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From the Bureau Editor
Tuesday January 21 2025
There’s lots of health and social care issues to consider this morning: the New Hospital Programme makes the headlines as it’s revealed that there are likely to be delays of up to 14 years for some building works. Social care is on the brink - again - according to Care England and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society has published a report on its future.
Angus Wrixon
Editor
the briefing
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NHS Performance / £ / ICSs / Policy
New hospital programme - some building delayed by up to 14 years BBC - statement from DHSC
Social care
Social care on the brink: urgent multi-year funding called for to avert collapse - Care England’s Sector Pulse Check
Primary care, pharmacy, dentistry, optical, community
New RPS report unveils ‘roadshow’ debates about its proposals for change RPS
AI eBay algorithm blocks two million illegal medicine sales C+D
Pharmacy closures in England last year was second highest on record, says NPA Pharmacy
Bold action or slow decay? The state of NHS dentistry and future policy actions Nuffield Trust
Tech/IT
Shake up of tech and AI usage across NHS and other public services to deliver plan for change - The government has announced a new plan to leverage technology and AI tools like "Humphrey" to streamline public services, eliminate delays through improved data sharing, and reduce costs, including consultant spending DHSC
RPS launches new policy on Artificial Intelligence in Pharmacy RPS
Workforce
In the balance: Lessons for changing the mix of professions in NHS services - report from Nuffield Trust
what the bloggers are blogging
NEW! The health policy year in twelve charts 2024 - King’s Fund
NEW! The health and care outlook for 2025 - King’s Fund’s Sarah Woolnough
NEW! Do antidepressants work? This British professor says they don’t - Joanna Moncrieff is a professor and NHS psychiatrist who dared to argue that depression is not a physical illness - Times (£-walled)
NEW! University Hospitals Sussex police investigation - BBC File on Four Investigates gives the whole story - well worth a listen
NEW! Keir Starmer’s NHS plan: what are the key elements and can it succeed? Guardian explainer
Realising the health mission: from emergency care to prevention Sarah Woolnough CEO King’s Fund
Fairer funding for general practice in England Nuffied Trust
How will the pharmacy sector change in 2025? Pharmacists make some predictions P3
A New Fiscal Model to Deliver Prevention - Tony Blair Institute
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