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From the Bureau Editor
Thursday December 19
The day after it was reported that a glass of wine a night helped prevent risk of heart attacks and strokes, it’s reported that alcohol-related deaths in England is at an all time high. Everything in moderation over Christmas, then.
In other news, Streeting has condemned the NHS culture of backside covering, cancer screening take ups are not back to pre-covid levels and two leading care home providers have complained that the NHS is freezing them out.
This is the last Bureau of the year. Thank you for continuing to be a reader and we wish you all a peaceful and restful Christmas and a vibrant New Year.
Angus Wrixon
Editor
the briefing
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NHS Policy / Performance / Service redesign / £ / Covid inquiry
Streeting: A political culture “geared around sparing reputations” rather than being honest about the NHS’s failings has led to “backside covering” by senior managers trying to avoid “punishment beatings” he said at the H&SC Parliamentary Committee HSJ
Changes to regulations relating to the Care Quality Commission DHSC
IT/Tech
Tech that Liberates: A new vision for embedding AI in public service reform Demos
How does the public feel about health technologies and data? Findings from Health Foundation’s 2024 attitudes survey
Mental health
The new science ending the ‘terror and panic’ of coming off long-term antidepressant use Guardian
The Nottingham mental health trust that treated the killer, Valdo Calocane, must attend monthly progress meetings to discuss improvements or face losing its licence BBC
Public health
Alcohol-related deaths at an all time high in England - up 42% since 2019 with the highest figures in North East BBC - however…
…a glass of wine a night can prevent risk of heart attack and stroke (if accompanied by a Mediterranean diet) D Mail
Cancer Research UK warns that cancer screening take ups are not back to pre-pandemic levels Guardian
Public health commissioning in the NHS: 2024 to 2025 - Information about NHS England's objectives and funding arrangements as it commissions public health services DHSC
Primary care, pharmacy, dentistry, optical, community
The Government will not reveal GP funding arrangements, including potential compensation for the impact of National Insurance hikes, until ‘early in the new year’ Pulse
Trusts
London hospitals write off £112m in foreign patient bills between 2018 and 2023 BBC
The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic trust in Oswestry, Shropshire, has ended a long-standing multi-million pound deal with an insourcing firm owned by some of its medical consultants after a “supportive intervention” by NHS England HSJ
Social care
Care home companies complain NHS is freezing them out - two of the UK’s largest care providers, Barchester Healthcare and HC-One, have said the NHS has commissioned just a fraction of the “winter pressures” beds from them than in previous years, despite the NHS facing similar levels of seasonal delays HSJ
what the bloggers are blogging
NEW! Realising the health mission: from emergency care to prevention Sarah Woolnough CEO King’s Fund
NEW! Fairer funding for general practice in England Nuffied Trust
Can this government really recover NHS performance standards within a single parliament? And what are the costs of trying? Analysis from Kings Fund
How will the pharmacy sector change in 2025? Pharmacists make some predictions P3
Five perspectives on where the budget has left the NHS - Health Foundation
Streeting’s reforms could save the NHS from the private sector. He must not fail - Observer
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
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