GP practices were ‘flooded’ with calls after the Government’s announcement that those aged 50-64 will be eligible for free flu jabs from December.

25 November 2020

GPs have been given a bittersweet present in the form of the ‘impossible’ Covid vaccination programme.

24 November 2020

GP practices will deliver flu jabs to patients aged 50-64 from 1 December, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced.

20 November 2020

Lifting England’s lockdown without new measures in place would risk aggravating the crisis in the NHS, and leave GP practices ‘overwhelmed’, the BMA has warned.

19 November 2020

Ensuring patients can see the same GP requires effort, but the rewards are worth it.

17 November 2020

I wanted to reflect on an announcement that’s seemed so outlandish, so inconceivably short-sighted, that I fear that the majority of our profession may not have wrapped their heads around the likely consequences.

16 November 2020

The health secretary would not commit to reducing GPs’ non-urgent work after being asked by Pulse in the Downing Street press conference to set out how he will make time for GPs to carry out Covid vaccinations.

16 November 2020

After ten months of doom and gloom, the Pfizer vaccine results give a ray of hope in the fight against Covid-19, and GPs are the right professionals to lead the vaccine campaign.

13 November 2020

Urgent referrals for patients with suspected cancer have returned to pre-pandemic levels, NHS England monthly performance statistics show.

12 November 2020

Eleanor Philpotts talks to Professor Chris Butler, GP and lead of the PRINCIPLE trial researching Covid treatments in primary care The PRINCIPLE trial is primary care-based research on the effect of different treatments for Covid, led by the University of Oxford.

12 November 2020