A second antiviral treatment for people most at risk of serious illness from Covid-19 will be made available from next month, the Government has announced.

28 January 2022

Covid-19 cases may have started to level off in England after the highest-ever prevalence, but experts are concerned about a rise in infections among older people.

28 January 2022

CCGs are to provide fit testing for GPs and practice staff who have been risk-assessed as needing FFP3 masks, the BMA has said.

26 January 2022

Routinely testing for viral and bacterial pathogens in flu-like illness is meaningless because there are no differences in how patients present, the course of their disease or how severe their illness is, researchers have concluded.

25 January 2022

Updated infection prevention and control (IPC) guidance has suggested that GPs treating patients with a ‘suspected or confirmed’ Covid infection must wear an FFP3 mask.

21 January 2022

All GP practices must ‘immediately’ begin identifying 5-11s who are eligible for a Covid vaccine, NHS England has said.

20 January 2022

Prime Minister Boris Johnson does not expect to renew the legal requirement for people to self-isolate upon testing positive for Covid when this expires in March.

19 January 2022

All eligible teenagers aged 16-17 can book their Covid booster jab from this week, NHS England has announced.

18 January 2022

GPs and practice staff can return to work on day six of their Covid isolation in line with the public but with some additional mitigations, NHS England has said.

17 January 2022

Self-reported positive lateral flow Covid test results will be sent through to GP systems to be recorded in patients’ medical notes, an LMC has confirmed.

13 January 2022