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.
- Article: Measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination invitation [2/2].
- Guidance: Meeting the initial health needs of vulnerable migrants – translated health guidance and patient questionnaire for newly arrived migrants in the UK [30/1].
Department for Health and Social Care
- Press release: Disposable vapes banned to protect children’s health [28/1].
- Press release: Update on review into mental health inpatient services [30/1].
- Statutory guidance: Reconfiguring NHS services – ministerial intervention powers [31/1].
UK Health Security Agency
- Guidance: COVID-19: testing in the workplace and eligible high-risk settings [29/1].
- News: Latest measles statistics published [30/1].
- Press release: Chronic hepatitis C cases in England fall by half since 2015 [30/1].
- Guidance: National measles guidelines [1/2].
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
- News: New valproate safety measures apply from 31 January [31/1].
- Press release: MHRA announces two new UK Approved Bodies to certify medical devices [31/1].
Policy, think tanks, charities and representative bodies
NHS Confederation
NHS Providers
King’s Fund
- Data: Capital investment in the NHS [29/1].
BMA
- Press release: BMA applauds Government’s action on their bold decision to address the leading preventable cause of premature death [29/1].
Institute for Fiscal Studies
- Report: Ethnic diversity of NHS doctors [22/1].
- How does the ethnicity mix of NHS doctors compare with wider populations? How does it differ by seniority, gender, specialty and country of training?
Policy Exchange
- Improved transparency and quality of waiting times data was a central recommendation made in Policy Exchange’s report ‘A Wait on your Mind? A realistic proposal for tackling the elective backlog’ (2021) which was authored jointly by former Head of Unit and current Special Adviser to the Health Secretary, Robert Ede and Dr Sean Phillips, Policy Exchange’s current Head of Health and Social Care.
Polling
YouGov
- Data: Do Brits vaccinate their children with the MMR vaccine? [24/1].
London Trusts
Barts Health NHS Trust
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Article: Trust launches new patient safety initiative – Call for concern [29/1].
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has started to roll out a new 24/7 service that helps patients, relatives and carers get direct access to senior clinicians if they are concerned that ward staff aren’t recognising that a patient’s condition may be getting worse.
Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Article:A ‘game-changing’ new electronic patient record [30/1].
- King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust recently launched Epic, a new electronic patient record, and in doing so, replaced hundreds of different IT systems and paper records previously in use across our hospitals.
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Article: Hillingdon A&E under extreme pressure [31/1].
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust