Dr Butler-Reid, a local CCG clinical director for Lancashire’s Fylde Coast, has been his area’s go-to source for daily updates on the changes GPs have needed to make during the Covid-19 outbreak.

20 August 2020

NHS England has encouraged GPs to ‘keep patients away from hospital’, despite recent messages to restart routine care.

20 August 2020

19 August 2020

The Covid Clinical Assessment Service (CCAS) has stopped nurses and allied health professionals – such as paramedics – from handling patient calls after an audit revealed more than half did not pass safety criteria.

18 August 2020

NHS England has reminded GPs to remove children from the Covid-19 shielding list, in line with new guidance.

18 August 2020

Health secretary Matt Hancock has outlined plans to replace Public Health England with a new ‘health protection’ body that will span the four UK nations.

18 August 2020

17 August 2020

The CQC is set to pilot a new approach to assessing and monitoring the performance of GP practices remotely, which avoids in-person visits ‘as far as possible’.

17 August 2020

Public Health England (PHE) will be dismantled and replaced by a new body called the National Institute for Health Protection, according to reports.

17 August 2020

More than 30 million users visited the NHS 111 online service between 26 February and 11 August, the latest figures show.

14 August 2020