Chief Executive Bulletin
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7 August 2003, Issue 180 |
Contents:
NHS and social care interest
1. Change to the law-implications for employers
2. The Community care (delayed discharges, etc.) Act
3. Chief executive and directors of social services conference
NHS interest
4. Freedom of Information (FOI) - Final reminder for publication
scheme notification
5. Reforming NHS financial flows: Introducing payment by
results
6. Health and safety compliance in the NHS 2002/2003
7. Medical device alert - MDA/2003/022
Social care interest
8. Determinations for children's services grants
Further items of interest
9. Positron emission tomography (PET) scanning
10. Improvement notice on organisational stress
11. Requirement for auditor certification
12. Monitoring junior doctors' hours
13. Guide to commissioning good services for falls prevention
14. Changes in social services inspectorate (SSI) management
arrangements
15. Bulletin for chairs and non-executive directors
NHS and social care interest
1. Change to the law-implications for employers
The Health Professions Council's (HPC) new register opened on 9 July 2003.
Since then there has been a change in the law governing the twelve professions
regulated by the HPC. The use of certain protected titles will now be
limited to practitioners registered with the HPC as having approved levels
of training and competence.
The Department of Health has issued an updated version of HSC 2000/006
and LAC(2000)8 which advises employers to ensure that appropriate arrangements
are made to verify practitioners' HPC registration.
Details at www.doh.gov.uk/publications/coinh.html
Contact: Christine Holmes at christine.holmes@doh.gsi.gov.uk
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2. The Community care (delayed discharges, etc.)
Act
The Act introduces a system of reimbursement for delayed transfers of
patients who had been receiving acute care and whose delays are held to
be the sole responsibility of the local authority. Delays incurred by
patients receiving care from mental health services are not covered by
reimbursement. Accordingly, the Department of Health is consulting on
an order defining mental health services for the purposes of the Act.
The order is at www.doh.gov.uk/jointunit/delayeddischarge/mentalhealthconsult.htm
The consultation will take place between 7 August and 11 September 2003.
Comments should be sent to Ruth Marshall at ruth.marshall@doh.gsi.gov.uk
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3. Chief executive and directors of social services
conference
This is a reminder to all chief executive and directors of social services
about the conference planned for Thursday 4 September at the QE11 centre
in London.
Registration details were included in your invitation to this event,
which you will have received recently. If you wish to attend the conference
can you please complete the registration document and return to Clever
Media by fax on 0207 202 2004 or telephone 0207 633 0336
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NHS interest
4. Freedom of Information (FOI) - Final reminder for
publication scheme notification
The deadline to submit a declaration to the information commissioner to
confirm compliance with a model publication scheme is 31 August 2003.
Declaration forms are at www.foi.nhs.uk/downloads/055b_inf_comm_nhs_models_declaration.doc
Schemes are required to be made public by 31 October 2003 and NHS trusts
who fail to publish will be listed on the FOI website.
Help and advice on the Freedom of information act is at www.foi.nhs.uk
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5. Reforming NHS financial flows: Introducing payment
by results
This set out last year, reforms to the way money moves around the NHS.
The document Payment by results consultation: Preparing for 2005 has now
been published.
This identifies the key decisions needed for implementing the next stage
of payment by results and outlines how it will apply to NHS foundation
trusts from April 2004 and all NHS trusts from April 2005. It also includes
further details of the reviews of levies for teaching, (multi professional
education & training) and NHS R&D.
Closing date for responses: 31 October 2003.
Details at www.doh.gov.uk/nhsfinancialreforms/consultation03/
Contact: Frances Smethurst at financial-flow@doh.gsi.gov.uk
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6. Health and safety compliance in the NHS 2002/2003
The Health and Safety Commission chair, Bill Callaghan, has written to
all NHS chief executives, setting out the Health and Safety Executives
(HSE) findings on health and safety compliance in the NHS during 2002/2003.
A copy of his letter, the HSE findings, the report on inspections and
the number of improvement notices issued can be found at www.doh.gov.uk/healthandsafety/compliancenhs.htm
Contact: David Ripley at david.ripley@doh.gsi.gov.uk
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7. Medical device alert - MDA/2003/022 - Allied
healthcare products manual resuscitator/self inflating resuscitation bag.
This medical device alert was issued on 31 July 2003 to NHS trusts for
action.
Details at http://devices.mhra.gov.uk
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Social care interest
8. Determinations for children's services grants
Section 93 Determinations for children's services grants and LASSL (2003)5
with auditing arrangements is at www.doh.gov.uk/qualityprotects/info/publications/index.htm
Contact: Hina Patel on 0207 972 4071 or hina.patel@doh.gsi.gov.uk
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Further items of interest
9. Positron emission tomography (PET) scanning
In response to requests for a framework to guide local commissioning the
Department of Health is developing, in consultation with NHS and research
stakeholders, a framework for PET scanning in the NHS. The framework will
set out which tumour groups would benefit from PET scanning, likely future
demand, and the implications for the optimal configuration and location
of PET scanners.
Contact: Stephen Waring at stephen.waring@doh.gsi.gov.uk
or Gary Arnold at gary.arnold@doh.gsi.gov.uk
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10. Improvement notice on organisational stress
Details have appeared in the national press of an improvement notice served
on West Dorset Hospitals NHS Trust for failure to have a policy, or risk
assessments on organisational stress.
Guidance is available at www.doh.gov.uk/healthandsafety/effmgtocchealthindex.htm
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11. Requirement for auditor certification of
- Health authority drug prevention funding 2002/2003 and
- The Young people's substance misuse planning grant 2002/2003. With
reference to the cash adjustment allocation letter dated 19 March 2002
and LAC(2002)8.
Details at www.doh.gov.uk/drugs/polguide.htm
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12. Monitoring junior doctors' hours - September
2003
The regular collection of NHS trust data on junior doctors' hours, due
to take place next in September is important, in the light of contractual
changes and the implications of the forthcoming European Working Time
Directive. The process for making returns and guidance is at www.doh.gov.uk/juniordoctors/
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13. Guide to commissioning good services for falls
prevention
This document supports delivery of the national service framework for
Older People's integrated falls services. It will be of primary interest
to falls co-ordinators, and those planning and commissioning components
of falls services in PCTs and local authorities.
Details at: www.doh.gov.uk/nsf/olderpeople/news.htm
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14. Changes in social services inspectorate (SSI)
management arrangements
Further to the chief inspector letter CI (2003) 9 which announced the
new acting arrangements within SSI, this is to keep you informed of the
latest changes in the SSI.
Details at www.doh.gov.uk/ssi/ssistructurechart.htm
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15. Bulletin for chairs and non-executive directors
Issue 2 of the new Non-Exec Bulletin has just been published, containing
a detailed look at the new guidance on governance, Governing the NHS.
The bulletin is at www.doh.gov.uk/nonexecbulletin/
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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