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Chief Executive Bulletin
Contents: NHS interest Social care interest Further items of interest NHS interest 1. Disclosure of salary information by NHS senior staff A letter from Nigel Crisp to all chairs setting out the Department's views on disclosure of information on remuneration in annual accounts is at www.doh.gov.uk/hrinthenhs/disclosure.htm Chairs are asked to strongly encourage all senior staff to give their consent for information about their remuneration to be included in the accounts to be published in September 2003 and in future sets of accounts. Contact: Peter Gibbs on 0113 254 5705 or peter.gibbs@doh.gsi.gov.uk 2. Practitioners with a special interest - setting up services GPs, nurses and allied health professionals with special interests are beginning to play a major role in improving access to services for patients. The Modernisation Agency, the Department of Health and the RCGP have been taking a major lead in these developments and have produced a step by step guide and nationally agreed frameworks in key areas including emergency care, mental health, diabetes, child protection, epilepsy and dermatology. The frameworks are at www.doh.gov.uk/pricare/gp-specialinterests/index.htm
3. Health service ombudsman Investigations completed report - August to November 2002 The Ombudsman published today her 'investigations completed' report
covering August to November 2002. The report contains details of 63 investigations
completed in the period and is at It identifies two main issues - failure in communication and informed consent. A number of initiatives are being developed to address communication in various contexts and details of these are at www.doh.gov.uk/complaints/training.htm Chief executives should ensure clinical directors are aware of the reports. Contact: Adrian Landon on 0113 254 5679 or adrian.landon@doh.gsi.gov.uk Social care interest 4. Statutory financial assessment for residential accommodation Directors of social services and chief executives of care trusts are advised that a local authority circular, LAC(2003)8, announcing various changes to the statutory financial assessment for residential accommodation was published on the Internet at www.doh.gov.uk/scg/crag/ on 25 March 2003. The changes include increases to the personal expenses allowance and capital limits. A fully revised copy of the Charging for Residential Accommodation Guide is also at this website. 5. Preserved Rights Special Grant Report and indicative grant allocations The 2003-04 Preserved Rights Special Grant Report and indicative grant allocations are at www.doh.gov.uk/preservedrights/index.htm The allocations are based on returns made by councils and relate to the number of preserved rights clients councils had responsibility for on 30 September 2002. Councils are urged to check these figures as recorded on this site. As there are no conditions attached to the 2003-04 preserved rights grant it will not need to be audited. Councils should send comments regarding the Special Grant Report or caseload figures to Pardeep Dhesi at pardeep.dhesi@doh.gsi.gov.uk Deadline: 25 April 2003. Further items of interest 6. National Service Framework for Older People - A Report Of Progress And Future Challenges, 2003 is at www.doh.gov.uk/nsf/olderpeople/olderpeople-updatemar03.pdf 7. The Department of Health's Health and Social Care Awards 2003 8. National Joint Registry - from 1 April 2003 trusts are expected to enter data on the National Joint Registry on all total hip and knee replacement operations. Guidance at www.njrcentre.org.uk/news/news7.htm 9. Prison health transfer - full devolution to PCTs will be completed by April 2006. A timetable and key milestones are at www.doh.gov.uk/prisonhealth/briefinglettermar03.pdf 10. The NHS Modernisation Agency's operating theatre & pre-operative assessment programme has been emailed all finance directors outlining project management and incentive funding available for 2003-04. Contact - jacqueline.lloyd@npat.nhs.uk 11. The audit certificate for the preserved rights grant 2002-03 is at www.doh.gov.uk/preservedrights/index.htm Deadline for return: 30 September 2003.
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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