I everyone aware of this newsletter? Particularly:
2 Developing a National Framework Agreement for Telecare
Cheers,
Aidan.
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To: "Aidan Parr" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 2:15 PM
Subject: CSIP TELECARE eNEWSLETTER - JANUARY 2006
> Welcome to the fourth monthly CSIP telecare eNewsletter. The Care Services
> Improvement Partnership (CSIP) is responsible for providing general
> implementation support to organisations building their telecare
> programmes. Our plan is to maintain a monthly e-newsletter to keep
> organisations up to date with progress on this important Government
> imitative to support people at home. Our newsletter is currently
> circulated to around 2800 contacts each month.
>
> This month we are focusing on:
>
> 1. Preventative Technology Grant 2006-2008
> 2. Developing a National Framework Agreement for Telecare
> 3. Building telecare networks
> 4. Making it happen - further help from CSIP
> 5. PASA agreement for IT management Systems
> 6. Event listing
>
> Recipients of this newsletter are active subscribers on the ICES web site
> or people that have been involved in previous telecare events organised by
> the Telecare Policy Collaborative or Care Services Improvement Partnership
> (CSIP).
>
> If you do not wish to receive future editions of this e-newsletter you can
> unsubscribe at the foot of this page but this information may be helpful
> to others, therefore, would you kindly alert your colleagues who are
> responsible for the development of telecare in your area and ask them to
> register in their own right (details below).
>
> If you would like to know more about our plans please let us know by
> e-mailing your details to [log in to unmask] Also, if a colleague would
> like to receive an e-newsletter each month then it is possible to
> subscribe to the web site at http://www.icesdoh.org/register.asp. CSIP
> will also be providing update information through the Housing & Telecare
> Learning Improvement Networks (LINs) which has a slightly different
> newsletter arrangement and covers the important telecare initiatives in
> housing developments across the country. You can find out more about the
> Housing & Telecare LINs at http://changeagentteam.org.uk/index.cfm?pid=10.
>
> All previous telecare eNewsletters are available at
> http://www.icesdoh.org/telecare.
>
>>>>1 Preventative Technology Grant 2006-2008
>
> Information about individual PTG allocations (along with Access and
> Systems Capacity Grant allocations and Reimbursement monies) to Social
> Services are now available. The December 2005 local authority social
> services letter (LASSL(2005)6) provides the allocations for each social
> services authority for both years of the grant. The details were confirmed
> in a DH press release on 6 January 2006.
>
> http://www.dh.gov.uk/PublicationsAndStatistics/PressReleases/PressReleasesNotices/fs/en?CONTENT_ID=4126183&chk=LlQ1Bo
> http://www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/12/41/38/04124138.pdf
>
> Organisations across England should already be working together on the
> implementation arrangements for their local areas to ensure the best use
> of these new resources.
>
>>>>2 Developing a National Framework Agreement for Telecare
>
> On 24 November 2005, the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (PASA) placed an
> OJEU advert for the provision of Telecare/Telehealth equipment and
> relevant installation, response and maintenance services.
>
> The closing date for the advert has now been reached and shortlisting of
> respondents is about to take place. Interested parties will have expressed
> an interest in being involved in the framework and provided background
> information about their organisations.
>
> This will be followed by submission of tenders, evaluation etc with a
> contract commencement in June 2006. The date has been adjusted to allow
> some additional time to consider response services as part of the
> framework. The PASA timescale (normally 18 months) has been telescoped
> down to around 6-8 months to ensure that the contract is available as the
> grant commences and telecare services can make the best use of their grant
> allocations over the next two years.
>
> A specially arranged one-day workshop was held in December 2005 to look at
> procurement and sourcing of telecare. Notes and slides from this workshop
> will be available from 18 January 2006 at www.icesdoh.org/telecare.
>
> The advantages of this type of procurement framework for organisations who
> are commissioning, purchasing and providing telecare and telehealth
> services are potentially enormous. Organisations using the framework
> (local authorities, health trusts, independent and voluntary
> organisations) will be able to significantly reduce their procurement and
> purchasing timescales providing potential savings in duplication, product
> and service costs as well as making preventative services available to a
> wide range of service users and carers more quickly.
>
> As part of this process, PASA has developed a draft specification that the
> Project Team would like comments on from all interested parties.
>
> PASA welcomes comments on all aspects of the draft specification, but in
> particular the views and thoughts on how a workable discount mechanism
> could be developed within the National Framework Agreement (see Part C:
> Discounts and Mini Competitions).
>
> You can find the draft specification on the PASA website at
> http://www.pasa.nhs.uk/eat/telecare.stm
>
> On reading the draft specification you will see that it is 'output-based'
> to allow plenty of flexibility for innovation particularly for those
> organisations who wish to provide a response service. The consultation
> process will run from Monday 9 January 2006 until 5pm on Friday 27 January
> 2006. Your comments should be sent to [log in to unmask] with 'PASA
> Specification' in the subject box of your e-mail.
>
>>>>3 Building telecare networks
>
> Obviously, as more and more organisations move ahead with telecare, the
> knowledge base will develop and grow. CSIP will start to operate as a
> conduit and clearing house for telecare strategies, board and cabinet
> reports, job descriptions as well as innovations and best practice.
>
> CSIP and the Telecare Advisory Group (TAG) are now looking at training and
> workforce development issues as well as identifying standards for
> equipment and services. A number of organisations are developing
> initiatives in these areas - the last newsletter featured the work of
> FAST. If you are involved in any of these areas then please contact us.
>
> We are aware that local networks are also starting to develop for people
> to exchange information and learn from each other as well as the formal
> networks such as the LINs. As well as an extensive set of links,
> factsheets and other documents, CSIP aims to have further reports,
> leaflets, slides, service showcases etc available at
> www.icesdoh.org/telecare. If you have examples, then please e-mail
> [log in to unmask] - we are always happy to give credit to contributors
> who are prepared to share their progress and learning.
>
>>>>4 Making it happen - further help from CSIP
>
> Now that the PT Grant allocations are available, we are able to offer some
> free CSIP services through until March 2006. This includes:
> a) A limited number of briefing sessions for organisations that are still
> having difficulty in getting started
> b) A limited number of masterclasses for organisations planning to move
> swiftly to mainstream their telecare services in 2006-7
> c) A telecare ready reckoner to provide some options for spending the
> grant based on published allocations together with other budgets that you
> are planning to use to build telecare and telehealth services over the
> next two years
>
> For (a) and (b) the approach is simple - you provide the venue,
> refreshments, equipment and delegates (up to 30 people per session
> including your high-level telecare champions) and we will provide the
> facilitated input to meet your needs - these will be mostly half day
> events. This will be on a first come first served basis. Examples could
> include facilitating a local partnership meeting to develop your strategy
> as part of a 'briefing session' or a desktop evaluation of your plans to
> mainstream telecare as part of a 'masterclass'. For (a) or (b) you need to
> send an e-mail to [log in to unmask] with either 'Briefing Session' or
> 'Masterclass' in the subject box followed by the name of your
> organisation. We would, of course, be looking to see that services were
> working in partnership rather than as a single organisation.
>
> For (c), you need to send an e-mail to [log in to unmask] with the
> following in the subject box: 'Telecare Ready Reckoner' followed by the
> name of your organisation. When we receive your e-mail, we will reply with
> a brief checklist of questions. We will then use information from your
> completed checklist to feed into the 'ready reckoner' to give you some
> options about the best use of the grant - this will be sent to you in
> spreadsheet format so that you can further develop your telecare models
> and options. As more costing information becomes available over the coming
> months, you will be able to further refine your approach.
>
>>>>5 NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency National Framework Agreement for IT
>>>>management Systems for Community Equipment Services
>
> The NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (PASA) are currently reviewing its
> existing framework agreement for IT Management Systems for Community
> Equipment Services, which is due to expire in February 2006. PASA are keen
> to understand how Community Equipment Services currently view this
> contract, and if they are seeking to install/implement an IT Management
> System in the next 12/18 months. Would the PASA Framework Agreement be an
> agreement you would consider using to deliver such a system? Have you used
> the PASA Framework Agreement recently to deliver such a system?
>
> Please provide any comments you may have regarding the National Framework
> Agreement for IT Management Systems for Community Equipment Services to
> Paddy Howlin, Category Manager for Wheelchairs, CES and EAT via
> [log in to unmask] by no later than Friday 3 February 2006.
>
>>>>6 Event listing
>
> a) Forthcoming Housing & Telecare LINs (Learning Improvement Network)
> Regional Meetings
>
> Forthcoming meetings include:
> SW Housing LIN (Exmouth) - 13 January 2006
> West Housing LIN (Lichfield) - 19 January 2006
> East Housing LIN (St Neots) - 23 January 2006
> London & SE LIN (Barking) - 31 January 2006
>
> The Health and Social Care Change Agent Team (part of CSIP) host the
> Housing LIN web site. The 'Telecare and Assistive Technology' web page can
> be located at http://www.changeagentteam.org.uk/index.cfm?pid=188. This
> includes the Housing LIN Factsheet No 5 on 'Assistive Technology and Extra
> Care Housing'. For further information about the Housing & Telecare LIN
> meetings please send an email to [log in to unmask]
>
> b) Other events
>
> 1) Innovating Through Inclusive Design, College of Occupational
> Therapists, London, Wednesday 18 January 2006
> After the success of the seminar 'Growing your business through inclusive
> design' held earlier this year at the Royal College of Art, the College of
> Occupational Therapists is organising this follow up workshop (in
> partnership with the Helen Hamlyn Research Centre and Innovation RCA) as
> another opportunity to move forward with the inclusive design agenda.
> http://www.icesdoh.org/events.asp?ID=428
>
> 2) Training for Allied Health Professionals - a series of regional courses
> The College of Occupational Therapists is running three two-day training
> courses for allied health professionals on assessing and prescribing
> telecare solutions. The events are in February and March 2006 and will
> include case studies as well as discussions with manufacturers and health
> and social care professionals delivering telecare services. See
> http://www.cot.org.uk/newpublic/about/events.php for more information.
>
> 3) The Foundation for Assistive Technology provide a full listing of
> forthcoming events - see http://www.fastuk.org/list_events_by_date.php.
>
>>>> CSIP Telecare Team
>
> The CSIP Team involved in supporting the telecare initiative includes Ian
> Salt, Jeremy Porteus (Chair of Telecare Advisory Group), Rachel Denton,
> Denise Gillie and Mike Clark. You can send comments and questions about
> the CSIP Implementation Guide, factsheets or video to
> [log in to unmask] We would also like to hear comments about this
> newsletter - have you found it helpful? If it is a very specific question
> about the DH publication 'Building Telecare in England' then the e-mail
> address is [log in to unmask]
>
> Local Authorities and their partners can contact us at
> [log in to unmask] to ask any of the team to speak at local events. We
> also have some limited time to offer consultancy and advice.
>
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