference 2325)
As part of his consultation with children, the children's rights director
has published a report based on a series of workshops with young people
in National Care Standards Commission (NCSC) regulated settings on issues
relating to the green paper "Every Child Matters". The board
of the NCSC wishes to commend this report to directors of social services
and hope that the views expressed by the children may be of assistance
and considered alongside any views you have collected from young people
when formulating your response to the Green Paper. The report is at: www.doh.gov.uk/cebulletin/childrensviews.htm
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5. Improving Older People's Services - an overview
of performance (Gateway reference 2311)
This report brings together all the information collected by SSI about
older people's services provided by councils with social services responsibilities
at year ending March 2003. It presents an encouraging picture about the
way that services are being planned and delivered. Overall, councils and
their partners were making good progress with strategic and organisational
developments. A series of regional conferences will follow up these findings.
More at www.doh.gov.uk/ssi/olderpeople03.htm
ref CI(2003)14. Contact Ian Bainbridge, senior inspector, on 020 7972
2872.
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Further items of interest
6. Your Life! Magazine: Spring 2004 issue announced
(Gateway reference 2329)
The Department of Health will help fund a spring 2004 issue of Your Life!
magazine. The sign-up process has started and as many PCTs as possible
are encouraged to participate. More at www.doh.gov.uk/cebulletin/yourlifeletter.htm
and www.drfoster.co.uk/yourlife
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7. Stop smoking products rebate scheme (Gateway
reference 2317)
On 12 November 2003, the Secretary of State announced new deals with major
pharmaceutical companies to provide additional support and free stop smoking
products, thereby helping the NHS meet its targets on smoking cessation.
More at www.doh.gov.uk/tobacco/pdfs/newdeal.pdf
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8. Closure of the Retained Organs Commission (Gateway
reference 2312)
Scheduled for 31 March 2004. More at www.doh.gov.uk/cebulletin/closureroc.htm
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9. New pay framework for NHS chief executives and
directors (Gateway reference 2310)
An update is at www.doh.gov.uk/cebulletin/newpayframework.htm
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10. Management of external quality assessment (EQA)
schemes based in the NHS (England) (Gateway reference 2209)
Contains practical advice on the day-to-day running of EQA schemes for
pathology services. More at www.doh.gov.uk/pathologymodernisation/papers.htm
or e-mail deirdre.feehan@doh.gsi.gov.uk
or paul.clegg@doh.gsi.gov.uk
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11. Patient Environment Action Teams (PEAT) - 2004
(Gateway reference 2208)
A further programme of PEAT reviews will start on 24 November 2003. Changes
have been introduced for PEAT 2004 and detailed guidance has been sent
to Trust/PCT directors of facilities. For more information e-mail paul.cryer@doh.gsi.gov.uk
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12. National Patient Safety Agency - Seven steps
to patient safety (Gateway reference 2296)
The guide offers NHS staff seven steps to improve their patient safety
focus and is supported by 31 Patient Safety Managers across England and
Wales. More at www.npsa.nhs.uk/sevensteps/default.asp
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13. Improving the efficiency of scrutiny of risk
management (Gateway reference 2304)
The NHS Reviews Co-ordination Group has produced a progress report on
work to reduce the burdens of reviews of risk management reviews. Contact:
David Bawden on 020 7716 5715 or more at www.chi.nhs.uk/nhsrcg
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14. The statistical bulletin 2003/22: In-patients
formally detained in hospitals under the Mental Health Act 1983 and other
legislation, England: 1992-93 to 2002-03 (Gateway reference 2319)
This is the first year that the bulletin will not be distributed as hard
copy. Published on 20 November 2003 at www.doh.gov.uk/public/sb0322.htm
Limited hard copies from kevin.downey@doh.gsi.gov.uk
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15. MEDICAL DEVICE ALERT - MDA/2003/040 (Gateway
reference 2313)
Personal seat wheelchair seat cushion manufactured by invacare
This Medical Device Alert was issued on 12 November 2003 to NHS trusts
and Social Services for immediate action. More at www.mhra.gov.uk
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16. MEDICAL DEVICE ALERT - MDA/2003/041 (Gateway
reference 2314)
BioMerieux Trepanostika TP Recombinant.
This Medical Device Alert was issued on 17 November 2003 to NHS trusts
for immediate action. Further information can be found at www.mhra.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 - ©2003
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