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NHS and social care interest
1. Getting the right start

NHS interest
2. Clearing house arrangements for community health council (CHCs) staff
3. Information for patients project - extension of coverage of consultant waiting times database

Social care interest
4. Black & minority ethnic managers' development programme for 2003- 2004

Further items of interest
5. Managing the hand over from Patient & Public Involvement (PPI) pilots to the Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health (CPPIH)
6. Medical device alert -2003/010

NHS and social care interest

1. Getting the right start

The first standard of Getting the right start: the National Service Framework (NSF) for Children, Young People and Maternity Services was launched by Alan Milburn on 10 April.

The new standard covers the design and delivery of hospital services for children, the safety and quality of care, and will help to ensure children are cared for in child-friendly hospitals. The NSF Emerging Findings consultation document was also launched to signal the direction of travel for the full NSF.

Details at: www.doh.gov.uk/nsf/children/gettingtherightstart.htm

Contact: Lawrence Tallon at lawrence.tallon@doh.gsi.gov.uk or on 020 7972 4129

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NHS interest

2. Clearing house arrangements for community health council (CHCs) staff

CHCs will be abolished on 1 September 2003. This is likely to affect some 700 staff assigned to CHCs. SHAs which employ CHC staff have set up clearing houses. Could you please ensure that with immediate affect all vacancies within your organisation are circulated to the appropriate clearing house.

A copy of the HR framework for CHC staff is at www.doh.gov.uk/involvingpatients/hrframework.pdf with a list of contacts within employing SHAs.

Contact: Eileen Exeter on 0113 2546096 or eexeter@doh.gsi.gov.uk

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3. Information for patients project - extension of coverage of consultant waiting times database

The prospective consultant waiting times database at www.nhs.uk/waitingtimes/consultant/search.asp which went live on September 2002 with information from acute NHS trusts, was extended on 1 April 2003 to include information from non-acute trusts.

Submissions to the database should be made by the last working Tuesday of each month to nhs.uk@nhsia.nhs.uk Site-specific rather than trust-wide data should be given wherever possible to assist users of the database in locating services.

A waiting times information pack is available by emailing nhs.uk@nhsia.nhs.uk

Contact: Corinne McDonald at corinne.mcdonald@doh.gsi.gov.uk

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Social care interest

4. Black & minority ethnic managers' development programme for 2003- 2004

The Department of Health is funding another development programme for black & minority ethnic managers in councils with social services responsibilities. The programme is specifically tailored for the needs of black & minority ethnic managers in social services.

The Social Services Inspectorate has commissioned the Improvement and Development Agency (IdeA) to deliver the programme and has written to directors of social services to alert them that nominations for the Programme will be sought shortly. The closing date for applications is 12 June 2003.

The programme is available to download in Portable Document Format.

Or visit: www.doh.gov.uk/publications/pointh.html

Contact: Silu Pascoe on 0117 941 6508 or silu.pascoe@doh.gsi.gov.uk

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Further items of interest

5. Managing the hand over from Patient & Public Involvement (PPI) pilots to the Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health (CPPIH)

To establish communication channels, NHS trusts currently running pilot PPI forums, are asked to make initial contact with the commission by emailing communications@cppih.nhs.uk

6. Medical Device Alert -2003/010

Infra-red Ear Thermometer - home use, was issued on 16/04/03 for action. Details at: http://devices.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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