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:National infection prevention and control[11/12].
- Data: Provisional Never Events 2024/25 data: 1 April 2024 – 31 October 2024 [12/12].
- Letter: Preparing for a successful spring 2025 COVID-19 vaccination programme [13/12].
Department of Health and Social Care
- Press release: UK and Switzerland deepen science ties with £16 million backing [9/12].
- UK and Switzerland update science and research partnership to focus on some of today’s most pressing challenges, from healthcare to green energy.
- Press release: Health Secretary asks NHS to prioritise patient safety for winter [9/12].
- Press release:Biggest ever conversation about the NHS comes to London [9/12].
- Guidance:DHSC public appointments: 2024 to 2025[10/12].
- Press release:£100 million public-private health research boost[12/12].
- Guidance:Ordering and retaining medical certificates of cause of death (MCCDs) [13/12].
UK Health Security Agency
- Guidance: Vaccine update: issue 352, November 2024 [9/12].
- News:Diagnostic Accelerator launched to speed up pandemic preparedness[12/12].
- News: Flu and COVID-19 surveillance report published [12/12].
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
- News:Delgocitinib approved to treat adult patients with moderate to severe chronic hand eczema[10/12].
- Guidance: Implementation of medical devices future regime [11/12].
- Press release:Patients, the NHS and the Life Sciences sector set to benefit from new clinical trials framework being laid in parliament today [12/12].
BMA
- Press release: Government’s suggested 2.8% pay uplift for doctors shows ‘poor grasp’ of unresolved pay issues, says BMA [10/12].
- Press release: BMA responds to start of regulation of PAs by GMC [12/12].
Policy, think tanks, charities and representative bodies
The Health Foundation
- Blog: Competition vs collaboration: will an NHS league table drive improvement? [13/12].
- Press release:New figures underline the scale of the challenge to meet 18-week standard for routine treatment [12/12].
Ipsos
- Research: Ipsos research explores the experiences and challenges faced by individuals living with Rare Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases (RAIRDs) in the UK [11/12].
- Ipsos conducted an online survey of individuals aged 16+ living with RAIRDs from April 22nd to May 31st, 2024, on behalf of the Rare Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease Alliance (RAIRDA).
Nuffield Trust
- Press release: Nuffield Trust responds to December NHS performance statistics [12/12].
- Briefing:Fairer funding for general practice in England: what’s the problem, why is it so hard to fix, and what should the government do? [12/12].
The King’s Fund
- Blog: Realising the health mission: from emergency care to prevention [13/12].
- Press release: Latest NHS performance data shows NHS is fraught as it enters winter [12/12].
London Trusts
Barts Health NHS Trust
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
- Article:Synnovis strike action on 16 and 17 December is stood down [13/12].