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More than 5,000 settings received faulty face masks from GP wholesalers

Exclusive More than 5,000 ‘GP practices and others’ received faulty face masks which posed a risk to users, Pulse has learned.

03 July 2020

GMC to restart fitness-to-practise investigations this month

The GMC has set out its plans to restart fitness to practise (FTP) investigations this month.

03 July 2020

The coronavirus diaries: A GP’s perspective

Dr Liz Day has been keeping a diary of her time as a GP during the pandemic.

02 July 2020

GP practices will see faulty face masks replaced by the Government

GPs will see unsafe face masks which they have had to throw away replaced and the ‘issue is now resolved’, the Department of Health and Social Care has said.

02 July 2020

Faulty face masks revealed by Pulse is ‘national scandal’, says BMA

The BMA has hit out at the Government over its failure to supply GP practices with safe PPE, after Pulse revealed masks were supplied which ‘posed a risk to staff’.

02 July 2020

Face masks used by practices found to be ‘a risk to staff’

Exclusive The Government has issued an alert telling GPs to throw away batches of out-of-date face masks distributed to practices after finding they posed a ‘risk to staff’, Pulse has learned.

30 June 2020

GPs to demonstrate at Number 10 tomorrow against pubs reopening

Doctors in Unite, led by Tower Hamlets GP Dr Jackie Applebee, will be protesting in front of 10 Downing Street on Tuesday against next Saturday’s lockdown easing.

29 June 2020

GPs contacted by 12 patients each on average about changed shielding advice

Exclusive GPs were contacted by 12 patients each on average in the week after the Government unexpectedly changed its shielding advice to recommend that extremely vulnerable patients could go outside, a Pulse survey has revealed.

26 June 2020

GP practices given four weeks to complete outstanding BAME risk assessments

NHS England has written to GP practices asking them to complete risk assessments for at-risk staff within four weeks, including those from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.

26 June 2020