The Government has ‘accepted’ that any vaccine certification should have ‘minimal impact’ on GPs, according to the BMA.

12 April 2021

GP-led sites will not receive any new first-dose Covid vaccine deliveries at all over the next two weeks, NHS England has said.

09 April 2021

The Government has extended its offer to GP practices of free personal protective equipment (PPE) from its central stock until the end of March next year.

09 April 2021

Costanza Pearce looks at the latest victories and hurdles in the Covid-19 vaccination programme On the face of it, March seemed to provide the first major setbacks since the start of the vaccination programme.

06 April 2021

03 April 2021

The pandemic has compounded already high GP workloads while bringing extra challenges, including patient frustration about reduced services.

01 April 2021

The Government will set up a new Office for Health Promotion in England to take over Public Health England’s responsibility for improving public health, it has announced.

29 March 2021

Exclusive GPs can refer patients requiring spirometry for an asthma diagnosis to secondary care in order to achieve QOF points from April, the BMA has advised.

29 March 2021

26 March 2021

Dr Helen Simpson, Lisa Shepherd and Dr Steve Kell summarise the guidance and implementation of the steroid emergency card in primary care Adrenal insufficiency (AI) is an uncommon but potentially life-threatening condition, where patients are unable to produce enough of the glucocorticoid, cortisol.

25 March 2021