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From the Bureau Editor
Tuesday October 29
It’s eyes down for the budget tomorrow and what it means (or doesn’t) for the NHS and social care. Streeting has already come out and said that the allocated extra £1.5 billion for capital investment won’t cure the ‘broken but not beaten’ NHS but will help cut waiting lists.
In other news, the row between the RCGP and Physician Associates grinds on with the body representing PAs mounting a legal challenge to the RCGP’s position, and fertility rates in England and Wales have dropped to an all time low.
And, if you are in the social care sector, tune in to the IHSCM’s Power Hour TODAY at midday for The Why, the What and How to maximise PR for your organisation.
Angus Wrixon
Editor
the briefing
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NHS Performance / £ / Policy
Tax rises won’t cure the NHS says Streeting Guardian
The government has earmarked £1.57bn for new surgical hubs, scanners and radiotherapy machines as part of the pledge to increase the number of NHS hospital appointments and procedures in England by 40,000 per week BBC - it’s the right direction says NHS Confed
Manchester ICS has been told it lacks “effective leadership” and is “too centralised and top-down” in a survey of partner organisations. Only 10 percent of senior leaders said Greater Manchester ICS had the necessary leadership and skills to deliver on its priorities HSJ
Independent sector removes 1 million people from NHS waiting list - The latest quarterly analysis from the Independent Healthcare Providers Network (IHPN)
Five things the ‘biggest ever conversation about the future of the NHS’ needs to succeed King’s Fund
Public Health
Fertility rates at all time low in England and Wales BBC
Workforce
RCGP vs Physician Associates: The United Medical Associate Professionals - representing PAs is preparing to take legal action against the RCGP, as it claims that the college’s recent scope of practice has caused ‘harm’.
Tech/IT
New legislation will bring “wholesale change” to the “fragmented IT vendor market” in healthcare, which is ”hindering” information sharing. The Data Use and Access Bill, laid before Parliament last week, will seek to address “suboptimal levels of interoperability” between health and social care IT systems, which is preventing “efficient exchange of information” and give the Health secretary new powers to set and enforce minimum standards on IT suppliers HSJ
what the bloggers are blogging
NEW! Want to understand British irony, humour and politics? Visit the NHS suggestions website Emma Beddington’s view in the Guardian
NEW! I love the NHS: it saved my life, but the operation to rescue it must be led by the people and its staff Wes Streeting 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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