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: Agency staff price card [5/4].
- This document sets out the NHS England agency price cap for medical and dental.
- Guidance: Update to the GP contract agreements 2024/25: financial implications [5/4].
Department for Health and Social Care
- Guidance: Adult social care in England statistics: background quality and methodology [4/4].
- Press release: UK donates £2 million lifesaving healthcare package to Ukraine [5/4].
- News: NHS prescription charges from 1 May 2024 [5/4].
UK Health Security Agency
- News: Flu and COVID-19 surveillance report published [4/4].
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
- Guidance: Assistive technology: definitions, examples and safe use [3/4].
- Helps manufacturers and healthcare professionals understand the definition of assistive technology and the difference between medical devices and aids to daily living.
- Guidance: Labelling and packaging of medicinal products for human use following agreement of the Windsor Framework [5/4].
Policy, think tanks, charities and representative bodies
King’s Fund
- Report: With a return to basics, is the spring Budget a game changer for NHS technology?[5/4]
- What is the intended use of the funding?
- A large proportion of the funding – £2 billion – is allocated towards improving fragmented and outdated IT systems across the NHS.
- In a system where 8% of GP time is lost to IT issues, nurses have heavy laptops that lack sufficient battery life, and 22% of doctors say their IT systems are not fit for purpose, this investment and focus is much needed.
Nuffield Trust
Ipsos
London Trusts
Barts Health NHS Trust
- Magdi Yaqoob, Professor of Nephrology and Transplantation at The Royal London Hospital and Queen Mary University of London, has been awarded the prestigious Schrier Award for expanding access to kidney care and reducing health inequalities in Bangladesh.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
- Article:Innovative eye gene therapy performed at Evelina London [2/4].
- Article: New specialist gender service starts [2/4].
North London Mental Health Partnership
- Article: NHS England launches new campaigns for veterans [3/4].
- Together with the Office for Veterans’ Affairs (OVA), NHS England is encouraging veterans to let their GP practice know they have served in the UK Armed Forces.
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust