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: Reforming elective care for patients [9/1].
- Guidance: Clinical skills trainer and internal quality assurance lead training guidance [8/1].
- Data: Care hours per patient day (CHPPD) data [7/1].
- Report:Expenses incurred by NHS England national directors[9/1].
- Regulatory: NHS provider directory and registers of licensed healthcare providers [8/1].
Department of Health and Social Care
- Press release:PM sets out plan to end waiting list backlogs through millions more appointments [6/1].
- Guidance: NHS general ophthalmic service fees and optical voucher values from April 2024 [6/1].
- Press release: Deal between NHS and independent sector to cut NHS waiting lists [6/1].
- Guidance:DHSC group accounting manual 2024 to 2025 [7/1].
UK Health Security Agency
- Guidance: Clade I mpox: affected countries [10/1].
- News:Parents and carers urged to help children start New Year healthy [6/1].
- Guidance:Emergency preparedness, resilience and response: concept of operations [10/1].
- Case study:VDEC Pre-clinical team helps to develop organ-on-a-chip to protect human health[10/1].
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
- Notice: Medicines: terminated and cancelled manufacturing and wholesale dealer licences [8/1].
- Guidance:Guidance on pharmacovigilance procedures [8/1].
Policy, think tanks, charities and representative bodies
The Health Foundation
- Press release: The Health Foundation responds to the NHS monthly performance statistics and Urgent and Emergency Care Situation Reports [9/1].
Nuffield Trust
- Press release:Nuffield Trust responds to new NHS England elective reform plan [6/1].
- Press release: Nuffield Trust responds to NHS performance and SitRep data [9/1].
The King’s Fund
- Press release: Latest NHS performance data shows health services in the depths of annual winter crisis [9/1].
London Trusts
Barts Health NHS Trust
- Article: Their community midwives have been featured in a BBC special which looked at their role in more detail [6/1].
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
- Article: 2 members of staff from Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust have been recognised in the New Year Honours List [7/1].
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust