Offer of first and second Covid vaccinations to end in June

People will no longer be able to get a first or second dose of Covid-19 vaccine after 30 June, the Government has announced.

09 March 2023

In full: NHS England letter on 2023/24 contract changes

Dr Amanda Doyle writes to primary care to outline changes to the 2023/24 GP contract Dear colleagues, Changes to the GP contract in 2023/24 1.

06 March 2023

Ethnic minority groups no longer more likely to die from Covid

People from ethnic minority backgrounds are no longer statistically more likely to die from Covid-19, the latest analysis from the Office for National Statistics shows.

24 February 2023

Almost two-thirds of GP staff took up offer of flu and Covid vaccines this winter

Almost two-thirds of frontline health workers in GP practices have had a flu and Covid booster vaccine this winter, provisional data from NHS England suggests.

01 February 2023

Most long Covid symptoms resolve a year after mild infection, research suggests

For most patients with long Covid after an initial mild infection, symptoms may linger for several months but will resolve within a year, a large study has concluded.

31 January 2023

Fears of flu and Covid ‘twindemic’ realised, NHS warns

The NHS has warned that fears of a ‘twindemic’ have been realised as Covid and flu cases rise, continuing to pile pressure on overstretched healthcare services.

04 January 2023

Almost a quarter of adults ‘would be unlikely to accept flu vaccination’

Almost a quarter of UK adults would be unlikely to get the winter flu vaccine if they were invited, driven by vaccine inequality, a think tank has warned.

20 December 2022