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.
CQC Inpatient Survey Results (2011) Published
CQC conducted inpatient surveys from all NHS Trusts between October
2011 to January 2012
View an A-Z list of all NHS Trusts Results and benchmarking
data.
Another Death And More Enforcement Action In Legionnaires’ Outbreak
A second person has died in the Edinburgh outbreak of
Legionnaires’ disease but the Scottish Government has repeated reassurances
that the worst is over.
A man in his 40s, who was suffering from significant
pre-existing underlying health conditions, died yesterday evening at the
Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. The man is understood to have been from the Gorgie
area of the city, which is currently the focus of the investigation into the
source of the outbreak by the HSE and Edinburgh City Council.
The latter announced this afternoon (15 June) that it has
served an Improvement Notice on the National Museum of Scotland as part of the on-going
investigation. It relates to staff training issues and requires the Museum to
ensure that key personnel are appropriately trained in the management of water
systems, which includes overseeing the on-going monitoring and maintenance
regime undertaken by specialist contractors.
Thursday 14 June 2012
DoH Bulletin 251
On the agenda this week: David Behan announces his departure
from the Department of Health to take up the role of Chief Executive at the
Care Quality Commission, the British Medical Association calls upon its members
to take industrial action, and the Social Enterprise Investment Fund reopens
for applications.
Tuesday 12 June 2012
Structural Reform Plan
The Department has published the June monthly progress
report on its Structural Reform Plan.
The publication is part of a commitment across Government to
promote transparency and accountability and to allow people to check that
departments are meeting their commitments.
Surveys Published On Public Perceptions Of The NHS And Social Care, And NHS Staff Attitudes
The Department of Health (DH) has published two separate
surveys, one on the public perceptions of the NHS and social care, and the
other on NHS Staff attitudes. Fieldwork for both surveys took place towards the
end of 2011.
Public Perceptions of the NHS and Social Care is a regular
survey that provides a useful check on public sentiment and experience relating
to the NHS and social care. The study has been running at regular intervals
since spring 2000. It is commissioned by DH and conducted by Ipsos Mori. The
results of the study form an overall picture, as perceived by the public, of the
NHS and social care. Core questions are asked in each wave of the survey, but
there is flexibility that allows us to ensure that the survey reflects the most
current issues facing the NHS.
This survey complements other major surveys commissioned by
DH but is unique in the fact that it focuses on the general public, rather than
patients only, and therefore provides an independent view on how key NHS and
social care issues are regarded by the public.
Monday 11 June 2012
Directions On The Transfer Of Patient Safety Function To The NHS Commissioning Board Authority
These Directions came into force on 1 June 2012.
The Directions to the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA)
have been amended to reflect the transfer of the NPSA’s patient safety function
to the NHS Commissioning Board Authority (NHS CBA) on 1 June 2012. The Directions to the NHS CBA have been
amended to reflect the Authority’s responsibility, from 1 June 2012, for the
patient safety function previously undertaken by the NPSA.
Friday 8 June 2012
Guidance On Planning For Property And Estates Transfers Issued
The Department of Health has set out the actions, and
timing, required from Primary Care Trusts to prepare for the transfer of
property to successor bodies on 31 March 2013.
The key steps for PCTs in the run up to transition are to:
- identify all property and legal charges that will need to be transferred and recorded in Property Transfer Schemes
- identify all other assets, rights and liabilities that will need to be transferred and recorded in Property Transfer Schemes. This will include identifying not only assets held such as equipment and IT but also identifying options, overages, grant agreements, development agreements, warranties and guarantees given.
- provide any other information that is essential to the transfer of ownership of estate to facilitate operation and management without causing disruption to services provided.
- transfer estate without disruption to services provided.
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Lettersandcirculars/Dearcolleagueletters/DH_134521
Serious Fire-Safety Breaches Cost ASDA
National food retailer Asda Stores Limited has been ordered
to pay more than £55,000 in fines and costs for committing serious fire-safety
breaches at a store in Berkshire.
Appearing at Reading Crown Court on 6 June, the firm pleaded
guilty to two charges brought under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order
2005. The case had received an earlier hearing in February at Reading
Magistrates’ Court, but was referred to the Crown Court, where a number of
further charges were brought into account.
Royal Berkshire Fire Authority (RBFA) brought the charges
following an inspection of Asda’s store in Cippenham, near Slough, by
fire-safety officers on 24 June 2010. The court heard that the breaches
presented a serious and life-threatening risk, not only to the staff who worked
in the store but also to customers and other members of the public.
Counsel for the prosecution, William Clegg QC, told the
court that the inspection, which was carried out following a complaint,
identified serious breaches to fire-safety regulations, including:
- two fire-exit doors chained and locked shut;
- obstruction of fire-escape routes;
- combustible items obstructing fire-exit doors and escape routes; and
- fire-exit doors wedged open.
The court also heard that the company had previously been
served with a caution in July 2000 for two contraventions relating to other
fire-safety regulations.
Thursday 7 June 2012
NHS Trust Saves £82k on Gas Bills
The Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust saved thousands
of pounds on its gas bills this year after its supplier billed the energy
consumption incorrectly. The Trust was
apparently charged double for the gas for one of its buildings, according to
the energy management bureau from TEAM which spotted the mistake. It says the
Trust saved £82,104 on its bill for the Isaac Maddox House, which sits next to
the Worcester & Birmingham Canal.
Thursday 31 May 2012
Department of Health’s Business Plan
The Department of Health’s Business Plan for 2012-15 sets out the programme of work that is planned to be carried out over the next three years to support the Coalition Government’s objectives. It also contains information on our structure and budget, and the way we measure our performance.
DoH Bulletin 250
On the agenda this week: nominations for the NHS Leadership
Recognition Awards are extended to 29 June 2012 and Paul Burstow announces £60
million of funding for hospices.
Monday 28 May 2012
Guidance Aims To Improve Procurement Across Healthcare System
Guidance aimed at improving procurement across the
healthcare system has been published by the Department of Health.
‘NHS Procurement: Raising Our Game’ sets out proposed
actions for NHS trusts and the Department and focuses on taking immediate
action to start tackling six key areas for improvements:
- levers for change
- transparency and data management
- NHS standards of procurement
- leadership, clinical engagement and reducing variation
- collaboration and use of procurement partners
- suppliers, innovation and growth
This guidance is launched in advance of a procurement
strategy planned for later in 2012 that will be developed following a wider
call for evidence. It aims to start the journey to world class procurement by
identifying those issues and actions that require immediate attention in order
to lay the foundations for a fuller and further-reaching strategy later in the
year.
In support, we are also publishing NHS Standards of
Procurement, which will support trusts in understanding what good procurement
looks like and in planning their improvements at a local level. The standards can be used to identify what a
trust’s areas of strengths and weakness are in their procurement and suggest
ways in which they can start to monitor and measure improvements.
Thursday 24 May 2012
Further Evidence On Market-Facing Pay Published
More written evidence on market-facing pay has been
published by the Department of Health.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer wrote to the Senior Salaries
Review Body (SSRB) on 7 December 2011 asking it to consider how to make pay
more market-facing for NHS very senior managers (VSMs).
On 23 December 2011 the Secretary of State for Health wrote
to the SSRB confirming the remit and setting out the work required. The SSRB
issued a call for evidence to enable them to carry out this work. The evidence argues that there is a national
market for this small group of key leaders of national organisations. The
introduction of market facing pay for VSMs would risk limiting the pool of
available talent and jeopardising recruitment to these key roles.
The new pay framework for VSMs about to be published is
based on national pay rates with flexibility to respond to local conditions and
the Department believes that this is the right approach for VSM pay.
DoH Bulletin 249
On the agenda this week: patients to be offered more choice
about where, when and how they receive common medical tests, Start4Life
partners new Hollywood film, What to Expect When You’re Expecting, in support
of healthier pregnancies, and healthcare professionals are asked to review
their actions concerning female genital mutilation in an open letter from the
Chief Medical Officer, the Director of Nursing and the Royal Colleges.
Tuesday 22 May 2012
Health & Safety Executive - CDM Regulations To Be Rewritten For 2014
The HSE has announced it will be re-drafting the
Construction (Design & Management) Regulations for reissue in 2014. A representative from the regulator confirmed
the plans at an event held by the Association for Project Safety in May.
Details will be presented to the HSE board in December 2012.
However, the Executive indicated that the new Regulations are likely to be
based more closely on the requirements of the EU Temporary or Mobile
Construction Sites Directive.
Monday 21 May 2012
Signs Of Shift In Prosecution Policy From Employees To Those At The Top
There has been a sharp drop in the number of prosecutions of
employees under section 7 of the HSWA in the last five or six years, according
to figures collated by the HSE from its prosecutions database.
Friday 18 May 2012
Monitor FT Bulletin May 2012
In this edition:
- NHS provider licence: summary of your feedback
- Annual Plan Review 2012/13
- Clarifications on indicators in the Compliance Framework 2012/13
- Criteria for assessing the affordability of Tier 2 long-term borrowing limit applications
- Foundation trust 2011/12 annual reports and accounts
Sustainable Development in Government The Big Green Bundle: Engaging Staff On Green Issues
The Big Green Bundle aims to help inspire participation
among employees in initiatives to green organisations.
What makes The Big Green Bundle different is that it uses
Defra’s environmental segmentation model to divide employees into seven
different groups depending on their attitudes and beliefs towards the
environment, environmental issues and behaviours.
Thursday 17 May 2012
DoH Bulletin 248
On the agenda this week: the Secretary of State pledges more
support for women with post-natal depression, the Department teams up with
doc2doc forum to gather views on long-term conditions, and the NHS Patient
Feedback Challenge uses new ways of working to share and implement the
measurement and improvement of patient experience across the NHS.
Monday 14 May 2012
DoH Corporate Plan 2012-13
The Department of Health’s Corporate Plan sets out our
priorities for the year ahead. The Department’s enduring purpose is to achieve
better health, better care, better value: working to help people live better
for longer.
Now that the Health and Social Care Bill has become law, the
Department has a firm platform on which to build clarity about the future
direction of the health and social care system as a whole.
The plan groups the Department’s activity into six priority
areas:
- Better health; Better care; Better value relate directly to DH’s enduring purpose and capture the key business priorities for the Department for this year to April 2013
- Successful change, delivering the transition to the new system – picks up the work the DH does and its accountability for making this happen
- Working with our partners – builds on what the DH does now and recognises that in the new system the Department will be working differently
- Transforming the DH itself – is about the DH’s journey to develop its capability.
The plan is also built around how the Department will
support the Secretary of State to deliver his five strategic objectives:
- a patient-led NHS
- delivering better health outcomes
- a more autonomous and accountable NHS
- improved public health
- reforming long-term and social care.
Thursday 10 May 2012
DoH Bulletin 247
On the agenda this week: The Draft Bill to modernise adult
care and support in England has been announced in the Queen’s Speech, and the Department
for Health has decided not to release the risk register from November 2010.
Tuesday 8 May 2012
Details Of Potentially Surplus Land For Housing In The NHS Published
Details of potentially surplus land for housing, currently owned by NHS organisations, which is no longer required nor likely to be needed for health service purposes in the future have been published. The information was provided by each of the 399 NHS trusts in England to the Department of Health through a central data collection.
The main findings from the 2012 data collection from NHS trusts, which related to parcels over 0.25 hectares, include:
- of the total 399 NHS trusts, 188 (47 per cent) declared at least one parcel of surplus or potentially surplus land and 211 (53 per cent) gave a nil response
- a total of 414 separate parcels of land were identified by the 188 NHS trusts who declared surplus or potentially surplus land.
See the main findings and the details of the surplus land data collection.
The results provide an update to the information published in October 2011 by the NHS and the Department of Health on the Disposal strategy – Land For housing. The information will assist in quantifying the contribution of the NHS to the on-going government initiative of accelerating the release of public sector land for development. The data collection used to compile these statistics was undertaken during January and February 2012 and the statistics relate to information available as at 1 January 2012.
Wednesday 2 May 2012
Safe Management Of Healthcare Waste
An updated version of the safe management of healthcare
waste guidance manual is published. A
number of issues needed clarifying to improve consistency of understanding and
to advise of legislative changes that have come into force since publication.
The changes are:
- a change of wording from premises notification to premises registration
- a paragraph has been inserted on the Waste Framework Directive 2011 which came into force after publication
- Controlled Waste Regulations 2012 came into force 6 April 2012 – this needed a revised note added links needed amending from the Carriage of Dangerous Goods Pressure Equipment Regulations 2004 version to 2009 regulations
- inconsistency of terminology i.e. sharps boxes, sharps containers, sharps receptacles etc. have changed to sharps receptacles for consistency
- other amends were of in a similar vein.
Thursday 26 April 2012
DoH Bulletin 245
On the agenda this week: Andrew Lansley sets out the
Government’s strategic objectives for the NHS Commissioning Board Authority,
Sir Peter Carr is confirmed as Chair of the NHS Trust Development Authority and
Lord Howe announces new guidance on the Cancer Drugs Fund.
Thursday 19 April 2012
DoH Bulletin 244
On the agenda this week: the Secretary of State launches a
consultation on standardised packaging of tobacco products, foreign doctors to
prove they can speak English before practising in England under new government
proposals, and the Prime Minister announces a call to action for frontline
nurses to share best practice with colleagues across the NHS.
Thursday 12 April 2012
DoH Bulletin 243
In this week’s edition, read about the new tobacco legislation which came into effect on 6 April 2012. Also, view the latest consultations and publications released in the past week.
http://www.cftconsulting.co.uk/
Wednesday 11 April 2012
HSE Report: Seven Survive Concrete Collapse At John Moores University
Seven construction
workers were lucky to survive when more than 250 tonnes of wet concrete
collapsed at Liverpool John Moores University, a court has been told.
The construction
site for a new Art and Design Academy at Liverpool John Moores University
following a scaffolding collapse.
The construction
site for a new Art and Design Academy at Liverpool John Moores University
following a scaffolding collapse. Two
companies have been fined a total of £100,000 over the incident, which occurred
during the construction of an atrium for a new Art and Design Academy at the
university.
Wednesday 4 April 2012
Quality Accounts Audit Guidance Published
The Quality Accounts audit guidance sets out what trusts will need to do to support the audit of their 2011/12 Quality Accounts. The audit requirement applies to all NHS acute and mental health trusts that produce a Quality Account for 2011/12, as well as the Isle of Wight PCT. A Quality accounts Toolkit which provides detailed information about producing a Quality Account. You can download the current Quality Accounts toolkit.
http://www.cftconsulting.co.uk/
Health Secretary Explains New Health And Social Care Act
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has set out what the Health and Social Care Act will mean for four key health and care organisations and their staff – clinical commissioning groups, NHS foundation trusts, NHS trusts and local authorities.
He explains there are two simple principles at the heart of the Act – that patients should share in every decision about their care and those responsible for patient care should have the ‘freedom and power to lead an NHS that delivers continually improving care’.
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Lettersandcirculars/Dearcolleagueletters/DH_133419
http://www.cftconsulting.co.uk/
DoH Bulletin 242
In this week’s edition, read about the Secretary of State’s letters to health and social care providers, highlighting the new powers and freedoms in the Health and Social Care Act. Also, see the publications section for a number of guidance updates. Happy Easter!
http://www.cftconsulting.co.uk/
Sustainable Development Unit: Case Studies- Food Waste Management at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
To help save money, improve sustainability and to meet future legislation Stockport NHS Foundation Trust near Manchester has replaced its food macerators with two food waste digesters.
The Trust’s onsite food waste digester uses a bio-enzymatic formula. It turns food waste into grey water, which then passes through the system’s filter and into the drains. Section: Waste
http://www.cftconsulting.co.uk/
Sustainable Development Unit: Case Studies- Solar Panels at Princess Alexandra Hospital
The roof of the Princess
Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, Essex now has what is believed to be the largest
array of solar panels currently in the NHS. The hospital which serves a quarter
of a million patients, over five sites has been working on projects exploring
the potential to save money and C02 since 2006.
Section: Energy And Carbon
Management
Sustainable Development Unit: Case Studies- 30% Water Savings at Barts Health NHS Trust
Since the scheme began Barts
and The London NHS Trust has reduced its overall water consumption by more than
30%, saving 100 million litres of water in three years. Section:
Buildings - Designing The Built Environment
Tuesday 3 April 2012
Arrangements For Planning And Responding To Incidents And Emergencies
The document describes changes
being made in health emergency preparedness resilience and response to reflect
the new health system that will be established by the Health and Social Care
Act 2012. This will create appropriate structures and functions in the NHS
Commissioning Board, Public Health England and with directors of public health
in local authorities.
NHS Performance Framework – Implementation Guidance Available
The NHS Performance Framework
sets out the Department's approach to identifying underperforming NHS organisations
and stipulates when intervention should occur in such organisations.
This implementation guidance
is designed to support the application of the Framework. Specifically it:
- informs NHS organisations of the criteria against which their performance will be assessed – underpinned by the NHS Operating Framework and input from regulators, as well as the frequency of assessment and escalation measures.
- informs Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs) as the regional system managers and Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) as the local commissioners of NHS services of when they should intervene to address poor performance
- informs the NHS as to how performance management will be aligned and integrated with the Tripartite Formal Agreement (TFA) monitoring process for NHS trusts, both in terms of scoring and escalation.
Friday 30 March 2012
HSE Report: Cleaning Firm Fined Over Porter's Death At Royal Bolton Hospital.
A national cleaning
company has been fined £175,000 after a hospital porter was killed by an
industrial waste compactor in Bolton.
Peter Bonomy's neck
was broken when the lid on the large metal container slammed down on him at the
Royal Bolton Hospital in Farnworth in 2006.
His employer, ISS
Mediclean Ltd, was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after an
investigation found the company had allowed porters to load the waste compactor
in an unsafe manner.
Thursday 29 March 2012
DoH Bulletin 241
On the agenda this week: the
Secretary of State writes to all NHS staff following the Royal Assent of the
Health and Social Care Bill this week, the Prime Minister announces a new
challenge on dementia and the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement
introduces the NHS Patient Feedback Challenge.
The Month: Special Bulletin 52
This special issue of ‘the
month’ carries a detailed letter from NHS Chief Executive Sir David Nicholson
on the passing of the Health and Social Care Bill and what the new Act means to
the NHS now and from 2013/14.
Thursday 22 March 2012
Guidance On Future Ownership And Management Of PCT Owned Estates
The guidance published does not
cover existing arrangements, but provides guidance on accounting implications
of the transfers of primary care trust (PCT) estate taking place upon PCT
abolition.
Subject to the passage of the
Health and Social Care Bill through Parliament. PCTs will be abolished in April
2013, requiring the development of new policies in respect of the PCT estate.
DoH Bulletin 240
On the agenda this week: the
2011 NHS Staff Survey results are published with a summary plus full report for
all trusts, the Department confirms £10 million of funding for children’s
hospices, and the first national lung cancer campaign is announced, aiming to
encourage people with a persistent cough to visit their GP and raise public
awareness of the symptoms of lung cancer.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer: Just A Sixth Of H&S Regulation To Be Left Untouched
The Chancellor has
promised that 84 per cent of health and safety regulation will be scrapped or
improved, according to this year’s Budget.
Last year, in its response to the Löfstedt review, the Government said it is committed to reduce
health and safety regulation by more than half. The latest figure announced in
the Budget takes into account last year’s Red Tape Challenge, which asked the
public and business for their suggestions on which laws could be amended, or
revoked entirely.
NHS Staff Survey Results: Stress Remains High Among Nursing Staff
Nearly a third of health-care workers suffered from work-related stress last year, prompting speculation that on-going organisational change in the NHS is having a detrimental impact on employee well-being. Findings from the ninth annual NHS staff survey revealed that 30 per cent of NHS staff reported they had experienced stress related to their jobs last year – a rise from 29 per cent in 2010 – while, among ambulance staff, the figure hit 34 per cent. The latter are also more at risk from physical violence. Overall, 8 per cent reported experiencing physical violence from patients, their relatives, or other members of the public in 2011 – but this figure shot up to 20 per cent among ambulance-trust employees, and 12 per cent among staff in mental-health trusts……
http://www.shponline.co.uk/news-content/full/stress-remains-high-among-nursing-staff
http://www.cftconsulting.co.uk/
Tuesday 20 March 2012
HSE Report: Demolition Firm Sentenced Over Asbestos Danger
A demolition firm has been sentenced after knocking down a building in the Lake District containing hundreds of asbestos ceiling tiles, putting the lives of workers and local residents at risk.
IBT Contracting Ltd was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after carrying out the work at a former photography factory in Staveley near Kendal during August and September 2011, despite not having a licence to remove asbestos.
Kendal Magistrates' Court heard IBT had been given a survey by the owners of the site ahead of the work taking place, which stated that the building contained 166 square metres of asbestos ceiling tiles. But the company failed to arrange for a licensed contractor to remove the tiles safely, and instead released deadly asbestos fibres into the air during the building's demolition.
http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/coi-nw-75ibt.htm http://www.cftconsulting.co.uk/
DoH. Results of 2011 NHS Staff Survey Published.
The
results of the 2011 NHS staff survey have been published today. A total of
250,000 NHS staff were invited to participate by postal questionnaire. We
received responses from 134,967 staff, a response rate of 54%
http://www.dh.gov.uk/health/2012/03/nhsstaffsurvey/
http://www.cftconsulting.co.uk/
http://www.dh.gov.uk/health/2012/03/nhsstaffsurvey/
http://www.cftconsulting.co.uk/
Monday 19 March 2012
Pay Circular On Agenda For Change - Pay Rates From 1 April 2012
The NHS Employers organisation
has published the new pay rates for staff on Agenda for Change contracts, effective
from 1 April 2012.
The Government has confirmed that staff earning
up to £21,000 per year will receive a flat rate pay increase of £250 from 1
April 2012. Other staff will be subject to the two-year pay freeze announced in
the emergency budget in June 2010. http://www.nhsemployers.org/Aboutus/latest-news/Pages/PayCirculaOonAgendaForChangePayRatesFrom1April2012.aspx
Friday 16 March 2012
Monitor: FT Bulletin
In this bulletin:
- Health and Social Care Bill
- The new provider licence Compliance Framework 2012/13
- Annual plan review 2012/13: forward plan strategy document
- Whistleblowing
- Detailed guidance on external assurance on quality reports 2011/12
Thursday 15 March 2012
HM Treasury: Hutton Review Of Fair Pay In The Public Sector
Will Hutton has published the
Final Report of his Independent Review into Fair Pay in the Public Sector,
along with his recommendations to the Government.
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