Patients should be given a third Covid vaccine dose in a small number of cases where the second has been given earlier than 21 days after the first ‘by accident’, GPs have been told.

12 April 2021

GPs have warned of unintended consequences from the Government’s latest AstraZeneca Covid vaccine advice, including creating ‘panic’ among patients and adding to the workload of already pressured practices.

09 April 2021

Covid-19 infections have fallen by 60% since February, with the health secretary hailing the impact of the vaccination programme.

08 April 2021

More than one million people in the UK are now living with long Covid symptoms, figures from the Office for National Statistics show.

01 April 2021

NHS talking therapy services will be funded to link up with long Covid clinics as part of efforts to mitigate the mental health impacts of the pandemic, the Government has said.

31 March 2021

GP-led vaccination sites should consider setting up drive-through vaccination clinics where this will improve uptake in their local populations, NHS England has said.

30 March 2021

Dr Sharon Raymond describes the pathway and protocols for giving patients oxygen saturation monitoring equipment for use in their homes Patients at greatest risk of poor clinical outcomes from Covid-19 are best identified by oxygen levels.

29 March 2021

Household members of adults who have weakened immune systems will be added to Covid vaccination priority cohort 6, after the Government accepted a recommendation by its independent vaccine advisory committee.

29 March 2021

A single dose of either vaccine prevents 62% of Covid infections among care home residents, a University College London (UCL) study has found.

29 March 2021

Eligible patients who have not yet had a Covid vaccine they are entitled to are being urged to come forward in the next few days before slots dry up.

25 March 2021