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Subject: CIRCULARS : Chief Executive's Bulletin
Dear All
Here is a copy of the e-mail sent to all Chief Executives announcing DH
circulars and related publications. To reduce the problems with
attachments, I am pasting the text into this e-mail. You can see the
bulletin online at:
http://www.doh.gov.uk/cebulltin.htm
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ISSUE 15
The Chief Executives’ Bulletin is sent to NHS and Local Authority Chief
Executives and Directors of Social Services. It is e-mailed weekly on a
Thursday.
The Bulletin tells you of all circulars and other material published, where
to find them and whether hard copies have been mailed.
This e-mail alerts you to the latest Bulletin but does not have “live”
links to individual documents. Please use the link below to access a web
version with direct links to individual documents
http://www.doh.gov.uk/cebulletin/index.htm
You can either print copies of documents from the website or order items
appearing in the Bulletin from the Responseline 0541 555 455, unless
individual items give alternative arrangements.
Please click on this http://www.doh.gov.uk/cebulletin.htm for an on-line
version of this bulletin which has hyper-text links to the individual
publications contained in the Bulletin. Hard copy versions of these
publications can be ordered from the NHS Responseline 0541 555 455.
Contents:
NHS interest
1. NHS Performance Fund 2000/01
2. Advance Letter (PTB)1/2000
Social Care interest
3. Better Care - Higher Standards Video
NHS and Social Care interest
4. Domestic Violence: A Resource Manual for Health Care Professionals
5. Information Sheet on Joint Investment Plans
6. SAFETY NOTICE - MDA SN2000(09)
7. Intermediate Care: Questionnaire
NHS interest
1. NHS Performance Fund 2000/01
16/5/00 - Colin Reeves’ letter of 28 March gave details of the first £660
million of extra resources for the NHS in 2000/01, as announced in the
Budget Statement. In Annex 2 of the letter a £60 million NHS Performance
Fund was outlined. The attached guidance provides details of how the fund
will operate in 2000/01
Enquiries should be addressed to your regional contact (Annex 1 of the
guidance) in the first instance.
Ref. 21728, 21729, 21730, 21731. Will be mailed to HA Directors of Finance
w/c 22/5/00. Hard copies available w/c 22/5/00.
2. Professional and Technical Staffs B (PTB) Whitley Council: (Medical
technical Officer and Assistant Technical Officer Grades; Medical
Laboratory Scientific Officer and Support Grades; Dental Auxiliary Grades;
Estate Officer Grades)
17/5/00 – Advance Letter (PTB)1/2000 Increases to national salary scales -
three year deal
I. Adjustments to trainee MLSO, MLSO1 and MLSO2 pay scales
II. Adjustments to trainee cytology screener and cytology screener pay
scales
III. Increases to London Allowance
Ref. 21700 Will be mailed to NHS Directors of Finance and Personnel 18/5/00
Hard copies will be available 19/5/00.
Social Care Interest
3. Better Care - Higher Standards Video
A video, based on the publication Better Care – Higher Standards: A charter
for long term care (www.doh.gov.uk/longtermcare/), is now available. The
video explains the purpose of the Charter, gives examples of good practice
and has interviews with service users. It is 25 minutes in length, is for
use with user and carer groups and is both sub-titled and uses BSL (British
Sign Language)
Copies of the video can be ordered from Department of Health, PO Box 777,
London, SE1 6XH. Supplies are limited and it is therefore not possible to
supply bulk orders. Please restrict your order to 2 copies per authority.
Ref. BCHSV
NHS / Social Care interest
4. Domestic Violence: A Resource Manual for Health Care Professionals
It is mainly women who experience domestic violence and it is largely men
who perpetrate such violence. Frequently the children are caught somewhere
in the middle. For many women and their families the effects will be
catastrophic, and the impact on their physical and mental health and
well-being, deeply damaging, and sometimes fatal.
The NHS has a particular contribution to make in the early identification
and support of victims of domestic violence since almost all will come into
contact with the NHS at some point in their lives. This resource manual
will help health care professionals and equip them with the skills,
knowledge and confidence to identify domestic violence and to respond
appropriately so as to help break the cycle of repeat victimisation.
The health service is not working on its own in this area. Domestic
violence has been firmly placed within the Government’s Crime Reduction
Programme and resources allocated to reducing its incidence. It is
particularly important that the NHS should develop effective multi-agency
partnerships with other statutory and voluntary sector agencies. The focus
for much of this work will be the local Domestic Violence Forum and the
Crime and Disorder Partnership in which the NHS has a statutory duty to
participate.
This manual offers a foundation for local work; it provides factual
information to help raise awareness about domestic violence including a
listing of useful national contacts, support agencies and websites.
The resource manual can also be downloaded from the DH website at
www.doh.gov.uk/domestic.htm
Linked website: www.homeoffice.gov.uk/domesticviolence
Loose-leaf copies (which enable local material to be inserted) are
available free of charge from: DH Publications, PO Box 777, London SE1 6XH
Fax 01623 724 524; Email [log in to unmask]
Ref. 20024 Copies available.
5. Information Sheet on Joint Investment Plans
Health and local authorities were first asked to produce Joint Investment
Plans for older people from April 1999 as part of the Better Services for
Vulnerable People initiative, and JIPs for adult mental health services
from April 2000. Health and local authorities, together with partner
agencies, are required to assess the service needs of local people and
compare this with existing services. Over a number of years Joint
Investment Plans will demonstrate where there are shortfalls in services
and how these will be met by identifying the investment and reinvestment
needed to reshape services.
>From April 2001, Joint Investment Plans for learning disabilities and
welfare to work for disabled people will be introduced. The welfare to work
Joint Investment Plan is designed to maximise the independence of disabled
people including those with sensory impairment and improve their employment
opportunities. The objective of the Joint Investment Plan for people with
learning disabilities is to promote the provision of integrated services
that will help adults with learning disabilities achieve and sustain
maximum independence. Work is already underway to assist 4 authorities to
begin to develop their JIPs (Gloucestershire, Kirklees, Barnsley & London
Borough of Newham). A leaflet “Meeting Needs Together”
www.doh.gov.uk/pdfs/jipww.pdf has been produced to answer questions about
the Joint Investment Plans and its links to the Government’s wider welfare
to work strategy.
Guidance on Joint Investment Plans was published on the Department of
Health’s website on 21 December 1999 at www.doh.gov.uk/jointunit/jip.htm
6. SAFETY NOTICE - MDA SN2000(09) Pressure Transducer Cover (SensoNor
Pressure Dome) for Urodynamic System of bladder Pressure Measurement – Risk
of Cross – infection if the cover is Reused.
www.medical-devices.gov.uk/sn2000(09).htm
This Safety Notice was issued on 11 May to NHS Trust, Health Authority and
Primary Care Trust Chief Executives. As usual it was also issued to Liaison
Officers of Trusts and Health Authorities for action and for onward
distribution as specified in the Notice.
For further information on the role and nomination of liaison officers
e-mail us on:
[log in to unmask] www.medical-devices.gov.uk.htm
7. INTERMEDIATE CARE: QUESTIONNAIRE
Attached is a questionnaire pack www.doh.gov.uk/intermediate.htm in
electronic form that all Health Authorities Chief Executives and Social
Service Directors are being asked to fill in. Information on the extent of
current provision of intermediate care services is patchy and it is
essential that we urgently establish a comprehensive and up-to-date picture
of existing service provision as a baseline. This information is also
needed to inform the process of capacity building for the coming winter and
for next year. This exercise reflects the high priority the Secretary of
State attaches to the development of intermediate care services, which are
likely to be covered in the forthcoming White Paper on older people. We
urgently need your responses, so please download the questionnaire pack and
return the hard copy version that will be sent to you shortly and return it
to the Department of Health by 7th June.
Ref. 21683, 21684, 21685 & 21686 Will be mailed to Chief Executives of HAs
and LAs with Social Service Responsibilities w/c 22/5/00 additional copies
will be available.
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 - ©2000
Linda Ferguson
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