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Chief scientific adviser Patrick Vallance has said that 20,000 deaths or fewer would be a ‘good outcome’ of the coronavirus outbreak.
18 March 2020
Patients fit for discharge are to be moved out of hospital ‘urgently’ to free up beds in England, suggesting GPs will be left to care for them in the community.
17 March 2020
The Government has defended the move to supply out-of-date face masks to GP practices to tackle the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.
17 March 2020
Professor Clare Gerada, former chair of the RCGP and a well-known London GP, has overcome coronavirus (Covid-19).
16 March 2020
Exclusive NHS England has issued advice for practices to move to a ‘total triage’ services, as LMCs and CCGs are implementing radical changes to GP access.
13 March 2020
13 March 2020
A number of GPs and practice staff have been required to self-isolate after coming into contact with patients who have tested positive for coronavirus.
13 March 2020
NHS England has clarified to GPs the death certification process in the wake of the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak.
13 March 2020
GP practices in Derbyshire are poised to suspend all routine appointments in response to the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak, following advice from their LMC.
13 March 2020