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

Tyne, Dogger, north-east 3 or 4, occasional rain, moderate or poor.

08 December 2021

CQC will inspect GP practices on compliance with five different new points related to mandatory staff Covid vaccination from April.

07 December 2021

GPs and other healthcare professionals are being urged to advise of the benefits of Covid-19 vaccination at every contact with pregnant women as well as those trying to have a baby.

06 December 2021

Exclusive The CQC has outlined its framework for unannounced inspections into patient access at GP practices, with the first inspection taking place last week.

06 December 2021

There is no set date for routine CQC inspections of GP practices to return, the CQC has said.

03 December 2021

Parts of QOF will be suspended and income-protected until April to free up GP capacity for delivery of the expanded Covid booster programme, NHS England has announced.

03 December 2021

I’m broadly in favour of the Government’s decision to further roll out the vaccine booster programme.

01 December 2021