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Previews of the year: All hail our sentient coronavirus virion leader

There’s a sense of deja-vu as I sit down to write my annual predictions for the year ahead.

04 January 2022

Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard awarded damehood in New Year’s honours

A number of GPs have been recognised in this year’s New Year’s Honours, including former RGCP chair Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard.

04 January 2022

2021 Review: In the bleak midwinter

Allie Anderson’s penultimate review of the year looks at the fears that surrounded a winter like no other Most of you will have witnessed the effects of the horrendous cold virus that was doing the rounds in October, which rendered the most resilient of stoics – our esteemed editor (ahem)  – bedbound.

02 January 2022

2021 Review: Pulse’s vision for general practice

It’s been a tough year for GPs, being demonised by the media, patients and the powers that be.

28 December 2021

GPs buying own enhanced PPE to ward off Omicron wave

GPs have told Pulse of buying their own higher grade PPE to protect staff as the new Omicron Covid variant is sweeping over the country.

22 December 2021

Over two-thirds of eligible adults receive booster jab in England

More than two-thirds of eligible adults have so far received their Covid booster jabs, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced.

21 December 2021

GPs to decide what workload to postpone, says BMA/RCGP prioritisation guidance

GPs need to decide for themselves what workload to pause to make time for Covid booster jabs, the BMA and RCGP’s updated workload prioritisation guidance has said.

21 December 2021

GPs asked to have ‘conversations’ with vaccine-hesitant care home residents

GPs are being asked to do additional visits to care homes to boost Covid-19 vaccination uptake in in the most vulnerable.

20 December 2021

Prime Minister and public ‘behind’ NHS in vaccine booster drive

The Prime Minister has written to GPs and other NHS staff saying the Government and nation are ‘right behind them’.

17 December 2021

BMA may not launch formal GP ballot on industrial action

Exclusive The BMA has not yet decided whether it will launch a formal ballot of GPs on industrial action, Pulse has learned.

16 December 2021