Health landscape report: 16 – 20 September

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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  

YouGov 

Smart Thinking – Think tank: IPPR 

Care Quality Commission 

The King’s Fund 

  • Embracing hope, navigating challenges and inspiring change [18/9]. 
  • Author Charlotte Wickens reflects on the two-day King’s Fund’s annual conference featuring special guest, Sir Keir Starmer who joined on the second day to deliver his first health and care speech since taking office following the publication of the Darzi review.   
  • Malnutrition – the ‘Pandora’s box’ of health care we try not to open [17/9].  
    • Around 1 in 20 adults in the UK are estimated to be malnourished or at risk of malnutrition, and its impact can be profound.   
    • The cost of treating someone who is malnourished is around three times the cost of treating someone who isn’t.   
    • Yet malnutrition is not such a high priority for health care staff, particularly those who do not provide frontline care. Nor is it one of the key health trends mapped by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities. 

London Trusts    

Barts Health NHS Trust 

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust 

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust