Unannounced inspections of GP practices focused on patient access will be postponed for the next three weeks until January 2022, the CQC has said.

14 December 2021

The requirement for patients to stay behind for a 15-minute observation period after their Pfizer or Moderna Covid vaccination could be scrapped in the ‘next few days’.

13 December 2021

Exclusive The Government’s relaxation of the 10-day isolation requirement for contacts of Omicron cases does not apply to GPs and other health and care staff, Pulse has been told.

13 December 2021

The most important face-to-face GP appointment patients will have in the next few weeks will be getting jabbed, Sajid Javid has said.

13 December 2021

Healthy under-18s could see a shorter interval between their first and second Covid jabs if a new variant sparks ‘concern’ about vaccine effectiveness, new guidance has said.

10 December 2021

NHS England will do ‘everything it can’ to share the ‘right messages’ about general practice amid ongoing abuse and criticism, primary care medical director Dr Nikki Kanani has said.

10 December 2021

The UK medicines regulator has given a ‘clear steer’ that the requirement to keep patients for a 15-minute observation after mRNA Covid vaccination is not being relaxed ‘at this time’.

10 December 2021

Plan B does not change the Government’s expectations on GPs to increase face-to-face access in line with Winter Access Fund plans, the Department of Health and Social Care has confirmed to Pulse.

09 December 2021

Payment for QOF and IIF ‘may be made later than usual’, NHS England has warned, as it set out the details of the temporary contract change aimed at freeing up GPs for Covid boosters.

08 December 2021

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08 December 2021