This Bulletin alerts chief executives to publications, circulars and announcements from the Department of Health. It is e-mailed to NHS and Council chief executives and directors of social services.
The latest updates on Commissioning a Patient-Led NHS are available at:
Public Health Minister Caroline Flint has asked the voluntary organisation Infertility Network UK to work directly with PCTs to help ensure that the voices patients with fertility problems are heard at local level in the planning of services. A letter from Caroline Flint asking PCTs to co-operate with this work is at:
David Behan, currently Chief Inspector of the Commission for Social Care Inspection, will be joining the department as the new Director General for Social Care. David will lead the department's vision for adult services in social care, driving forward the reform and improvement agenda set out in the Our health, our care, our say White Paper. The date for David's appointment is still being finalised.
No news this week.
Links to the Regulations and associated table of changes are available for GMS and PMS at:
Best Practice guidance (Main Report and Executive Summary) has been published that sets out the outcomes and lessons learnt from the NIMHE National WPPP. Contact is John Allcock on 020 7972 4224. See::
From 30 June, councils, NHS trusts and the third sector can use this agreement to procure telecare. The agreement will be of interest to commissioners, and provides an OJEU-compliant range of equipment and services at competitive prices. It can be accessed in MS Word format from the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency website at:
The Care Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP) published the 10 high impact changes for mental health services on 20 June 2006. It is available as an executive summary and full document.
Contact Ruth Kent on 01206 287544.
The Department of Health has announced £20 million capital funding for substance misuse services in 2006/7. A further £54.9 million will be available for in-patient and residential rehabilitation substance misuse services 2007/8 via a strategic bidding process. The letter, dated 21 June 2006, to Strategic Health Authorities can be found at:
This Medical Device Alert was issued on 26 June 2006 to NHS trust and Social Services for action. Further information can be found at:
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