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18 May 2021
GPs are calling for the resignation of NHS England’s medical director for primary care amid the furore created by its latest guidance.
17 May 2021
The BMA and LMCs have issued fierce responses to NHS England’s order for GP practices to offer face-to-face appointments to all patients who ‘prefer’ one to remote consultation.
14 May 2021
Blackburn with Darwen’s public health director has told the BBC that he was stopped by Government officials from rolling out vaccines to all over-18s next week.
13 May 2021
GPs will not be expected to host ‘Super Saturday’ clinics in a bid to tackle elective waiting lists, NHS England has told Pulse.
13 May 2021
BMA GP Committee chair Dr Richard Vautrey’s opening speech to the UK LMCs conference, 11 May 2021: When this conference last met two years ago none of us could have imagined what lay ahead.
11 May 2021
The RCGP has warned against retaining the ‘total triage’ model of general practice beyond the Covid-19 pandemic, arguing that it may ‘exacerbate health inequalities’.
11 May 2021
The JCVI has advised ‘a preference for adults aged 30-39 without underlying health conditions to receive an alternative to the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine’.
07 May 2021
07 May 2021
NHS Property Services (NHSPS) has claimed that it has reached ‘agreements’ with 97% of its tenants, but Pulse has learned that GP practices may have had these imposed upon them.
07 May 2021