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Hancock: GPs will be able to find out if they have had coronavirus ‘very soon’

GPs and other frontline NHS staff will be able to find out if they have had coronavirus, health secretary Matt Hancock has said.

25 March 2020

RCGP publishes workload prioritisation guide for GPs during pandemic

New guidance from the RCGP reminds GPs of how they should be prioritising their workload during the coronavirus crisis.

24 March 2020

Prime Minister announces UK lockdown starting tonight

The Prime Minister has ordered social settings such as pubs, restaurants, gyms, nightclubs, theatres, cinemas and leisure centres to close tonight.

20 March 2020

Practices will not be reimbursed for locum cover from day one if GPs self-isolate

EXCLUSIVE The Government will not reimburse practices for locum cover from day one for GPs who self-isolate due to coronavirus exposure, Pulse has learned.

20 March 2020

Government formally launches ‘NHS needs you’ campaign for retired GPs

An ‘The NHS needs you’ campaign is launching today, urging more than 65,000 former doctors and nurses to return to work to support the efforts against coronavirus.

20 March 2020

NHS to offer staff hotel rooms if members of their household show virus symptoms

NHS staff will be offered free hotel accommodation if someone they live with has potential coronavirus symptoms, to avoid them having to self-isolate for 14 days.

19 March 2020