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: NHS Community Health Services Data Plan 2024/25 to 2026/27 [8/4].
- Letter: Delivery plan for recovering access to primary care: update and actions for 2024/25 [9/4].
- Guidance: Priorities and operational planning guidance 2024/25 [10/4].
Department for Health and Social Care
- Guidance: Adult Social Care Training and Development Fund [8/4].
- Guidance for adult social care employers on the training funds reimbursement scheme.
- Press release: Diagnostic checks rolled out to 160 sites under CDC programme [11/4].
- Community diagnostic centre (CDC) sites have already delivered over 7 million tests, checks and scans to patients across England.
UK Health Security Agency
- Guidance: COVID-19 vaccination: spring 2024 campaign resources [12/4].
- News:Latest measles statistics published [11/4].
- Press release:Travellers urged to check on vaccinations to protect against risks [11/4].
- UKHSA urges overseas travellers, including Hajj pilgrims, to check well in advance to ensure they are up to date and have all necessary vaccinations
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
- Guidance: Borderlines with medical devices and other products in Great Britain [8/4].
Policy, think tanks, charities and representative bodies
The Health Foundation
Ipsos
- Attitudes towards digital healthcare. [10/4]
- The research aims to understand respondents’ attitudes and perceptions around healthcare advancements and their likelihood to use these in future.
- “94% of Gen-Z and millennials are also open, to some degree, to following an AI and wearable driven health plan” (score 3-5 on a 5-point scale).
- “Only 2 in 5 people across any age group (42%) trust in AI capabilities overall” (score 4-5 on a 5-point scale).
London Trusts
Barts Health NHS Trust
- Article:Robotic surgery to be expanded to help more patients [9/4].
- The surgical robot fleet at Barts Health is to be expanded thanks to £7.6million of funding from Barts Charity.
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Article: Liver ITU refurb improves patient and staff experience [8/4].
- A refurbished Liver Intensive Treatment Unit (ITU) at Denmark Hill is giving a better experience to patients and staff.
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust