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From: Lynda Richardson [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 01 April 2010 12:21
To: Andy Sutton; [log in to unmask]; Stewart David (Ashton, Leigh and Wigan PCT); David Valentine; David Wharfe (5HG) Ashton, Leigh & Wigan Primary Care Trust; [log in to unmask]; Elaine Baker; [log in to unmask]; Julie Southworth (5HG) Ashton, Leigh & Wigan Primary Care Trust; Kate Ardern; Leila Williams North West; Maurice Smith (E-mail); Mick Dolan; Nigel Trowbridge; [log in to unmask]; Will Blandamer
Subject: FW: From the Department of Health: The week: 26 March - 1 April 2010 - Issue: 139
Hi All
Please find this week's bulletin attached.
Thanks
Lynda.
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Rowe (5HG) Ashton, Leigh & Wigan Primary Care Trust
Sent: 01 April 2010 12:20
To: Lynda Richardson
Subject: FW: From the Department of Health: The week: 26 March - 1 April
2010 - Issue: 139
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Subject: From the Department of Health: The week: 26 March - 1 April
2010 - Issue: 139
The week: 26 March - 1 April 2010
Issue: 139
Published every Thursday, the week provides need-to-know news,
consultations and events for chief executives and their teams. It
provides
links to more information and resources, highlighting areas for action.
The bulletin is attached, or you can access this week's edition at:
www.dh.gov.uk/theweek
We have also attached a Word version of the week for those of you who
prefer it.
On the agenda
1. Care Quality Commission
2. Building the National Care Service
3. Swine flu update
Policy news
1. Healthy lives, brighter futures: one year on
2. Referral pathway for wet age-related macular degeneration
3. Out of Hours Performers Lists
4. Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Ophthalmic Services
5. NHS Performance Framework 2010/11 guidance
6. Learning Disabilities Confidential Inquiry and Public Health
Observatory
7. MRSA screening
8. Mental health system reforms
9. Final year's allocations of the Social Care Reform Grant
10. Increases to NHS sight test fee
11. Improving oral health and dental outcomes
12. The NHS Leadership Awards 2010
Consultations and evaluations
13. Prevention and control of infections Code of Practice
14. Draft Network Partnership Group measures
Publications
15. Reducing C.difficile infections methodology
16. Allied Health Professions Referral to Treatment Guide
17. Health Protection Legislation Guidance 2010
18. Children and Young People's Continuing Care
19. Dental Access Programme communications toolkit
20. Reporting and Learning from Serious Incidents Requiring
Investigation
21. The Caldicott Guardian Manual 2010
22. GP extended opening hours
23. Confident Communities, Brighter Futures: A framework for developing
wellbeing
24. Meeting the QIPP challenge in partnership
25. NHS Premises Assurance Model
26. Health Act 2009: Pharmaceutical Needs Assessments (PNAs)
27. Planning and Developing the NHS Workforce: The National Framework
28. The Centre for Workforce Intelligence (CfWI)
29. Colorectal cancer measures
Conferences and events
i what's new
30. National events for medical trainees
31. Commissioning Shared Learning Event
ii places still available
No news this week
Patient safety alerts
32. MEDICAL DEVICE ALERT- MDA/2010/017
33. MEDICAL DEVICE ALERT - MDA/2010/023
34. MEDICAL DEVICE ALERT - MDA/2010/024
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