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

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