The Department of Health and Social Care have announced funding for four new research projects that will look at how technology can be used to better support people with dementia.
UK Health Security Agency research has shown that the RSV vaccination scheme for older adults reduced hospital admissions by 30% after 40% of eligible people took up the vaccine. Please continue to support people to access their winter vaccinations. UKHSA have also published their first report on infectious disease trends, highlighting an intense flu and RSV season in 2024-25, and the increasing prevalence of other diseases, such as TB.
The Department of Health and Social Care have published an Impact Assessment looking at options for the implementation of information standards that would be mandatory for healthcare providers and adult social care providers. This indicates that enacting legislation to enforce information standards could cost health and social care providers £46m in systems updates, plus costs related to familiarising themselves with standards and training. We previously responded to a consultation relating to this policy development, you can see our response here.