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.
Department for Health and Social Care
- Guidance: Advice to local authorities on scrutinising health services [9/1].
- Press release:Government sets out plans to develop the domestic care workforce [10/1].
- Press release:Government seeks views on new pay scale for NHS nurses[11/1].
UK Health Security Agency
- Press release: UKHSA reminds parents of back-to-school advice [8/1].
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
- Press release: WHO decision improves children’s access to safer polio vaccine [9/1].
- Press release: Regulatory Roadmap points the way ahead for new measures to support safe access to medical technology including AI and diagnostics [9/1].
Policy, think tanks, charities and representative bodies
NHS Confederation
- Briefing: Briefing for the Senedd debate on the Draft Budget 2024-25 [8/1].
- Briefing for the Senedd debate on the Finance Minister’s statement on the Draft Budget 2024-25.
NHS Providers
- Article: Emergency care under the cosh as strike delays 116,000 appointments [10/1].
- News: Strikes, staff shortages and seasonal bugs pile pressure on the NHS [11/1].
HSJ
- Article: GP share of NHS spend falling to eight-year low [11/1].
- Figures show that the preventative role of general practice is being deprioritised at the very same time politicians are talking it up as the answer to high demand for hospital care.
The Health Foundation
- Press release: Welcome progress on waiting list, but still a huge task ahead to recover NHS performance [11/1].
London Trusts
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Article: New surgical unit helping to ease pressure on A&E [10/1].
Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust
- Article: NHS expands mental health support for veterans with more than half saying it’s hard to speak up [11/1].
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Article: Public events and survey launched to gather views on redevelopment of St Mary’s Hospital [11/1].
Whittingham Health NHS Trust