Chief Executive Bulletin
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21 - 28 May 2004, Issue 220 |
Contents:
NHS and social care interest
1. Election guidance
2. Development of bereavement services in the NHS
NHS interest
3. Obtaining blood transfusion information
Social care interest
No items this week
Further items of interest
4. European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL)
5. Competencies for Directors of Infection Prevention and
Control
6. Changes to the General Medical Council's disclosure procedures
NHS and social care interest
1. Election guidance
Elections to the European Parliament, local elections in England and Wales
and elections to the Greater London Authority (GLA) will be held on 10
June. Any work to be undertaken which may have a bearing on these elections
should be looked at in the light of guidance on the role and conduct of
NHS, local authority and DH personnel. The guidance is on the Cabinet
Office website. The general convention is that particular care should
be taken three weeks preceding the elections - from 20 May 2004 - and
this should be taken into account in forward planning any activities and
announcements.
The guidance is at
www.cabinet-office.gov.uk/central/Electionguidance/2004electionguidance.pdf
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2. Development of bereavement services in the NHS
(Gateway reference 3289)
As part of its programme of work to support the development of bereavement
services and better practice in seeking consent to post mortem examination,
the Department of Health is inviting proposals to fund projects which
support the development and implementation of training across the NHS
and voluntary sector. Proposals should be submitted no later than 17 June.
Contact Peter Jones tel 020 7972 5334.
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more >
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NHS interest
3. Obtaining blood transfusion information (Gateway
reference 3313)
The Secretary of State's statement in Parliament on 16 March said that
patients who had received a blood transfusion since January 1980 should
no longer give blood. Some individual donors have been attempting to verify
their status by requesting a search of their medical records. Some Trusts
have been charging for this additional work. The NHS relies on the continued
voluntary donation of blood. Charging for such searches is effectively
charging a fee to donate blood. Trusts should ensure that any such search
should not generate a fee.
Contact richard.gutowski@doh.gsi.gov.uk
Tel 020 7972 3764
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Social care interest
No items this week
Further items of interest
4. European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) (Gateway
reference 3302)
The NHS Information Authority's results of research into the effectiveness
of the ECDL, plus details of a number of senior managers' half-day awareness
seminars to be held between 8 and 29 June, are both at www.ecdl.nhs.uk/pages/awareness/
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5. Competencies for Directors of Infection Prevention
and Control (Gateway reference 3080)
Chief executives have an important role regarding the appointment of a
Director of Infection Prevention and Control announced in 'Winning Ways'.
They are asked to ensure that these competencies are cascaded to medical
microbiologists, infection control teams and directors.
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the competencies >
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6. Changes to the General Medical Council's disclosure
procedures (Gateway reference 3314)
The General Medical Council (GMC) has changed the way it handles complaints
at the initial stage of its fitness to practise procedures. Details at
www.gmc-uk.org/cg
Guidance on referring problem doctors to the GMC is at
www.gmc-uk.org/probdocs/ftp_employers.htm
Contact rloughlin@gmc-uk.org
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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