This report is a flexible summary, with the aim of sharing and highlighting a wide range of data and policy information relating to London general practice published in a given week. Where we view information to be of significant interest it is reproduced directly below the links to make the key points quicker to digest.
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Official bodies
NHS Digital
- All recent data releases can be seen here.
- Data: Fit Notes Issued by GP Practices [13/7].
- 2,924,080 fit notes were issued in Q4 2022-23 an increase of 12.8% compared to Q4 2021-22.
- London had the lowest regional rate: 1,822 fit notes per 100,000 registered patients.
- Data: Patients Registered at a GP Practice [13/7].
- 64,154 more registered patients as at 1 July, compared to 1 June.
NHS England
- Data: Referral to treatment waiting times, covered by the HSJ. [14/7].
- Guidance: Improving patient safety culture – a practical guide [12/7].
Department of Health and Social Care
- Press release: NHS staff receive pay rise [13/7].
- Most eligible dentists and doctors will receive at least a 6% pay rise. Pay for junior doctors will be increased by an average of around 8.8%.
- The press release states: “the GP contract will be uplifted to provide funding for salaried general practice staff”, but does not give further details.
UK Health Security Agency
- Press release: London at risk of measles outbreaks with modelling estimating tens of thousands of cases [14/7].
- UKHSA modelling suggests that, unless MMR vaccination rates improve, London could see a measles outbreak with tens of thousands of cases.
General Medical Council
Policy, think tanks, charities and representative bodies
Devon LMC
- Data: First national ‘GP alert state’ report reveals unsustainable pressure on practices, covered by GPonline [14/7].
King’s Fund
- Article: Community champions: surviving and thriving beyond covid? [12/7].
Health Foundation
- Event: The NHS at 75: the past, the present and the future [19/7].
Bright Blue
- Event: Has the NHS become unmanageable? with Matthew Taylor [20/7].
Institute for Fiscal Studies
- Report: The costs of obesity [13/7].
Nesta
- Blog: Loneliness, obesity and health in England in nine charts [14/7].
Age UK
- Report: Age UK issues clarion call for a big shift towards joined up home and community based health and social care services for older people [11/7].
Polling
Ipsos GP Patient Survey
- Data: 2023 GP Patient Survey Results Released [13/7].
- Data: Which areas have the highest patient satisfaction with general practice? covered by GPonline [13/7].
- South West London ICB has the joint-tenth best rating nationally.
| London ICB | Patients rating GP services ‘good’ | Change from 2022 |
| North Central | 68.6% | -1.3% |
| North West | 70.2% | -0.6% |
| North East | 64.5% | -1.2% |
| South West | 76.4% | -0.6% |
| South East | 67.4% | -1.9% |
London Trusts
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Article: Working together to reduce avoidable hospital admissions and improve patient experience [13/7].
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
- Article: New team helps improve care [13/7].
- A new non-clinical team has been introduced to support patients and staff at Guy’s and St Thomas’.
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Article: New Willowfield building officially opens at King’s [11/7].
- A new outpatient facility at King’s College Hospital has been officially opened by Helen Hayes, MP for Dulwich and West Norwood.
Social media
- Dr Tony Goldstone, National Clinician Adviser on Pay & Pensions at the BMA, analyses the government’s pay awards to junior doctors in this thread.