UK medicine regulators have approved the first oral antiviral, which is to be taken at home twice daily by patients with at least one risk factor for developing severe Covid.

04 November 2021

People run a greater risk of suffering neurological complications if they contract Covid than if they have a Covid vaccine, a new study has concluded.

26 October 2021

Covid boosters have been booked or delivered at nine in 10 care homes in England, according to NHS England.

25 October 2021

The Government does not currently plan to introduce new Covid restrictions, despite a sharp rise in case numbers, with the health secretary saying this comes as pressure on the NHS – including GPs – is ‘not unsustainable’.

21 October 2021

Covid testing has been halted at a private laboratory in the West Midlands amid fears that around 43,000 people have received false negative results.

15 October 2021

There were ‘serious errors’ in the Government’s initial response to the Covid-19 pandemic, including lockdown delays and testing failures, MPs have ruled.

12 October 2021

Being a GP brings a responsibility to protect and set an example to patients I can understand the views of some GP colleagues who do not wish to have Covid vaccination mandated for themselves or their staff.

08 October 2021

GPs and specialists will have to ‘clinically review’ each and every application for a Covid vaccination exemption, the Government has said.

01 October 2021

GP partner and trainer Dr Pipin Singh explains what practices need to know about the new long Covid enhanced service requirements  NHS England has set up a £30m enhanced service for practices to improve their training and infrastructure to support patients with long Covid.

28 September 2021

Any new or updated GP infection control guidance must reflect ‘high Covid levels’ and the size and layout of practice buildings, the BMA has said.

28 September 2021