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: Commissioning framework for mental health inpatient services [12/2].
- Policy or strategy: SAMEDAY strategy – a framework for the development and delivery of same day emergency care [13/2].
- Guidance: Rapid improvement guide – rapid assessment and treatment [13/2].
- Guidance: Technology enabled care referral guidance [15/2].
Department for Health and Social Care
- Press release: Funding for game-changing tech which could destroy cancers and predict disease [14/2].
- Guidance:General practice workforce estimates by constituency: September 2019 to September 2023 [15/2].
- Guidance:NHS Choice Framework – what choices are available to you in your NHS care [15/2].
- Guidance: Adult personal social services: specific revenue funding and grant allocations – 2023 to 2024 [16/2].
UK Health Security Agency
- Press release: TB cases rise in England [15/2].
- News story: Latest measles statistics published [15/2].
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
- Press release: Pioneering genetic biobank to start recruiting patients on stroke prevention medicines [13/2].
- Notice: Medicines: terminated and cancelled manufacturing and wholesale dealer licences [13/2].
Policy, think tanks, charities and representative bodies
NHS Confederation
NHS Providers
- Article:Winter pressures continue for NHS as trust leaders prepare for next round of strikes [15/2].
King’s Fund
- Report: Making care closer to home a reality [13/2].
- Press release: Call for radical refocusing of health and care system to put primary and community services at its core [13/2].
Nuffield Trust
London Trusts
Barts Health NHS Trust
- Article: Researchers from Barts Health NHS Trust and Queen Mary University of London have developed the first new treatment for mesothelioma in 15 years [15/2].
Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust
- Article: North London Mental Health Partnership launches a Digital Academy [12/2].
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
- Article: Patients create Long COVID advice videos to help others [16/2].
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Whittingham Health NHS Trust
- Article: New Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) is coming to Whittington Health [14/2].