Chief Executive Bulletin
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23 - 29 April 2004, Issue 216 |
Contents:
NHS and social care interest
1. The Government's annual report on learning disability
2004 - Valuing People: Moving Forward Together
NHS interest
2. PCT action to secure out-of-hours training for GP registrars
3. National Audit Office (NAO) report on the NHS (England)
summarised accounts 2002-03
4. Mandatory surveillance of orthopaedic surgical site infection
and C. difficile associated diarrhoea
Social care interest
5. Independent review mechanism becomes operational on 30
April 2004
6. LAC (2004)15 Use of the NHS strategic tracing service
(NSTS) by councils with social services responsibilities (CSSRS)
Further items of interest
7. Access to GP practice level information
8. NHS complaints procedure - good practice toolkit for local
resolution
9. Amendment 92 to the Statement of Dental Remuneration
10. Fourteenth annual departmental report for the Department
of Health
11. Sustainable development commission publishes Healthy
Futures: food and sustainable development
12. Revisions to the Single Assessment Process (SAP) website
13. MEDICAL DEVICE ALERT - MDA/2004/019
NHS and social care interest
1. The Government's annual report on learning disability
2004 - Valuing People: Moving Forward Together (Gateway reference
3081)
Launched by Dr Stephen Ladyman on 28 April 2004, this cross-government
report covers some of the work to take forward the White Paper Valuing
People.
Read
the report >
Contact Alistair Brechin - 020 7972 4106
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NHS interest
2. PCT action to secure out-of-hours training for GP
registrars (Gateway reference 3073)
When commissioning new GP out-of-hours services, PCTs are asked to work
with local GP deaneries to ensure there continues to be appropriate training
opportunities for GP registrars. Please
see letter to PCT chief executives >
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3. National Audit Office (NAO) report on the NHS (England)
summarised accounts 2002-03 (Gateway reference 3181)
The comptroller and auditor general has published his report and the summarised
accounts of the NHS. Individual health bodies with large in-year or cumulative
deficits are named in the report which may result in local media interest.
Copies of the report and press notice are on the NAO website at www.nao.org.uk/whatsnew.htm
Contact Robin Beeby tel 0113 254 5470
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4. Mandatory surveillance of orthopaedic surgical
site infection and C. difficile associated diarrhoea (ROCR/OR/0037/002
/ Gateway reference 3156)
This surveillance is now part of the mandatory health care-associated
infection surveillance system.
SSI: All hospital trusts or NHS facilities undertaking specified
orthopaedic procedures must participate. Collaboration between infection
control teams and orthopaedic surgeons and training of designated staff
is required.
Action required:
1. Chief executives should ensure that a person responsible for SSI surveillance
has been identified and has contacted CDSC to register (ssi@hpa.org.uk)
2. The trust microbiology laboratory routinely reports data according
to the recommendations of the National Clostridium difficile standards
group.
Read
more >
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Social care interest
5. Independent review mechanism becomes operational
on 30 April 2004 (Gateway reference 3187)
This mechanism gives prospective adopters the right to refer their case
to an independent review panel when their adoption agency proposes not
to approve them as suitable to adopt. More at www.children.doh.gov.uk/adoption/Irm.htm
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6. LAC (2004)15 Use of the NHS strategic tracing service
(NSTS) by councils with social services responsibilities (CSSRS) (Gateway
reference 3186)
This circular gives details of arrangements for CSSRs with access to the
NHS Strategic Tracing Service. This will enable CSSRs to obtain and validate
NHS numbers for current users of social services and will allow health
and social service records to be linked for initiatives integrating services
such as the Single Assessment Process and the Electronic Social Care Record.
Read LAC
(2004)15 >
Contact Phil Kirby Tel 07733 310675
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Further items of interest
7. Access to GP practice level information (Gateway
reference 3188)
Access to the above (Piano Level III) is contained in a new performance
monitoring tool available from the NHS Information Authority from 4 May.
Chief executives or Caldicott guardians will be required to register via
an Open Exeter account on behalf of their organisation. More at www.nhsia.nhs.uk/performanceinvestigator/pages/cepermissions.asp
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8. NHS complaints procedure - good practice toolkit
for local resolution (Gateway reference 2944)
NHS complaints reform - making things right recently announced the publication
of a good practice toolkit for local resolution. Read
the toolkit >
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9. Amendment 92 to the Statement of Dental Remuneration
(Gateway reference 3082)
This comes into force on 1 May 2004. Read
the amendment >
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10. Fourteenth annual departmental report for the
Department of Health (Gateway reference 2947)
The report describes the progress and achievements of the past year and
sets out expenditure plans up to 2007-08. Read
the report >
For further information and a limited supply of hard copies contact Karl
Payne Tel 0113 2545368
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11. Sustainable development commission publishes
Healthy Futures: food and sustainable development (Gateway reference
3106)
The above explores the impact that the NHS can have on health, the environment
and communities through its decisions about food procurement. It gives
some good practice examples and lists useful resources. See
www.sd-commission.gov.uk/healthyfutures/pubs.htm
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12. Revisions to the Single Assessment Process (SAP)
website (Gateway reference 3169)
The revised website now has a letter from Antony Sheehan to chief executives
of SHAs reminding them of their role in implementing SAP. A template to
audit progress up to the 1 April 2004 milestone has also been uploaded
as has a revised explanation of the Single Assessment Summary and news
of another fully accredited tool. Read
more >
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13. MEDICAL DEVICE ALERT - MDA/2004/019 (Gateway
reference 3184)
Medtronic implantable defibrillators, models: Marquis VR 7230, Marquis
DR 7274, InSync Marquis 7277.
This Medical Device Alert was issued on 26 April 2004 to NHS trusts for
action. Further information is 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 - ©2004
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