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From the Bureau Editor
Thursday November 21
Lord Darzi told the Health and Social Care Committee that NHS will stay broken unless ‘Labour addresses social care crisis’, and some service such as emergency prescribing are being cancelled as part of GPs’ collective action.
Angus Wrixon
Editor
the briefing
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NHS Policy / Performance / Service redesign / £ / Covid inquiry
Darzi tells the Health and Social Care Committee: NHS will stay broken unless ‘Labour addresses social care crisis’ Times
Workforce
Ann James, Plymouth Trust’s trust chief executive was given £120,000 in back pay and a total £380,000 in salary payments shortly before leaving the role HSJ
Mental health
Health Services Safety Investigations Body report - Mental health patients harmed by being sent to units far from home
Clinical
Human Cell Atlas Project - Plans to map all 37 trillion cells in the human body is transforming understanding of how our bodies work BBC
How the science of snakebites is taking on superbugs - DHSC blog
Primary care, pharmacy, dentistry, optical, community
GPs’ affirmative action halts services: Emergency prescribing and monitoring of patients with severe mental health conditions are among services being cancelled by GP practices as part of “collective action” HSJ
Cornwall: A review into emergency care deaths at Royal Cornwall trust claims a “lack of consistency” in primary care referrals is a major factor causing A&E crowding HSJ
Social care
International recruitment toolkit for adult social care providers DHSC
what the bloggers are blogging
NEW! Streeting’s reforms could save the NHS from the private sector. He must not fail - Observer
NEW! The Guardian view on NHS reform: evidence not dogma should be the guide
Want to understand British irony, humour and politics? Visit the NHS suggestions website Emma Beddington’s view in the Guardian
Climate change and heat-related mortality: will ‘summer crises’ become part of the NHS’s future? King’s Fund
Strengthening clinical leadership and management - Lessons from our research in the UK and US Health Foundation
“My report on the NHS diagnosed its dire condition. Now here’s the cure…” Lord Ara Darzi's IPPR Report sets out his cure in the Guardian
A New Fiscal Model to Deliver Prevention - Tony Blair Institute
The Observer view on the NHS: If it is to ‘reform or die’, let’s start with the way it handles our data
NHS Confederation: Extra appointments alone won't meet key government waiting time pledge - report in which it proposes work coaches in GP practices
Primary care networks (PCNs) explained Kings Fund
Let’s talk about social prescribing - King’s Fund’s Siva Anandaciva’s podcast
GP contract 2024/25 explained: funding, incentives and the workforce King’s Fund
10 early actions the government can take to improve NHS working conditions - Kings Fund
The state of NHS finances 2024/25 - NHS Confed Report
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