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Wes Streeting would seek to resolve the “tension” between FTs and ICBs - he was speaking at the Royal College of Physicians annual conference HSJ

Lib Dems pledge access to same named GP for over-70s and long-term sick Guardian

Ex-health minister Dan Poulter defects to Labour in fury at NHS crisis Observer

NHS England has appointed a single managing director to lead its four commissioning support units as part of an ongoing overhaul of their operating model. Michael van Hemert will now lead the four CSUs. He has been the MD of the South, Central and West CSU since 2016 HSJ

National Voices shares its Policy Priorities for the upcoming year 

Is cancer diagnosis veering off course? Analysis from Nuffield Trust

Primary care, pharmacy, dentistry, optical, community 

Insulin shortages ‘causing stress and anxiety’ for UK diabetes patients Guardian

HM Revenue & Customs is investigating the tax affairs of Babylon, the insolvent healthcare technology company that was championed by Matt Hancock, the former health secretary, and had links to the Conservative Party Times

Getting the best out of the new world of remote and digital general practice - The Remote by Default research collaboration, conducted by a team of academics and funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research, asks whether remote consultations should really be the default option Nuffield Trust

Dental recovery plan: everything you need to know DHSC

Workforce

Staggering cost of losing doctors from the NHS revealed in BMA report 

Mental Health

Depressed and anxious face losing sickness benefits as part of the “biggest welfare reforms in a generation”, and that those with mental health difficulties might be better helped by therapy than cash Times

Public Health

MMR jab uptake among young people in England up by 23% since 2023, says NHS Guardian

Trusts 

NHS England is considering proposals to cut the elective waiting list by nearly 50 per cent to under 4 million over the next five years HSJ

Mid and South Essex and King’s College Hospital FTs have been put into NHS England’s “recovery support programme” and placed on the lowest rung of its oversight ratings - adding to the list of 20 providers and three ICBs last week HSJ

Tech/IT

i.AI and NHS England sign Collaboration Charter to support the use of AI in the NHS -The Incubator for Artificial Intelligence (i.AI) and NHS England (NHSE) have signed a Collaboration Charter to  support the use of AI in the NHS DHSC

Social care

Adult social care provider information provisions: formal notice DHSC

Clinical

First personalised jab for melanoma mRNA vaccine available in UK BBC