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:Guidance on the use of the model grant agreement [27/11].
- Guidance:NHS oversight framework segmentation [28/11].
- Data: 2023/24 National Cost Collection Data Publication [29/11].
Department of Health and Social Care
- Press release: New protections for whistleblowers under NHS manager proposals [24/11].
- NHS managers who silence whistleblowers could be barred from working in the NHS, under proposals being announced this week.
- Guidance:DHSC public appointments: 2024 to 2025 [25/11].
- Press release:More than one million change.nhs.uk visits as NHS debate hits Somerset [25/11].
- More than 100 people from the county visited Somerset Cricket Club in Taunton to discuss their views of the NHS.
- Press release: Lords to consider landmark reforms to mental health care [25/11].
- Mental Health Bill will give patients enhanced rights to make decisions regarding their own care, ensuring their voice is heard throughout the treatment process.
- Press release: Landmark genetics partnership to probe causes of cancer and dementia [27/11].
- Oxford Nanopore’s breakthrough genetic sequencing tech to analyse 50,000 samples from UK Biobank, to create a world-first ‘epigenetic map’.
- News: Unpaid carers supported by £22.6 million investment in innovation [28/11].
- £22.6 million invested in innovative projects across the country to support unpaid carers as well as people with care needs.
- News: Unpaid carers supported by £22.6 million investment in innovation [28/11].
- Speech: The government’s vision for adult social care [28/11].
UK Health Security Agency
- Guidance: How to register: ImmForm helpsheet [25/11].
- Guidance:Clade I mpox: affected countries [26/11].
- Guidance: UKHSA Conference 2025 [27/11].
- Guidance: International Health Regulations 2005: UK National Focal Point [27/11].
- News: UKHSA urges more people to protect themselves against flu [28/11].
- Guidance:Confirmed cases of mpox clade Ib in United Kingdom [29/11].
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
- Press release: MHRA approves new diagnostic agent for adult patients showing signs of cognitive impairment for Alzheimer’s disease [27/11].
- Press release: The MHRA issues final call to comply with Windsor Framework arrangements for medicines from January 2025 [29/11].
BMA
- Press release:BMA doctors enter dispute at Essex hospital trust over cuts to extra pay[26/11].
- Press release: GMC report shows a medical training system under “severe strain” says BMA [28/11].
Policy, think tanks, charities and representative bodies
The Health Foundation
- Record number of appointments in general practice belie the need for more GPs [28/11].
- In response to the publication of the general practice appointment and workforce data, Health Foundation policy fellow Jake Beech said, “Today’s data show the number of appointments in general practice in October hit a record-breaking high of 41.3 million, 3 million more than the previous record in October 2023. These numbers speak to the huge effort that has gone into meeting the high level of demand for primary care but need to be seen within the context of declining patient satisfaction and high numbers of GPs struggling to manage overwhelming patient demand.”
Ipsos
- Public concern about the economy continues to rise to its highest level for a year [27/11].
- The November 2024 Ipsos Issues Index reveals that the economy has returned as the most mentioned important issue facing Britain, while concern about immigration and the NHS has fallen slightly.
YouGov
- Why do Britons support and oppose assisted dying? [27/11]
- A YouGov poll has found three quarters (74%) are, in principle, in favour of legalising the practice, with only around one in eight (13%) opposed.
- For some, the suffering is doubly pointless because of the additional burden it places on the system and the cost of the treatment given.
- Amongst the 13% of the public who do not support assisted dying there is a concern about exploitation or coercion – that the terminally ill would be persuaded by their loved ones to agree to end their lives, perhaps for financial gain.
Care Quality Commission
- CQC Chair Ian Dilks will not seek reappointment [27/11].
- Ian Dilks, Chair of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has confirmed that he will not be seeking reappointment when his three-year term ends on 31 March 2025.
London Trusts
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust