Updated guidance on providing healthcare to people coming from Ukraine has been issued to GPs along with a reminder that proof of ID is not needed to register with a practice.

11 March 2022

Covid infections remain high with one in 35 people infected in England, say researchers who did random sampling in February.

10 March 2022

In our interview with health minister Robin Swann, Caitlin Tilley learns there is ‘less antagonism’ between GPs and other doctors in Northern Ireland There have been a lot of practice closures in areas of Northern Ireland such as Fermanagh.

09 March 2022

The annual flu vaccination campaign is to return to normal after two years of expanded cohorts, NHS England has confirmed.

04 March 2022

Despite the lack of detail PCNs are figuring out what will be required of them when the specifications are ramped up in April.

03 March 2022

NHS England and NHS Improvement today (1 March) announced that GPs in England’s PCNs will be required to open from 9am to 5pm on Saturdays from October under new enhanced access arrangements.

01 March 2022

Around 40 million GP appointments could be saved if patients with minor ailments went directly to pharmacists instead, the community pharmacy negotiator has said.

28 February 2022

The most frequently reported adverse effects to the different vaccines and when to report an adverse effect This information is sourced from the Specialist Pharmacy Service, Gov.

28 February 2022

The Government has said that those previously identified as ‘clinically extremely vulnerable’ (CEV) are no longer at increased risk from Covid, unless they are immunosuppressed.

28 February 2022

The Covid vaccine DES is expected to be extended until September, although must not impact on ‘core’ GP services, NHS England has said.

28 February 2022