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: Implementing patient initiated follow-up: guidance for local health and care systems [21/5].
- Guidance:Measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination invitation[24/5].
Department of Health and Social Care
- Press release: New dentists required to deliver NHS care under government plans [23/5].
UK Health Security Agency
- Case study: VDEC develops a tool to reduce antimicrobial resistance to tuberculosis [20/5].
- Guidance: Annual flu surveillance and vaccine uptake reports: pre-release access list [23/5].
- Guidance:Health protection in children and young people settings, including education [23/5].
Ofstead
- Guidance: Childcare and children’s social care health declaration forms [20/5].
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
- Press release: MHRA announces consultation on improved safety for high risk in vitro diagnostic devices [21/5].
- Press release:MHRA announces a proposed framework for international recognition of medical devices [21/5].
- Prime Minister’s Office, 10 Downing Street
- Speech: PM statement on the Infected Blood Inquiry: 20 May 2024 [20/5].
Policy, think tanks, charities and representative bodies
Ipsos
- Three in four expect Labour to be the biggest party after the election (45% think with a majority).
- Three in five want a Labour government to prioritise the NHS in its first six months.
- Public divided on whether Labour ready for government, but still prefer that to a Conservative victory.
Nuffield Trust
- Pay setting for doctors and nurses: what can the NHS learn from other countries?[24/5]
- What to look out for in a campaign speech about health and care [23/5].
The Kings Fund
- What do the public want politicians to do about the NHS? [24/5]
- Recent polls show the NHS will be the number one issue for voters at the ballot box.
- They do not want a change to the health service’s funding model
- People want better access to services, improved waiting times and more staff.
- 48% chose ‘increase taxes and spend more on the NHS’, 42% chose ‘keep taxes and spending the same’ while only 6% chose ‘reduce taxes and spend less on the NHS’.
London Trusts
University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust
- Article: Why is melanoma on the rise? [21/5]
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospital Trust
- Article: London fails to meet government gynaecology wait lists target [22/5].
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Article: Waiting time targets missed every month since 2015 by two South London Hospital Trusts [22/5].
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust