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Health service circulars
Formal communications, primarily to NHS chief executives, which usually contain a requirement for significant or urgent specific action. Many are quasi-legislative. Some may be issued jointly with a local authority circular where the topic is relevant to a joint health and local authority audience. Recent health service circulars are listed here: use the publications and letters library to find earlier ones, from 1998.
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2007
Health service circulars issued in 2007.
2006
Health service circulars issued in 2006.
2005
Health service circulars issued in 2005.
2004
Health service circulars issued in 2004
- HSC 2004/004: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) Grant Guidance 2005/06
- HSC 2004/003: Primary Medical Services Allocations 2004/05
- HSC 2004/002 - Child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS) grant guidance
- HSC 2004/001 - Use of confidentiality and clawback clauses in connection with termination of a contract of employment
2003
Health service circulars issued in 2003
- HSC 2003/012 - Maintaining high professional standards in the modern NHS: a framework for the initial handling of concerns about doctors and dentists in the NHS
- HSC 2003/011 - The interventional procedures programme: working with the National Institute for Clinical Excellence to promote safe clinical innovation
- HSC 2003/010 - Updated national guidance on the safe administration of intrathecal chemotherapy
- HSC 2003/009 - The Community Care (Delayed Discharges Etc) Act 2003: Guidance for implementation
- HSC 2003/008: Employment of health professionals by NHS Trusts, Primary Care Trusts and Local Authorities
- HSC 2003/007 - What To Do If You're Worried A Child Is Being Abused
- HSC 2003/006 - Guidance on NHS funded nursing care
- HSC 2003/005 - Mental health supplementary credit approvals 2003/05
- HSC 2003/004 - Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) capital allocations: 2003-04 to 2005-06
- HSC 2003/003 - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) grant guidance 2003/04
- HSC 2003/002: Mental health grant guidance 2003-04
- HSC 2003/001 - Protecting staff; delivering services: implementing the European Working Time Directive for doctors in training
2002
Health service circulars
- HSC 2002/012 - Primary care trusts revenue resource limits 2003/04, 2004/05 & 2005/06
- HSC 2002/011: Issue of Alert Letters for health professionals in England
- HSC 2002/010 - Hepatitis C infected health care workers
- HSC 2002/009 - Better blood transfusion: appropriate use of blood
- HSC 2002/008 - Pre and post employment checks for all persons working in the NHS in England
- HSC 2002/007 - Securing Service Delivery: Commissioning Freedoms of Primary Care Trusts
- HSC 2002/006 - Mental Health Supplementary Credit Approvals - 2002/04
- HSC 2002/005 - Cancer waiting times: guidance on making and tracking progress on cancer waiting times
- HSC 2002/004 - Cost effective provision of disease modifying therapies for people with Multiple Sclerosis
- HSC 2002/003: Implementing the Caldicott standard in social care: appointment of Caldicott guardians
- HSC 2002/002: Mental health grant guidance 2002-03
- HSC 2002/001: Guidance on the single assessment process for older people
2001
Health service circulars issued in 2001
- HSC 2001/027: 2002-03 HCHS capital allocations
- HSC 2001/026: Diabetes national service framework: standards
- HSC 2001/025: Care Standards Act 2000: guidance on continuing responsibilities of local authorities and health authorities following the transfer of registration and inspection to the National Care Standards Commission on 1 April 2002
- HSC 2001/024: Health authority revenue resource limits 2002/03
- HSC 2001/023: Good practice in consent: achieving the NHS Plan commitment to patient-centred consent practice
- HSC 2001/022: National guidance on the safe administration of intrathecal chemotherapy
- HSC 2001/021: Care Standards Act 2000: guidance to local authority and health authority registration and inspection units on the transfer of registration for existing regulated providers to the National Care Standards Commission
- HSC 2001/020: The Quality Protects Programme: Transforming children's services 2002-03
- HSC 2001/019: Access to education for children and young people with medical needs
- HSC 2001/018: Withholding treatment from violent and abusive patients in NHS trusts - NHS zero tolerance zone
- HSC 2001/017: Guidance on free nursing care in nursing homes
- HSC 2001/016: Valuing people: a new strategy for learning disability for the 21st century: implementation
- HSC 2001/015: Continuing care: NHS and local councils' responsibilities
- HSC 2001/014: 2001/2002: arrangements for whole system capacity planning : emergency, elective and social care
- HSC 2001/012: Achieving the NHS Cancer Plan waiting times targets
- HSC 2001/011: Care Standards Act 2000: transition arrangements for the creation of the National Care Standards Commission
- HSC 2001/010: Implementing the NHS Plan: modern matrons: strengthening the role of ward sisters and introducing senior sisters
- HSC 2001/009: National booked admissions programme: moving to mainstream
- HSC 2001/008: Community equipment services
- HSC 2001/007: National Service Framework for older people
- HSC 2001/006: Better care, higher standards: guidance for 2001/02
- HSC 2001/005: Governance in the new NHS: controls assurance statements 2000/2001 and establishment of the controls assurance unit
- HSC 2001/004: Mental Health Grant: 2001/2002
- HSC 2001/003: Implementing the NHS Plan: Developing services following the National Beds Inquiry
- HSC 2001/002: NHS Professionals; flexible organisations, flexible staff
- HSC 2001/001: Intermediate care
2000
Health service circulars issued in 2000
- HSC 2000/037: Project connect: connecting NHS staff to NHSnet
- HSC 2000/036: Living and working conditions for hospital doctors in training
- HSC 2000/035: 2001/02 HCHS capital allocations
- HSC 2000/034: Health Authority Revenue Resource Limits 2001/02
- HSC 2000/033: Quality Protects programme: transforming children's services, 2001-2002
- HSC 2000/032: Decontamination of medical devices
- HSC 2000/031: Modernising pay and contracts for hospital doctors and dentists in training
- HSC 2000/030: Human Resources Performance Framework
- HSC 2000/029: HIV/AIDS services 2000/2001: allocations and action required : 2000/01
- HSC 2000/028: Resuscitation policy
- HSC 2000/027: Visits by children to Ashworth, Broadmoor and Rampton hospitals : (amendment) directions: National Health Service Act 1977
- HSC 2000/026: Patient group directions [England only]
- HSC 2000/025: Legislation: Human Rights Act, working time regulations, parental and maternity leave regulations and part-time workers regulations
- HSC 2000/024: NHS bursary scheme (third edition):
- HSC 2000/023: Improving quality and performance in the New NHS: NHS performance indicators
- HSC 2000/022: Flexible retirement
- HSC 2000/021: Improving the quality of cancer services
- HSC 2000/020: Hepatitis B infected health workers
- HSC 2000/019: Appointment procedures for hospital and community medical and dental staff
- HSC 2000/018: Personal medical services: application process for third wave pilots
- HSC 2000/017: Modernising critical care services
- HSC 2000/016: Winter 2000/01: capacity planning for health and social care : emergency care and social care
- HSC 2000/015: National booked admissions programme: 2000/01
- HSC 2000/014: The vital connection: an equalities framework for the NHS : working together for quality and equality
- HSC 2000/013: Referral guidelines for suspected cancer
- HSC 2000/012: National service framework for coronary heart disease
- HSC 2000/011: Commencement of sections 29 and 30 of the Health Act, 1999
- HSC 2000/010: Implementation of Health Act Partnership Arrangements
- HSC 2000/009: Data Protection Act 1998: protection and use of patient information
- HSC 2000/008: 2000/01 HCHS capital allocations policy on capital to revenue transfers: changes to the NHS Trust financial regime
- HSC 2000/007: No secrets - guidance on developing multi-agency policies and procedures to protect vulnerable adults from abuse
- HSC 2000/006: Professions supplementary to medicine: employment of practitioners in the NHS and social services departments
- HSC 2000/005: Primary care trusts and group allowances
- HSC 2000/004: Shaping the future NHS: long-term planning for hospitals and related services: consultation document on the findings of the National Beds Inquiry
- HSC 2000/003: After-care under the Mental Health Act 1983: section 117 after-care services
- HSC 2000/002: The management and control of hospital infection: action for the NHS for the management and control of infection in hospitals in England
- HSC 2000/001: Tackling violence towards GPs and their staff: the NHS (Choice of Medical Practitioner) Amendment Regulations 1999
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