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 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

PCNs are the building blocks on which the great structure of the health and care system sits.

15 December 2022

GP practices in Cambridgeshire have been offered new staff from mass vaccination centres that are due to close next month.

30 November 2022

Pfizer/BioNTech has started phase 1 trials of a combined jab that it hopes will protect patients against both flu and Covid.

10 November 2022

Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board has reinstated face mask wearing across all health providers, including GP practices, to prevent the spread of Covid.

01 November 2022

Health officials are urging parents to vaccinate their children against flu amidst low uptake and rising cases.

28 October 2022

The Northern Irish health minister has introduced a new £3 million enhanced service, which will focus on managing demand around bank holidays as a part of the country’s winter preparation plan.

28 October 2022

Last month saw the highest proportion of GP appointments delivered face to face since before the pandemic, with under one-third carried out remotely.

27 October 2022

A Pulse Intelligence analysis has shown that practices are benefiting from changes to childhood immunisation payments, but those in the most affluent areas are benefiting most.

26 October 2022