On the agenda this week: the Department for Health publishes
‘the year’, NHS Chief Executive Sir David Nicholson’s annual report for
2011/12, time is running out for those wishing to nominate their colleagues in
the NHS Leadership Recognition Awards, and the NHS patient feedback challenge
expert panel is announced.
Thursday 21 June 2012
The Year 2011/12 – NHS Chief Executive’s Annual Report Published
The Year 2011/12 launched today at the annual NHS
Confederation Conference and Exhibition. This is the annual report for 2011/12,
in which Sir David Nicholson reviews the NHS achievements of the previous 12
months and considers the challenges to come.
This edition includes The Quarter, which provides the
definitive account of how the NHS is performing at national level against the
requirements and indicators set out in the NHS Operating Framework 2011/12.
In his introduction to The Year Sir David acknowledges the hard
work and diligence of NHS colleagues, with the service now fully committed to
delivering the Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention (QIPP)
efficiency savings.
Against a backdrop of massive organisational change, Sir
David praises, ‘the heroic efforts made by the 1.2 million staff who work for
our patients in the NHS.’ Together, they have delivered key successes,
including the lowest infection rates since the introduction of mandatory
surveillance, lower waiting times for A&E, cancer care and dentistry, and
the delivery of £5.8 billion QIPP savings.
Tuesday 19 June 2012
Update To Accelerating The Release Of Surplus Public Sector Land
A letter sent to the NHS updates them on their contribution
to accelerating the release of surplus public sector land initiative and
provide further information on the assistance available to them. This follows
the government’s publication of a progress report relating to the ambition to
release enough surplus land for 100,000 homes by 2015 on the 7 May 2012.
Support for the NHS in identifying and delivering surplus
land is available through the build now, pay later and ATLAS (Advisory Team for
Large Applications) schemes. In addition, assistance from the Homes and
Communities Agency (HCA) directly may also be available.
NHS organisations are also asked to add their surplus
property to the register of surplus public sector land which is now part of the
government’s e-PIMS property data base.
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Lettersandcirculars/Dearcolleagueletters/DH_134618
Transfer Of Employees From NHS Commissioning Board Authority To NHS Commissioning Board Consultation Summary
This is a summary of the consultation, which the Department
of Health undertook between 30 April and 25 May 2012 on the abolition of the
NHS Commissioning Board Authority and the transfer of its staff to the NHS
Commissioning Board.
As part of the process of abolishing the NHS Commissioning
Board Authority and the transfer of its staff to the NHS Commissioning Board,
the Department was required, in accordance with section 28(7) of the NHS Act
2006, to consult representatives of those staff whose employment may be
transferred, or who may be affected by such transfers.
Monday 18 June 2012
Maintaining NHS Emergency Preparedness, Resilience And Response Staff Capability During Transition
Lyn Simpson, Director of NHS Operations, on behalf of Ian
Dalton, Chief Operating Officer NHS Commissioning Board Authority (NHS CBA) has
written to SHA and PCT cluster chief executives, and NHS CBA Regional Directors
setting out expectations for maintaining NHS resilience going forward.
The letter provides direction of how resilience to respond
to incidents must be maintained during transition.
Minister Hails Progress On Health And Safety Regulatory Reform
Getting rid of regulations won’t undermine the UK’s good
record on health and safety but will improve its bad record on red tape, said
Employment minister Chris Grayling, as he launched a progress report on implementation
of the Government’s health and safety reforms.
Friday 15 June 2012
Health And Social Care Act Explained
A series of factsheets on the Health and Social Care Act
2012 explain particular topics contained in the Act, including its key themes.
They include case studies of the policy in action, or answer frequently asked
questions about the topic.
The factsheets were first published in October 2011 and have
since been updated to reflect the changes made during the Act’s Parliamentary
passage.
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