The BMA council has passed a resolution calling for MPs to reject the new Health and Care Bill, arguing it is ‘not the right time’ to be bringing in widespread legal reforms while the NHS deals with the Covid-19 pandemic.

14 July 2021

More than one in 10 people are now on a waiting list for NHS treatment in 22 CCG areas, according to analysis carried out by the Labour Party.

13 July 2021

Patients who are clinically extremely vulnerable to Covid-19 have been advised to ‘consider’ whether contacts are vaccinated before deciding to interact with others, the Government has said.

13 July 2021

Exclusive GPs have been threatened with legal action by patients who object to being asked to wear a face covering in their practice, Pulse has learned.

12 July 2021

We have completed the first part of our ‘Building a Better General Practice’ campaign, looking at the role of the GP.

09 July 2021

GP partner and PCN lead Dr David Coleman outlines the new weight management enhanced service requirements, the workload involved and how much it is likely to be worth to practices The new enhanced service (ES) on weight management is one of two new services announced by NHS England, alongside the new long Covid ES.

09 July 2021

GP shortages are not a new issue, but the pandemic is prompting more of the profession to rethink their careers, finds Nicola Merrifield  GPs are taking a long hard look at their careers.

09 July 2021

09 July 2021

More than eight in ten patients (83%) had an overall ‘good’ experience of their GP practice this year, the NHS’s latest GP patient survey has revealed.

08 July 2021

The UK regulator has updated safety warnings for Pfizer and Moderna vaccines after ‘extremely rare’ reports of myocarditis and pericarditis.

08 July 2021