GPs should contact all shielded patients as a ‘follow-up’ to letter, says NHS

Practices should contact all of their patients who are shielding from coronavirus (Covid-19) as a ‘follow-up’ to the NHS letter notifying them to stay at home for 12 weeks, NHS England has said.

24 April 2020

GPs voice concern for care home patients as thousands have now died

GPs have expressed concern for their care home patients as new CQC data collection signalled that over 2,000 patients have likely died in care homes.

23 April 2020

GPs can refuse to treat patients with ‘inadequate’ PPE, says BMA

GPs can refuse to treat patients if their personal protective equipment (PPE) is ‘inadequate’, the BMA has said.

22 April 2020

GPs wishing to return to NHS for pandemic caught up in red tape for weeks

Red tape is holding up the process of returning retired GPs to the workforce during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, Pulse has learned.

22 April 2020

Fine for GPs to get ‘creative’ to carry on ‘vital’ immunisations, says NHS England

NHS England has encouraged GPs who have come up with ‘creative’ solutions to keeping up with ‘vital’ immunisations during the Covid-19 pandemic.

21 April 2020

Cancer patients from highest referring GP practices ‘have lower mortality rates’

Placing a lower threshold to cancer investigation referrals in general practice leads to fewer deaths, a study led by Public Health Engand and King’s College London has found.

21 April 2020