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NHS Board Meeting23 June 2010 Paper 5An intensive period of data checking and case searching is planned for all GPpractices in Ayrshire. Positive results have been demonstrated from a review of pilotpractices in Arran. All GPs have been communicated with about this work and amore detailed report on overall findings will be made available by July 2010. Theanticipated outcome of the workplan being taken forward over the course of the nextyear, which itself is based on careful planning and preparation to maximise effort, isreflected in the revised trajectory set for the period April 2010 to March 2011.T11.KPM1 : MRSA/MSSA bacterium: 30% ReductionA new Staphylococcus aureus Bacteraemia (SAB) HEAT Target has been introducedfor 2010/11. An Action Plan detailing the measures being taken by NHS Ayrshire andArran to reduce the numbers of SABs was submitted to the SGHD HealthcareAcquired Infection (HAI) Policy Team on the 31 March 2010. Actions contained inthe Plan include a spread plan for HAI related care bundles; detailed specific renalaction plan; implementation of revised surveillance methodology; and PeripheralVascular Catheter audit. It should be noted that the SGHD HAI Policy Unit requestunverified SAB data from the Infection Control Team on a monthly basis.Page 28 of 136
NHS Board Meeting23 June 2010 Paper 5REMUNERATION REPORTBOARD MEMBERS’ AND SENIOR EMPLOYEES’ REMUNERATIONThe Health Board has a Remuneration Committee which is a sub-committee of theStaff Governance Committee. Membership is wholly non-executive as follows:-Professor W StevelyCouncillor D O’ NeillMrs R MillerMr J CallaghanThe committee met four times during 2009/10. The committee is responsible fordetermining and regularly reviewing the Health Board’s pay policy, subject toconstraints imposed by national conditions and guidance. The committee alsoagrees the individual in-year objectives of the Board’s executive directors. TheRemuneration Committee is required to approve the annual performanceassessment of executive directors in June each year.RemunerationRemuneration of board members and senior employees is determined in line withdirections issued by the Scottish Government. All posts at this level are subject torigorous job evaluation arrangements and the pay scales applied reflect theoutcomes of these processes. All extant policy guidance issued by the SGHD hasbeen appropriately applied and agreed by the Remuneration Committee.Performance AppraisalPerformance appraisals for executive members are carried out in line with theguidance from the Scottish Government and overseen by the RemunerationCommittee. Annual pay rises for executive directors are dependent on achievingspecified levels of performance.Payments to past senior managersNo payments were made to past senior managers during 2009/10.The following tables provide a breakdown of executive and non-executive directors’remuneration in 2008/09 and 2009/10 and have been audited.Page 29 of 136
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