The pandemic has compounded already high GP workloads while bringing extra challenges, including patient frustration about reduced services.

01 April 2021

Practices delivered one million more GP appointments per week in January than before the pandemic, NHS England has revealed.

25 March 2021

Children could be vaccinated against Covid-19 as soon as August, it has been reported.

24 March 2021

YES Data increasingly appear to support the UK’s approach With roughly two million doses manufactured per week, we can protect 24 million people in 12 weeks before circling back to give second doses, rather than 12 million people with two doses.

16 March 2021

The vaccine being developed by US biotech company Novavax has shown high levels of effectiveness against Covid-19, according to data from UK and South African trials.

15 March 2021

Covid-19 vaccines that have been modified to better protect against virus variants will be fast-tracked for approval just like flu vaccines, regulators have said.

10 March 2021

A year on from the start of the UK’s first lockdown, the Prime Minister announced the country could be back to normal by 21 June.

04 March 2021

The NHS has begun inviting patients aged 60-63 for their first Covid-19 jab, as the vaccination programme continues to expand.

02 March 2021

The chancellor Rishi Sunak is set to announce £1.

01 March 2021

GPs should opportunistically ask patients whether they have recently travelled from banned countries, Public Health England (PHE) has said.

24 February 2021