Health landscape report: 28 July – 1 August

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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 

Policy, think tanks, charities, and representative bodies  

Nuffield Trust 

  • What has the impact of ARRS been on recruiting new GPs? [31/7].  
  • The ARRS scheme was expanded to include newly qualified GPs to tackle unemployment. By mid-2025, over 2,000 GPs were recruited this way, but only a third of trainees from 2018–2023 took permanent NHS roles within six months. This blog questions whether this is enough to fix long-term GP workforce issues. 
  • How good are general practices in England at recording who is an unpaid carer? [29/7].  
  • Nearly 1 million unpaid carers in England are missing from GP records. This means many carers aren’t getting the support they need. Those in deprived areas and from Black backgrounds are especially likely to be overlooked. Better identification by GPs is needed to improve carers’ health and access to services. 

The Health Foundation 

  • The elective waiting list: behind the headline figures [1/8] 
  • The NHS elective waiting list is long, but the real issue is who waits the longest and how it affects them. People from poorer areas and ethnic minorities often wait longer and face worse health while waiting. Long waits can lead to more emergency visits and poorer outcomes after treatment. This blog calls for better support for those most affected. 

Ipsos 

  • Research reveals 3 in 5 UK adults who have experienced loneliness have never opened up about it [30/7].  
  • To mark Loneliness Awareness Week (9th – 15th June 2025), Ipsos conducted a survey on behalf of the Marmalade Trust. The research revealed that, while 82% of UK adults admitted to personally experiencing loneliness, 61% of these adults who said they have experienced loneliness have never told anyone they feel lonely. 
  • When asked about the main barriers that might prevent someone from talking about loneliness, 56% of all UK adults surveyed selected barriers that highlight feelings of internalised stigma – choosing answers including feeling embarrassed, feeling ashamed or fear of being judged as barriers. 

Care Quality Commission 

  • CQC give evidence for the UK Covid-19 inquiry [28/7].  
  • On 7 July 2025, Mary Cridge from the CQC gave evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry (Module 6), which looks at how the pandemic affected adult social care across the UK. 

The King’s Fund 

London Trusts    

Barts Health NHS Trust