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.
- Data: Patients Registered at a GP Practice [12/10].
- 106,801 more registered patients as at 1 October 2023, compared to 1 September 2023.
- Data: Fit Notes Issued by GP Practices [12/10].
- 2,551,348 fit notes were issued in Q1 2023-24, a decrease of 10,351 (0.4%) compared to Q1 2022-23.
- London had the lowest regional rate per 100,000 registered patients – 1,652 fit notes.
Policy, think tanks, charities and representative bodies
King’s Fund
- Event: Population health: an opportunity to transform health and care [for 18/10].
- Event: The King’s Fund annual conference 2023: A health and care service fit for now and for the future [for 1-2/11].
Health Foundation
- Article: Political pledges on the NHS need to be backed with long-term solutions [12/10].
NHS Confederation
- Report: Supporting general practice at scale: fit for 2024/25 and beyond [11/10].
NHS Providers
- Blog: How trusts can prevent inequalities in mortality [11/10].
- Blog: Seven reasons we need better LGBTQ+ visibility in the NHS [11/10].
Labour Party
- Speech: Wes Streeting, Shadow Health Secretary, at Labour Conference [11/10].
Polling
Ipsos
- Data: 35% of Britons say they have had to take time off work due to stress in the past year [10/10].
London Trusts
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Article: Help us stop the spread of winter bugs: Advice for patients and visitors [10/10].
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Article: Lynch Surveillance Hub opens at UCLH [10/10].