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

The Government has launched a new marketing campaign urging eligible people to come forward for their flu and Covid vaccines, amid a drop in uptake among some groups.

24 October 2022

GPs must ensure all pregnant women are aware they are eligible for Covid autumn boosters as there will be no national invitations for the group, NHS England has said.

21 October 2022

The health and care system is ‘gridlocked’ and ‘unable to operate’, with staff struggling to provide good safe care as a result, the CQC has warned.

21 October 2022

An antiviral drug that the UK Government purchased millions of doses of has been shown not to reduce the risk of severe outcomes in at-risk patients in a major UK trial.

20 October 2022

GP practices have been asked not to declare their September flu achievement figures because of issues with the data.

13 October 2022

GPs need to have access to FFP3 masks as Covid-19 cases rise once more, the BMA has warned.

05 October 2022