Chief Executive Bulletin
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2 - 7 April 2004, Issue 213 |
Contents:
NHS and social care interest
1. Diabetes National Service Framework: One Year On
NHS interest
2. NHS PROFESSIONALS
Social care interest
No items this week
Further items of interest
3. Children's Services Conference, 13 May 2004
4. Establishing and Developing Cardiac Networks
5. Drug misuse treatment and star ratings
6. Clinical Trials Directive legislation
7. NHS involvement in investigations of fatal incidents in
prison
8. Conference - Celebrating Midwifery Leadership, 5 May,
Birmingham NEC
9. MEDICAL DEVICE ALERT - MDA/2004/015
10. MEDICAL DEVICE ALERT - MDA/2004/016
NHS and social care interest
1. Diabetes National Service Framework: One Year On
(Gateway reference 2785)
It is now one year since implementation of the National Service Framework
for Diabetes began. An overview of progress towards the vision of future
diabetes services set out in the NSF - "National service Framework
for Diabetes: One Year On" - will be published on the DH website
on 8 April at www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/HealthAndSocialCareTopics/Diabetes
This will be of particular interest to local diabetes leads. For further
information, the DH Diabetes Policy Team can be contacted at diabetes.nsf@doh.gsi.gov.uk
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NHS interest
2. NHS PROFESSIONALS (Gateway reference 3085)
NHS Professionals Special Health Authority has been fully operational
since 1 April. A letter from John Bacon outlining the benefits of using
NHS Professionals for temporary staffing is available. Read
the letter >
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Social care interest
No items this week.
Further items of interest
3. Children's Services Conference, 13 May 2004
(Gateway reference 3086)
The NHS Modernisation Agency is hosting a national conference aimed at
senior clinicians and managers to showcase examples of modernisation in
children's services to help support the implementation of the Children's
National Service Framework (NSF) and the Green Paper. For further information
or to register contact Denise Snow, Modernisation Agency on 0117 984 1850.
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4. Establishing and Developing Cardiac Networks
(Gateway reference 2910)
This document offers criteria for cardiac network development and explains
how central resources currently held by the CHD Collaborative will be
devolved to cardiac networks that demonstrate sufficient development against
agreed criteria. More at: www.modern.nhs.uk/chd/whatsnew
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5. Drug misuse treatment and star ratings (Gateway
reference 3027)
Drug misuse treatment is now part of the star ratings for PCTs. The National
Treatment Agency (NTA) is coordinating a mini-census of information held
about numbers in treatment in 2003/04. Treatment agencies are being sent
information for checking/updating in April. For further information, please
visit www.nta.nhs.uk/programme/national/
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6. Clinical Trials Directive legislation (Gateway
reference 3095)
Regulations to transpose the EU Directive on Clinical Trials of Medicines
into UK law from 1 May 2004 have been published at www.mhra.gov.uk/news/2004/ctregsdraft.pdf
with guidance at www.mhra.gov.uk/news/news.htm#ctd
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7. NHS involvement in investigations of fatal incidents
in prison (Gateway Reference 3050)
From 1st April, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman is assuming responsibility
for investigating the deaths of individuals in prison custody, resident
in probation hostels, in immigration detention or under escort. Guidance
is available at www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/HealthAndSocialCareTopics/PrisonHealth/
PrisonHealthArticle/fs/en?CONTENT_ID=4032016&chk=liVAzb then
scroll down to "General".
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8. Conference - Celebrating Midwifery Leadership,
5 May, Birmingham NEC (Gateway reference 3053)
An invitation from Chief Nursing Officer Sarah Mullally to send three
delegates to the above conference is available. Read
the invitation >
E-mail nominations and contact details to marykrauss@homechoice.co.uk
by Thursday 8 April.
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9. MEDICAL DEVICE ALERT - MDA/2004/015 (Gateway
reference 3093)
Bausch & Lomb HYDROVIEW H60M Intraocular Lens (IOL).
This Medical Device Alert was issued on 5 April 2004 to NHS trusts for
action and information request. Further information can be found at www.mhra.gov.uk
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10. MEDICAL DEVICE ALERT - MDA/2004/016 (Gateway
reference 3094)
Ophthalmic Innovations International Inc. AQUA-SENSE Hydrophilic Intraocular
Lens (IOL)
This Medical Device Alert was issued on 5 April 2004 to NHS trusts for
action and information request. Further information can be found at www.mhra.gov.uk
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personal or in-house use - ©2004
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