Additional Covid funding for general practice for the second half of this financial year is ‘to be confirmed’, NHS England has revealed.

24 September 2021

Eligibility for NHS England’s Covid ‘Oximetry @home’ scheme has been extended to all 16-64s testing positive for Covid who have not had both jabs.

24 September 2021

GPs have been given a deadline of Monday next week (27 September) to identify remaining vulnerable 12-15s, so they can receive their Covid jab by the end of the month (30 September).

21 September 2021

Certain groups of immunosuppressed people, as well as care home residents, are among those identified as still being at ‘elevated risk’ of serious Covid outcomes despite vaccination, new research has shown.

17 September 2021

Exclusive The Government’s out-of-date advice on Covid symptoms that should trigger a PCR test could be causing around 20,000 cases a day and needs to be changed urgently, a leading researcher has warned.

17 September 2021

People who were fully vaccinated against Covid-19 accounted for just 1% of all deaths involving coronavirus in England in the first seven months of this year, according to new figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

14 September 2021

The Government has issued more detailed guidance for health professionals on some rare side effects associated with Covid-19 vaccines.

10 September 2021

Vaccine company Novavax has begun early clinical trials to test a combined Covid and flu jab.

09 September 2021

Exclusive Nearly three quarters of GPs are experiencing increased levels of patient abuse compared with before the pandemic, a Pulse survey has revealed.

09 September 2021

The Prime Minister has said that the new pandemic recovery plan will deliver more than the 50 million extra GP appointments already pledged by the Government.

08 September 2021