Julie Griffiths

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Advice and guidance scheme to be expanded

3 days ago | healthcareleadernews.com | Julie Griffiths

An immediate expansion of the advice and guidance GP scheme to shift care from hospital to community has been confirmed by the government. Backed by £80m of funding, its ambition is to help two million people receive faster and more convenient care in their local community by the end of 2025/26. The scheme involves GPs working more closely with hospital specialists to access expert advice quickly before patients are referred onto waiting lists.
Cancer awareness bus tours Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent

3 days ago | healthcareleadernews.com | Julie Griffiths

A cancer awareness bus arranged by Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB has just completed a tour of the region, speaking to 5,866 people over 15 days. The bus travelled to 15 different towns around the region in March and April, with the local NHS cancer team on board and talking to people about cancer. The tour has given people the chance to ask questions, improve their knowledge and know what symptoms to look out for.
Online registration now at 98% of practices

3 days ago | healthcareleadernews.com | Julie Griffiths

The number of practices that offer online registration for new patients has more than doubled in the last 12 months, meaning that almost all GP practices in England offer the service, according to figures from NHS England. More than 6,150 practices now support registration through the NHS App, NHS.uk or surgery websites, which is 98.4% of GP surgeries in England.
Dorset launches women’s health website

1 week ago | healthcareleadernews.com | Julie Griffiths

A women’s health website developed with Dorset women has gone live in the region. The website, produced by Dorset Women CIC in conjunction with NHS Dorset and the public, aims to provide resources on women’s health and raise awareness of local community services. Covering topics such as contraception, mental health, breast health, menopause, HPV and pelvic health, it is expected to improve access and quality of care – a priority identified by women – and ease pressures on NHS services.
Action needed to address drop in public satisfaction with general practice, says IGPM

2 weeks ago | managementinpractice.com | Julie Griffiths

Action, not blame, is the solution to addressing the decline in public satisfaction with GP services, as revealed in a survey, said the Institute of General Practice Management (IGPM). The British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey, published by Nuffield Trust and The King’s Fund, revealed that public satisfaction with general practice fell to 31% in 2024, down from 34% the previous year. Access to general practice was highlighted as a key driver of unhappiness in the survey.
Most fit notes still written by GPs despite reforms

2 weeks ago | managementinpractice.com | Julie Griffiths

There has been limited take up of healthcare professionals other than GPs writing fit notes since the new legislation was introduced in 2022, Government-commissioned research has found. An evaluation of changes to allow registered nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and pharmacists to sign fit notes found that while most GPs, patients and employers supported the move, the use of extended certification was ‘limited at present’.
Greater Manchester wins global recognition for smoking cessation

4 weeks ago | healthcareleadernews.com | Julie Griffiths

Greater Manchester has won an award for its whole-system approach to reducing smoking rates and creating a smoke-free city-region. The 2025 Partnership for Healthy Cities Award was presented to Greater Manchester for its Making Smoking History programme, which has helped 126,000 people quit smoking, and its work on creating smoke-free areas. Greater Manchester reduced smoking rates from 18.4% in 2018 to 12.5% of the population – a record low.
icbs-should-have-executive-level-leadership-for-primary-care - Healthcare Leader

4 weeks ago | healthcareleadernews.com | Julie Griffiths

ICBs should be required to have executive-level leadership for primary and community health services to support the shift of care out of hospitals, a report from The King’s Fund recommends. The report What should national policy-makers do to make care closer to home a reality?, published today, highlights that ICBs have higher representation from acutes and it called on the government to recommend proportionate representation of sectors rather than organisations.
Neighbouring ICBs appoint a joint chief finance officer

1 month ago | healthcareleadernews.com | Julie Griffiths

Two neighbouring integrated care boards (ICBs) have appointed a joint chief finance officer to work across both organisations. NHS Derby and Derbyshire ICB and NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB announced that Bill Shields will replace Keith Griffiths and Stuart Poynor, who left their respective organisations in recent months.
AI framework for NHS launched in London

1 month ago | healthcareleadernews.com | Julie Griffiths

NHS London has launched an AI framework to help the NHS across the capital use artificial intelligence (AI) safely and ethically. It sets out an agreed way of introducing, using and monitoring AI products and offers a way to consistently harness the benefits of AI across the NHS in London. The NHS AI Framework for London also covers the issue of staff and patient trust, which NHS London describes as ‘critical to the success of AI’.