Chief Executive Bulletin
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28 November - 4 December 2003, Issue 197 |
Contents:
NHS and social care interest
1. Chief executive's report
2. Electronic booking service final implementation strategy
NHS interest
3. Charging overseas visitors for hospital treatment in England
and Wales - amendments
Social care interest
4. Draft community care assessment directions to local authorities
Further items of interest
5. Contacts information still required urgently for Department
of Health database
6. Demography is destiny - an international project
7. Increasing senior house officer numbers to support Modernising
Medical Careers pilots
8. Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) forums
9. NHS direct commissioning framework April 2004-05
10. Guidance for GPs with a special interest in musculoskeletal
conditions
11. Implementation of pilot schemes: (personal dental services)
(amendment) directions 2003
12. Model performance management framework (PMF) for local
strategic partnerships (LSPs) launched by the Neighbourhood Renewal Unit
13. Public Sector Data Sharing - Guidance on the law
14. Invitation to seminar on violent crime - 11 December
2003, Manchester
15. Community Health Councils (CHCs) and the Association
of Community Health Councils for England and Wales (ACHCEW)
16. MEDICAL DEVICE ALERT - MDA/2003/042
17. MEDICAL DEVICE ALERT - MDA/2003/043
NHS and social care interest
1. Chief executive's report
The report describes activity and performance in the NHS over the last
six months and in the three years since publication of the NHS Plan. Read
it at www.doh.gov.uk/nhsreport/index.htm
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2. Electronic booking service final implementation
strategy (Gateway reference 2386)
A comprehensive explanation of the areas that need to be addressed to
enable local health communities to deliver electronic booking has been
announced. For immediate action is Phase Two: Organisational Readiness
which incorporates tasks that must be completed to ensure that NHS business
processes, systems and people are ready to use the electronic booking
service. Early adopters will go live in summer 2004 and electronic booking
will then be rolled out to the NHS via five geographical clusters by the
end of 2005.
Further information at www.electronicbooking.nhs.uk/implementationstrategy
and electronicbooking@npfit.nhs.uk
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NHS interest
3. Charging overseas visitors for hospital treatment
in England and Wales - amendments (Gateway reference 2394)
The interim manual of guidance issued in July has been amended as follows:
- From 1 December 2003 the Home Office will provide a helpline and
a secure fax service for NHS trusts to interpret travel documents. Full
details are on page 23
- Page 12, item (p) should be deleted
- Page 12, Regulation 5 (d) "people" should be replaced with
"nationals".
A full copy of the guidance, incorporating these amendments, can be found
in the NHS trusts finance manual NHS trust detailed guidance chapter 31.
More at www.info.doh.gov.uk/doh/finman.nsf
or contact Mike Harris on 0113 2546438
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Social care interest
4. Draft community care assessment directions to local
authorities (Gateway reference 2416)
These were published for consultation on 1 December. The Government committed
to issuing the directions during the passing of the Community Care (Delayed
Discharges etc.) Act 2003. This commitment was to ensure that existing
guidance on involving users and carers in care planning was set into a
legal framework. They are the first use of the direction making powers
of section 47 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990.
Comment on the draft directions are invited by 20 February 2004. Further
information at www.doh.gov.uk/jointunit/communitycare-assess/index.htm
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Further items of interest
5. Contacts information still required urgently for
Department of Health database (Gateway reference 2096)
The final deadline for access director contact details (directors who
are responsible for one or more aspects of access, such as booking or
choice) based at NHS Trusts, Primary Care Trusts and Strategic Health
Authorities in England is extended to 12 December 2003. Currently only
38 per cent of NHS organisations have responded. A reply form is at www.doh.gov.uk/cebulletin/contactsinfoupdate.htm
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6. Demography is destiny - an international project
(Gateway reference 2402)
Further details in the letter from Andrew Foster at www.doh.gov.uk/cebulletin/demogdestiny.htm
SHA/WDC chief executives can request a copy from Kathryn Flynn on 0113
2546912.
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7. Increasing senior house officer numbers to support
Modernising Medical Careers pilots (Gateway reference 2370)
The attached letter sets out the points to be considered by SHAs/WDCs/postgraduate
deans in creating additional posts and the arrangements for re-mapping
funding. More at www.doh.gov.uk/cebulletin/shonumbers.htm
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8. Patient and public involvement (PPI) forums (Gateway
reference 2413)
PPI forums are now in place for every NHS trust and primary care trust
in England. Information describing their functions and NHS and local authority
responsibilities in relation to them is available from www.doh.gov.uk/involvingpatients/guidance.htm
Contact anna.mcdevitt@doh.gsi.gov.uk
or call 020 7210 5553
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9. NHS Direct Commissioning Framework April 2004-05
(Gateway reference 2377)
Comments on this draft document should be in by Wednesday 24 December
2003. Further information is available on: www.doh.gov.uk/nhsdirect
and nww.commissioning.nhsdirect.nhs.uk
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10. Guidance for GPs with a special interest in musculoskeletal
conditions (Gateway reference 1686)
New guidance is published today at www.doh.gov.uk/pricare/gp-specialinterests
Contact gareth.james@doh.gsi.gov.uk
or tel 0113 2545258.
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11. Implementation of pilot schemes: (personal dental
services) (amendment) directions 2003 (Gateway reference 2406)
Amendment directions came into force on 3 December in relation to the
Patients' Forums (Functions) Regulations 2003 to provide for the entry
and inspection of premises where personal dental services are provided.
More at www.doh.gov.uk/dental/directionsdental3dec03.pdf
12. Model performance management framework (PMF)
for local strategic partnerships (LSPs) launched by the Neighbourhood
Renewal Unit (Gateway reference 2408)
Of particular relevance to PCT partners in LSPs receiving neighbourhood
renewal funding. These LSPs must use a PMF to assess their performance.
The requirement for annual re-accreditation no longer exists. More at
www.neighbourhood.gov.uk/partnerships.asp
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13. Public Sector Data Sharing - Guidance on the
law (Gateway reference 2381)
The Department for Constitutional Affairs has produced the above new guidance.
More at www.dca.gov.uk/foi/sharing/toolkit/index.htm
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14. Invitation to a seminar on violent crime - 11
December 2003, Manchester (Gateway reference 2404)
The seminar is an opportunity for senior members of crime reduction partnerships
and other relevant practitioners to share good practice on dealing with
violent crime. Contact tricia.eaton@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
or tel 01347 825068. More at www.doh.gov.uk/cebulletin/violentcrimeseminar.htm
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15. Community Health Councils (CHCs) and the Association
of Community Health Councils for England and Wales (ACHCEW) (Gateway
reference 2418)
The above were abolished on 1 December 2003. Further information at www.doh.gov.uk/cebulletin/chcabolished.htm
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16. MEDICAL DEVICE ALERT - MDA/2003/042 (Gateway
reference 2409)
All Pulmonetic Systems LTV Series Ventilators.
This Medical Device Alert was issued on 26 November 2003 to NHS trusts
and Social Services for action. Further information at www.mhra.gov.uk
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17. MEDICAL DEVICE ALERT - MDA/2003/043 (Gateway
reference 2410)
LifeScan OneTouch glucose test strips for use with: LifeScan OneTouch
II, LifeScan OneTouch Profile or LifeScan OneTouch Basic blood glucose
meters.
This Medical Device Alert was issued on 28 November 2003 to NHS trusts
and Social Services for action. Further information at www.mhra.gov.uk
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