The writing’s on the wall

While clearly horrible and distressing, the abusive graffiti – ‘Doctors here don’t give a shit’ – sprayed on a surgery wall is something we should keep an open mind about.

27 October 2020

Save us, NHSE

It’s set to be a challenging winter.

23 October 2020

Trainee GPs may fail to gain ‘required competencies’ due to pandemic, says GMC report

Nine in 10 (91%) GP trainers say the pandemic has reduced their trainees’ opportunities to gain the ‘required curriculum competencies’, the GMC has revealed.

23 October 2020

GP hard work ‘out of public eye’ says Hancock while pledging bureaucracy cut

The health secretary has praised GPs’ hard work ‘away from the public eye’ and once again pledged to cut bureaucracy for practices.

22 October 2020

No cause for celebration over vaccines yet

Pulse reported last week that NHS England are planning to ‘mobilise’ for a potential Covid vaccination programme in December.

21 October 2020

Key questions on chronic kidney disease

20 October 2020

Avoiding another lockdown could harm all our patients

The recent letter from several GPs to the health secretary raised concerns about restrictions and lockdown to assist control of the Covid-19 pandemic.

19 October 2020

Make sure not to give ‘inadvertent’ message practice is closed, CQC tells GPs

GPs should make sure not to give the ‘inadvertent’ message that their practice is closed, the CQC has said.

16 October 2020

Health minister says GPs can safely ‘recommence’ face-to-face services wearing PPE

GPs can can safely ‘recommence’ face-to-face services in a ‘regular’ manner whilst wearing PPE, a health minister has suggested.

14 October 2020

Dither, delay, disaster

On 21 September, the influential SAGE group produced a paper with a simple message: introduce a ‘circuit-breaker’ lockdown or else the virus will play havoc.

14 October 2020