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.
- Guidance:Going further on our winter resilience plans [19/2].
- Guidance:NHS foundation trust annual reporting manual[19/2].
- Letter: Implementation of first phase of Martha’s Rule [21/2].
- Letter: Preparing for a successful spring 2024 COVID-19 vaccination campaign [21/2].
- Guidance: Industrial action in the NHS [21/2].
- Contract: Full-length NHS Standard Contract 2024/25 (Particulars, Service Conditions, General Conditions) [22/2].
Department for Health and Social Care
- Press release: Funding for game-changing tech which could destroy cancers and predict disease [21/2].
- Guidance:Healthcare for EU citizens living in or moving to the UK [22/2].
- Press release: Baby loss certificate launched to recognise parents’ grief [22/2].
UK Health Security Agency
- Guidance:Hepatitis A infection: prevention and control guidance[20/2].
- Guidance: COVID-19: the green book, chapter 14a [21/2].
- Guidance: Health protection in children and young people settings, including education [21/2].
- Press release: Latest measles statistics published [22/2].
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
- News story: Update on MHRA safety review of medicines containing pseudoephedrine [20/2].
Policy, think tanks, charities and representative bodies
NHS Confederation
- Press release: Next government must put NHS on a sustainable footing [21/2].
- News: Exceptional winter pressures hamper monumental efforts of NHS staff [22/2].
NHS Providers
- Article: NHS Providers responds to plans to roll out ‘Martha’s Rule’ [21/2].
- Article: Government and unions urged to redouble efforts to resolve dispute [23/2].
King’s Fund
- Blog: Counting the cost of NHS strikes [23/2].
Nuffield Trust
London Trusts
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
- Article: Families praise care at St Thomas’ maternity department [22/2].
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Article: HRH The Duke of Edinburgh visits King’s [22/2].
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
- Article:Charity help drivers tick over with free health checks [22/2].
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Article: Groundbreaking radiotherapy trial for UK brain cancer patients [21/2].