Health landscape report: 10 March – 14 March

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This weekly report shares new data and policy information relating to general practice, with selected facts and figures highlighted.

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.  

Please feel free to share any useful stats/links you think we could include in future reports.  

Official bodies    

NHS Digital 

Department of Health and Social Care 

UK Health Security Agency 

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency 

BMA 

Policy, think tanks, charities and representative bodies  

The Health Foundation 

  •  How do we solve our work and health challenges? [14/3].  
  • The article by Sacha Romanovitch discusses the challenges of work and health, emphasising the need for a new approach. 
    • Rising Work-Limiting Health Conditions: 8.2 million working-age people report work-limiting health conditions, with 3.9 million currently in work. 
    • System Failures: The current system fails many people by providing support and intervention too late. 
    • Reframing Work and Health: A new approach is needed that views health as a spectrum and focuses on prevention and early intervention. 
    • Collaboration: Employers, government, and individuals must work together to create a supportive system for healthier working lives. 

Ipsos 

YouGov 

  • What do NHS workers say are the biggest problems with the health service? [12/3].  
  • 86% of NHS staff see the service as being in a weak state, with just 38% expecting the current government to turn it around 
    • When asked what are the biggest causes of the problems facing the NHS today, 50% of health service staff identify insufficient funding as a top issue, while 48% say increasing demand and 46% say staff shortages are the main things to blame for the current state of the NHS. 
    • A third of NHS staff (34%) also see poor management within the health service as a top contributor to its issues, while 22% see bad government policy as one of the NHS’s biggest problems. The legacy of Covid-19 looms large as a problem for the NHS for one in six health service workers (17%), while similar numbers (15-16%) say the same of both privatisation and bureaucracy within the health service. 

Nuffield Trust 

  • The reasons for NHS England’s rise and fall are not going away [13/3].  
  • With the news that NHS England will be abolished, Mark Dayan and Leonora Merry look at how far things have changed since NHSE was created 12 years ago. 
    • Creation and Abolition: NHS England was created to reduce political interference in health services but is now being abolished to bring management back under democratic control. 
    • Persistent Issues: The NHS continues to face financial woes, duplication of roles, and low public satisfaction, issues that NHS England was meant to address. 
    • Political Involvement: Despite efforts to limit political meddling, political leaders have continued to intervene in NHS operations. 
    • Public Health Neglect: The goal of focusing on public health and prevention has not been achieved, with funding for public health services remaining inadequate. 

The King’s Fund 

NHS Race & Health Observatory 

London Trusts    

Barts Health NHS Trust 

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust 

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust