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.
- Publication: Primary Care Dementia Data, July 2025 [21/8].
- Publication: Learning Disability Services Monthly Statistics, AT: July 2025, MHSDS: June 2025 [21/8].
- Publication: Case-mix Adjusted Percentage of Cancers Diagnosed at Stages 1 and 2 by ICB in England, 2022 [21/8].
Department of Health and Social Care
- Press release: New healthier food standards to give babies best start in life [22/8].
- Press release: Thousands more checks, tests and scans available out of hours [18/8].
UK Health Security Agency
- Guidance: GLP-1 medicines for weight loss and diabetes: what you need to know [20/8].
- Guidance: Why is my baby being offered an RSV immunisation? [19/8].
- Guidance: Shingles (herpes zoster): the green book chapter [19/8].
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
- Press release: Parents and caregivers advised to stop all use of specific brand of kids’ magnesium gummies due to the presence of an undeclared prescription-only medicine [18/8].
Policy, think tanks, charities, and representative bodies
The Health Foundation
- Clean air will require action as well as words [19/8].
- This blog emphasises that while political recognition of air pollution as a public health issue is growing, meaningful change demands coordinated, cross-government action. Air pollution contributes to over 700 health conditions and disproportionately affects vulnerable groups, including children, the elderly, and those in deprived areas. Despite increasing public concern and support for cleaner air, awareness of its health impacts remains low. Although some political parties have pledged stronger air quality measures, the article stresses that real progress will require more than promises—it needs sustained, collaborative efforts across departments like transport, housing, energy, and health to ensure clean air becomes a reality for everyone.
Nuffield Trust
- Tackling LGBT+ health inequalities or just talking? [20/8].
- This blog questions whether the NHS’s new review into LGBT+ health inequalities will lead to real change or just more discussion. While it aims to address barriers and poor healthcare experiences, especially for trans and nonbinary people, the blog warns that without clear actions and accountability, it may repeat past efforts that lacked follow-through. It calls for a comprehensive strategy backed by data and concrete steps to improve LGBT+ health outcomes.
Digital Health
- Cancer Awareness Trust to pilot support platform in the UK [22/8].
- The Cancer Awareness Trust is piloting a new digital support platform in the UK, called Cancer Platform, to help people affected by cancer. Initially focused on prostate and breast cancer, it offers personalised, medically reviewed information and services, developed with input from patients and clinicians. The platform aims to expand globally in the future.
- Smartphone test for type 2 diabetes launches in the UK [21/8].
- PocDoc has launched a smartphone-based test for type 2 diabetes in the UK, offering quick results from a finger-prick blood sample using its app. Piloted in Northeast England, the test supports early detection and aligns with NHS goals for more accessible, community-based care.
London Trusts
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hosp Trust
- Article: AI lung cancer diagnostic pathway redesign in Northeast London [20/8].
Imperial College Healthcare Trust