Health Department
Weekly Bulletin

5 - 11 October 2001

  Issue 2 - 15/10/2001

The Health Department Weekly Bulletin is a digest of publications issued by the Department during the previous week. It is sent to Chief Executives of NHS Boards and NHS Trusts, and their public relations/corporate communications staff. It is copied to the Scottish Partnership Forum and Directors of Social Work for information.

The Bulletin will be E-Mailed weekly from the SEHD Corporate Communications Unit on a Monday morning and placed on the NHSNet (staff only) within SHOW at http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk

This is part of a planned programme of improvements in the way SEHD communicates with NHSScotland and its partner organisations. It means some changes to the official communications SEHD sends out and also to the way in which they are sent.

The number of circulars (HDL's, PCA's and other letters) will over time be greatly reduced and used mainly for urgent and high priority messages. These will be published on the SEHD site in SHOW and the NHS executive director responsible for acting on these will be sent a hard copy on the day of publication.

Each bulletin will carry its own reference number for ease of reference to back copies. HDLs and other coded documents will continue to have this numbering, but it is hoped in time to transfer all official communications to one new unique numbering system.

If you have any problems or would like to comment on this approach please let us know. You may write to the Editor, HD Weekly Bulletin, Corporate Development, Scottish Executive Health Department, Room 1E 05, St Andrew's House, Regent Road, Edinburgh EH1 3DG.
Telephone on 0131 244 2836 or fax on 0131 244 4015.
E Mail to janice.macphail@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

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