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: Network Contract DES (MI) – August 2023 [23/9].
- Data: Primary Care Dementia Data [21/9].
- 473,086 people had a recorded diagnosis of dementia on 31 August 2023, an increase of 3,407 patients since 31 July 2023.
Department of Health and Social Care
- Press release: Government considers minimum service levels in hospitals during strikes [23/9].
Policy, think tanks, charities and representative bodies
King’s Fund
- Blog: Moving care closer to home: three unanswered questions [20/9].
- Report: The NHS budget and how it has changed [20/9].
Health Foundation
- Article: Ten teams to be part of new innovation programme exploring how technology can enable care at home and in the community [21/9].
NHS Confederation
- Report: Empowered, connected and respected: a vision for general practice at scale and primary care networks [18/9].
- Report: A vision for community pharmacy [19/9].
Healthcare Financial Management Association
- Report: How finance teams are helping to reduce health inequalities [15/9].
Healthwatch
- Blog: Why meeting patients’ communication needs is crucial [19/9].
Reform
London Trusts
Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust
- Article: Haringey Transitions Team lead the way in innovating co-production [19/9].
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Article: Development of the North West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre [18/9].
Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- An additional 456 outpatients were seen.