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.
- Letter: Closure of COVID-19 outbreak reporting portal [19/3].
- The NHS COVID-19 response was formerly stood down in May 2023. Much of the data reporting associated with this has either been discontinued or incorporated into business-as-usual reporting. This letter confirms that outbreak reporting via this portal will also cease from the end of March.
- Guidance: Access to diagnostics on virtual wards [19/3].
- This guidance, for integrated care boards and virtual ward providers, identifies the main diagnostic requirements for the delivery of effective virtual wards; showcasing good and promising practice.
- Press release: Online GP registrations hit 1 million. [19/3]
- One third of practices are now signed-up.
- Half of patients using the service registered outside of normal surgery hours.
- Guidance: Measles guidance for primary, community care, emergency departments and hospital [20/3].
- Guidance: Seasonal influenza collaboration agreement 2024/25 [22/3].
- Guidance: Flu enhanced service spec for 2024/25. [22/3]
- Guidance: Flu enhanced service spec for children for 2024/25. [22/3]
Department for Health and Social Care
- Guidance: Applying for health and social care jobs in the UK from abroad [18/3].
- Press release: 4D tech to prevent falls to be rolled out in social care settings [18/3].
- 4D mapping technology that detects falls using sensors and alerts carers is piloted in care homes.
- Guidance: International recruitment toolkit for adult social care providers [18/3].
- Press release: Smokefree generation one step closer as bill introduced [20/3].
- Guidance: Medicines that you cannot export from the UK or hoard [20/3].
- Guidance: Women’s health hubs: information and guidance [21/3].
- Information to support implementation and delivery of women’s health hubs, including a core specification and a cost benefit analysis
UK Health Security Agency
- Press release: 86% of parents rank NHS staff most trusted on vaccine information. [18/03]
- Guidance: Hot weather and health: supporting vulnerable people [21/3].
- Guidance: Influenza vaccines marketed in the UK [21/3].
- Press release: Travel-associated infections approaching pre-pandemic levels [21/3].
- UKHSA is reminding travellers of steps they can take to reduce the risk of infections.
- Data: latest measles statistics. [21/3]
Official for National Statistics
Policy, think tanks, charities and representative bodies
King’s Fund
- Report: Progress on the Government’s 2019 manifesto commitments in health and social care. [20/3]
- 6,000 FTE fully qualified GPs by 2025 – No
- 26,000 more professionals in primary care by March 2024 – Yes
- 50 million more GP appointments per year when compared with October 2019 by 2024/25 – Yes
- Blog: Moving from not racist to anti-racist. [18/3]
YouGov
- Do you consider the Covid-19 pandemic to be over or still ongoing? [22/3]
- 45% over
- 44% ongoing
- 11% don’t know
Nuffield Trust
London Trusts
Central and North West London London NHS Foundation Trust
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust