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

GPs are being asked to carry out an impossible workload as PCNs, yet told they’re lazy for not seeing patients face to face, says Victoria Vaughan A sense of fatigue is setting in for GPs at the helms of PCNs.

02 December 2021

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

01 December 2021

GPs have been advised to order a PCR test for patients who have returned from a number of African countries in the past 10 days, and isolate them in a side room ‘if possible’.

29 November 2021

Guidance on vaccinating individuals undergoing steroid treatments This information is sourced from: ARMA, Versus Arthritis, Specialist Pharmacy Service (SPS), The Green Book Chapter 14a and the British Society for Rheumatology It is safe to have the Covid-19 vaccine alongside steroid exposure, but the patient may not mount such a good immune response.

29 November 2021

England GPs have called for NHS England to ‘guarantee funding security’ for GP practices until the end of March.

26 November 2021