Exclusive Around 80% of GPs say that a return to pre-pandemic levels of face-to-face appointments is not necessary, a Pulse survey has revealed.

09 September 2021

In every weekly news meeting, I’ve been imploring the team to find out the latest on the flu vaccination programme.

08 September 2021

The vaccines minister has said that issues with flu jab deliveries will not cause a delay to the overall flu vaccination programme ‘at all’.

08 September 2021

National Insurance (NI) contributions will rise by 1.

07 September 2021

The Virtual Doctors medical director Dr Daniel Grace on delivering telemedicine to Zambia during Covid The Virtual Doctors is a UK-based NGO, which uses a bespoke telemedicine app to connect isolated rural health centres in Zambia with volunteer doctors, based in the UK and Zambia.

07 September 2021

GPs are having to cancel hundreds of flu jab appointments due to vaccine delivery delays of ‘up to two weeks’.

06 September 2021

Nothing is certain in life, except death and taxes, they say.

24 August 2021

All pharmacies in England will be able to offer targeted cardiovascular (CVD) screening to patients aged over 40 from this autumn.

24 August 2021

Have you noticed something about the average age of patients consulting you this past year or two? That it’s reduced somewhat? In the pre-Covid era – when we still had a steady stream coming through our doors – the waiting rooms used to be largely occupied by the 70+.

23 August 2021

GP turnover saw a steady increase over the last decade, according to researchers, who have warned policymakers that support measures must be put in place to improve retention.

23 August 2021