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2.3 Other Guidance ReceivedThe DOH intend to roll the question out to maternity units in October 2013. Guidance will beavailable in March 2013. There is currently no implementation date set for outpatient or daysurgery units, or for under 16s inclusion, however it is likely that these will also be mandated in2013.2.4 SHA Project Structure and ReportingNHS South of England have formed a steering group and project structure. The group hasrepresentation from the SHA, commissioners and providers across the region. Judy Gillow,Director of Nursing and OD at UHS is a member of the group, with Julia Barton, AssociateDirector of Nursing & Patient Experience deputising. The steering group are holding monthlyconference meetings. In addition, the SHA are hosting fortnightly “webexes” for trust projectleads.A detailed project plan has been established by the SHA, with key implementation milestonesas follows:January 2013 trusts begin collection of some survey dataFebruary 2013 trusts complete implementation of project for full data collection sampleMarch 2013 trusts achieve 15% response rate across full sample in readiness for “go live “on 1 st April 2013.May 2013 trusts report first data return to Unify2 and results placed in public domain.The SHA is required to report progress with each trust’s implementation plans to the DoH bythe 15 th working day of each month.2.5 Commissioner ReportingCommissioners (SHIP/CCG) will be collating trust project implementation plan data returns forthe SHA by the 8 th working day of each month.3 Next Steps / Way Forward3.1 The UHS FFT Project Implementation Plan can be found in Appendix A4 Recommendations4.1 Please see recommendations on page 1 of this report.3