Website of the Department of Health

Consultations and evaluations

2. Pay Framework for Very Senior Managers (Gateway reference number: 6931)

Appendix E of this Framework has been updated and now shows pay levels for Nurse Directors in strategic health authorities and primary care trusts. See:

• Pay framework for very senior managers in strategic and special health authorities, primary care trusts and ambulance trusts

Publications

3. Interim Chief Executive for NHS London (Gateway reference number: 7012)

NHS London announced, yesterday, the appointment of Ruth Carnall OBE as interim Chief Executive to oversee the new Strategic Health Authority. Mrs Carnall will take up her new post from 1 September, which means David Nicholson can take up his new post as NHS Chief Executive with the Department of Health from 4 September. Further details at:

• NHS London website

OGC Gateway Review

4. NHS Care Records Service – Summary Record Early Adopters (Gateway reference number: 7000)

NHS Connecting for Health is seeking a number of PCTs to participate in the early adopter implementation of the NHS Summary Record. The early adopters will focus on the GP Summary element of the Summary Record, enabling it to be shared with appropriate healthcare professionals within a PCT area. PCT CE’s are asked to take part in the early adopter programme - please write to

• summaryrecord@cfh.nhs.uk

Publications (continued)

by the end of August. See letter, which outlines the early adopter programme and selection criteria, at:

• Letter available from the Connecting for Health website in Portable Document Format (PDF)

Conferences and events - i) what's new

5. NHS Financial Performance 2006-07: Quarterly Report (Gateway reference number: 7008)

The Secretary of State has today published the first quarterly report on NHS financial performance in 2006-07. This shows that the NHS is broadly on course to deliver net financial balance; though each organisation still in deficit must continue making the difficult decisions needed to maintain services to patients whilst restoring financial balance. See:

• Land and buildings guidance

Conference and events - ii) places still available

Patient safety alerts

6. RTT Measurement - Approaches launched by 18 week Pioneers (Gateway reference number: 6999)

Duncan Selbie wrote to SHA chief executives on 4 August to explain how DH has been working with 18 weeks Pioneer sites to develop ‘Tactical Approaches’ to RTT measurement. The NHS will need to start to implement this as soon as possible, as per mandating DSCN (17/2006). See:

• 18 weeks: Referral to treatment (RTT) measurement - Approaches launched by 18 week Pioneers
• 18 Weeks Pioneers (opens new window)