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GPs can remove some patients with previous gestational diabetes from shielding list

Patients identified as high-risk by QCovid for previous gestational diabetes alone may be manually removed from the shielding list in certain cases, NHS Digital has said.

26 February 2021

QOF income protection will stop from April, says BMA

QOF payments will not be protected beyond the end of March, the BMA has confirmed.

25 February 2021

GPs should opportunistically ask patients if they’ve travelled abroad

GPs should opportunistically ask patients whether they have recently travelled from banned countries, Public Health England (PHE) has said.

24 February 2021

No flu cases detected in England this year to date

No flu cases were detected in the last seven weeks thanks to ‘changes in our behaviour’, Public Health England (PHE) has said.

23 February 2021

Always the admin

It’s always the admin that’s the problem.

23 February 2021

NHS Property Services sues GP practices for £1.3m in premises fees

NHS Property Services has sued five GP practices, supported by the BMA, for £1.

23 February 2021

Clinically vulnerable told to shield until end of March

Clinically vulnerable people should shield until at least the end of March, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said, as he set out England’s roadmap for exiting lockdown.

22 February 2021

We must tackle the GP workload crisis once and for all

So much has changed in a year.

22 February 2021

Don’t lift lockdown until virus ‘near eliminated’, BMA warns Government

The Government must take ‘cautious approach’ to lifting lockdown restrictions otherwise the NHS will be overwhelmed, the BMA has warned.

19 February 2021

GP practice vandalised with anti-vaccine graffiti

A GP practice serving as a Covid-19 vaccination centre was vandalised with anti-vaccine graffiti messages over the weekend.

17 February 2021