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Hancock fails to commit to reducing non-urgent GP work after Pulse questioning

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

GPs are the right people for the job

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 cancer referrals back to pre-pandemic levels

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

12 November 2020

‘Death threats were flying around after we stopped hydroxychloroquine trials’

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

Three-quarters of GPs struggling to get enough flu vaccines, MPs warned

More than three quarters (78%) of GPs have faced ‘limited access’ to enough flu vaccine stock during this year’s programme, the Doctor’s Association UK (DAUK) has told MPs.

10 November 2020

Do not communicate, it interferes with hospital machinery

I’ve always sworn I’d never resort to one of those ‘How my illness made me a more empathetic doctor’ pieces – not least because they’re typically as riveting as listening to someone else’s dream, and often come across as sanctimonious crap.

06 November 2020

Staying positive: the stories of GPs helping and being helped

Pulse continues to receive examples of GPs and their communities rising to the challenges posed by the pandemic.

05 November 2020

Guidance on steroid prescribing

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05 November 2020

Study: GP practice expansions have led to poorer continuity of care

GP practices that have grown in size over the last few years have been less able to accommodate patients in seeing their preferred GP, a study has concluded.

04 November 2020

GPs urged to review children and add new conditions to list ahead of ‘imminent’ shielding update

GPs should urgently review Covid-19 shielding lists and remove all children who no longer count as clinically extremely vulnerable, ahead of an ‘imminent’ update to guidance from the Government.

03 November 2020