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.
- Letter: Confirmation of national human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination and immunisation catch-up campaign for 2025/26 [21/7].
- Guidance: General practice seasonal influenza vaccine [21/7].
- Guidance: Guidance on direct payments for healthcare: Understanding the regulations [22/7].
- Guidance: Industrial action in the NHS [24/7].
Department of Health and Social Care
- Press release:Boost in support for patients with chronic fatigue syndrome or ME[22/7].
- Guidance: Drugs and pharmaceutical electronic market information tool (eMIT) [22/7].
- Press release: Millions more appointments as more than 2,000 extra GPs recruited [24/7].
- Boost is part of Plan for Change to rebuild the NHS by shifting healthcare from hospitals into the community and ending the 8am scramble
UK Health Security Agency
- Guidance:COVID-19 vaccination: spring 2025 campaign resources [21/7].
- Guidance:Flu immunisation for early years settings including child minders[23/7].
- Guidance: Adolescent vaccination programme in secondary schools for 2025 to 2026 [24/7].
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
- Press release: MHRA announces proposals to improve access to world’s best medical devices for patients and to boost economic growth in Britain’s med tech sector [22/7].
- News: The MHRA and the global flu vaccine: How the UK is helping shape the world’s flu vaccine [22/7].
- Press release: Cutting-edge personalised treatments, made while you wait, will deliver specialised care to patients more quickly [23/7].
- Press release:Summer ready: MHRA issues updated guidance on medicines and medical devices during holiday season[23/7].
BMA
- Press release: BMA warns NHS England that change in approach to strike planning risks patient safety [21/7].
- Press release:Resident doctors say they will go ahead with strikes after Wes Streeting fails to make significant offer in talks [22/7].
Policy, think tanks, charities, and representative bodies
The Institute of Health Equity
- Division between justice and health “cannot stand” [25/7].
- Sir Michael Marmot and Dame Hazel Genn argue in Legal Futures that the long-standing divide between the justice and health systems is harmful to public well-being. Many health issues stem from social problems—like poor housing, debt, and unemployment—that are legal in nature. When unresolved, these issues burden GPs and worsen health inequalities. They call for a strategic, joined-up approach, including health-justice partnerships, to address the social causes of illness and improve population health.
The Health Foundation
- Dash review: seven considerations for local NHS leaders [23/7].
- Penny Dash’s review is a bold and welcome step toward improving patient safety in England, but implementing its recommendations carries risks that must be carefully managed. This blog shares seven key considerations for leaders of NHS organisations:
- Don’t alienate staff and patient leaders
- Adopt a proactive, holistic approach to different areas of quality
- Back this up with resources for improvement
- Anticipate future challenges to improve quality
- Decluttering as a proactive improvement strategy
- Develop management systems to support local accountability
- Invest in inspiring and equipping staff to deliver change
- Shaping better policy through real life experiences of work and health [21/7].
- This blog highlights how real-life experiences of people with health conditions or disabilities can inform better work and health policies. It emphasises the importance of listening to individuals’ stories to understand the barriers they face in employment, such as lack of support, stigma, and inflexible workplaces. By grounding policy recommendations in lived experience, the Health Foundation aims to create more empathetic, effective, and inclusive solutions for navigating work and health challenges.
Ipsos
- One in three young people say they feel lonely at least once a week, despite three quarters saying they have many friends [23/7].
- Public responds positively to NHS 10 Year Plan measures, but with some scepticism about its impact [21/7].
- Research from Ipsos in the UK shortly after the 10 Year Health Plan launch suggests a positive response from the public, with British adults much more likely to say the plan will make things better for patients (35%) than worse (9%). However, a quarter (25%) say they think the plan will make no difference for patients, with “some scepticism” from the public about the plans.
Smart Thinking
Think tank: Resolution Foundation [24/7].
- This report focuses on improving employment opportunities for disabled people in the UK. While much policy attention has been on benefit reform and individual employment support, this report shifts the focus to employers and how they can be incentivised to hire and retain disabled workers.
Think tank: Policy WISE [24/7].
- This report proactively engages the public in actions to boost health and wellbeing for the short and long term. The campaign targets people aged 50+ and asks them to ‘sign up’ and commit to a month of small, daily actions under nutrition, hydration, social and cognitive stimulation, and physical activity.
Think tank: HEPI [21/7].
- This HEPI report aims to understand students’ experiences of menstruation education and the day-to day impact of menstrual cycles and periods on students’ higher education studies.
Nuffield Trust
- Shifting care from hospital to communities: what are the challenges to achieving this for children and young people? [25/7].
- This blog highlights the benefits of shifting children’s care from hospitals to communities—such as better outcomes and reduced disruption—but warns of major challenges like workforce shortages, fragmented services, and lack of prioritisation. It calls for better data, integration, and investment to make this shift successful.
The King’s Fund
- Organisational anxiety: what does taking a relational approach mean in practice? [24/7].
- The blog explores how NHS leaders can manage rising organisational anxiety by adopting a relational approach—focusing on presence, empathy, and genuine connection. It argues that building trust and listening deeply helps teams feel supported and better equipped to handle uncertainty and pressure.
- Same cycle – different bike? [22/7].
- This blog highlights how the NHS is revisiting strategic commissioning with a renewed focus on population health, as outlined in the 2025 ICB model blueprint. While similar to past approaches like World Class Commissioning, today’s context—marked by rising demand, health inequalities, and structural changes—requires stronger public health leadership, better data use, and more collaborative, prevention-focused strategies.
Imperial College Health Partners
- Impact Report
- This report showcases how they’ve supported the implementation of innovation for the benefit of patients, NHS and Social Care colleagues, and the wider Northwest London system in 2024/25.
London Trusts
Barts Health NHS Trust
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust