Covid and the Black Lives Matter movement have shone a light on the ivory towers in general practice.

30 April 2021

A GP practice has written a 16-page open letter to its patients after seeing demand double in recent months and inappropriate use of its services.

30 April 2021

30 April 2021

Sir Simon Stevens will stop down from his chief executive post this summer, NHS England has announced, with Number 10 simultaneously announcing that he has been bestowed a lifetime peerage.

29 April 2021

GPs should help their patients prepare for going on holiday and be ‘sympathetic’ with those who approach them at the last minute, NHS England has said.

27 April 2021

GP practices will not have access to any central flu stock this year, although eligible cohorts will again be expanded, the BMA has said.

26 April 2021

‘I can’t catch Covid, I have the sun in my bones’ Amongst the varying reasons I’ve heard for healthcare professionals not having their Covid vaccine, this has to be one of the most obscure.

23 April 2021

Practices and other Covid vaccination sites without an alternative to the AstraZeneca vaccine should cancel first-dose appointments for pregnant women, NHS England has said.

19 April 2021

The requirement for GP practices to free up at least one appointment in every 500 to NHS 111 direct booking has been extended until 30 June, NHS England has announced.

14 April 2021

GP-led Covid vaccination sites ‘should now offer appointments’ to patients aged 45-49 ‘where supply permits’, NHS England has said.

14 April 2021