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.
- Policy: National Innovative Medicines Fund list [28/2].
- Policy:Experience of care improvement framework [25/2].
- Policy:National Innovative Medicines Fund list[28/2].
- Letter:Changes to the GP Contract in 2025/26 [28/2].
Department of Health and Social Care
- Press release: Hospices receive multi-million pound boost to improve facilities [26/2].
- Guidance: Adult social care (ASC) workforce and work-related quality of life [26/2].
- Press release:New deal for GPs will fix the front door of the NHS [28/2].
- GP contract reforms will fix the front door of the NHS and see the return of the family doctor, while helping end the 8am scramble for appointments
- Press release: Government and Nuffield Health support NHS staff get back to work [1/3].
UK Health Security Agency
- Guidance: Post-exposure prophylaxis for chickenpox and shingles [24/2].
- Guidance:UKHSA Conference 2025 [27/2].
- Book now for the UKHSA Conference 2025. Hosted at Manchester Central on 25 to 26 March in partnership with the Faculty of Public Health (FPH).
- News:UKHSA warns of potential second norovirus wave[27/2].
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
- Standard:Implementation of medical devices future regime [26/2].
- Guidance: AI Airlock pilot cohort [28/2].
- Guidance:Format and content of applications for agreement or modification of a Paediatric Investigation Plan[28/2].
BMA
- Press release:Poor employment opportunities forcing GPs out of the NHS, BMA survey warns[25/2].
- Press release: BMA accepts 2025/26 contract for GPs in England as a ‘starting point’ [28/2].
Policy, think tanks, charities and representative bodies
The Health Foundation
- AI and health care: risk and our imagination shouldn’t hold us back [28/2].
- The NHS faces unprecedented challenges, from patient dissatisfaction and workforce shortages to outdated infrastructure. Change is no longer optional – it is a necessity. AI, particularly generative AI (or even artificial general intelligence (AGI) in the future), presents a powerful opportunity to transform the system – if we can harness its potential wisely.
- AI is not the silver bullet, but it could be the lever we need to shift a broken system. By cultivating our imagination and tolerance for risk, and with robust governance, we can harness AI’s potential to remake health care from within.
Ipsos
- Easier access to GP practice appointments is now the public’s top priority for the NHS, overtaking resolving staffing issues [25/2].
- For the first time, making it easier to get appointments at GP practices is the public’s top priority for the NHS (38%). This is followed by improving waiting times for A&E (33%), reducing the number of staff leaving the NHS by improving working conditions (29%) and reducing waste and improving the efficiency of NHS services (29%).
- Around 8 in 10 Britons concerned about having to wait on a trolley at A&E [24/2].
- A recent Ipsos survey has revealed that the British public hold a mixed view of the NHS, with a significant proportion expressing concern over its current state, while also acknowledging the value of the health service. m j5
- Long waiting times” emerged as the most prevalent response (57%),
- Followed by “understaffed” (51%),
- Delays (27%),
- High quality of care is the most commonly cited positive attribute at 24%.
The King’s Fund
- End of an era. So just what will the relationship between ministers and the NHS be in future? [28/2].
- With the departure of Amanda Pritchard as Chief Executive of NHS England, there is a call for a new relationship between the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England. This shift is seen as necessary to implement the promised 10 Year Health Plan.
- Why wellbeing matters: the importance of supporting community health staff [24/2].
- Although there has been an ongoing narrative about the need to prioritise community settings in order that the service can build the capacity and capability to better meet patient needs, funding to match community demand is yet to be realised.
UK Parliament
- Letter from Layla Moran MP, Chair, Health and Social Care Select Committee asking further questions of Amanda Pritchard, CEO, NHS England, following the Committee’s evidence session on 28 January and Pritchard’s letter in response [3/3].
- Report publication: Appointment of Chair of NHS England [28/2].
- On Wednesday 26 February, the Health and Social Care Committee held a pre-appointment hearing for the Chair of NHS England with the Government’s preferred candidate for the role, Dr Penny Dash.
Care Quality Commission
- Secretary of State announces preferred candidate for Chair of CQC [26/2].
- The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Wes Streeting MP, has named Professor Sir Mike Richards CBE as his preferred candidate for next Chair of CQC.