The NHS has now offered the Covid vaccine at every eligible care home in England, with Prime Minister hailing this as ‘a crucial milestone’.

01 February 2021

There has been a ‘substantial’ disparity between Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships’ (STPs) vaccination coverage of the over 80s group, according to a study.

29 January 2021

Cough, fatigue, sore throat and muscle pain may be more common in those testing positive for the new variant of coronavirus, a report from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggests.

27 January 2021

The Pulse Covid-19 Primary Care Resources tool is designed to support GPs in their consultations.

27 January 2021

‘We must not and will not forget this day’, BMA council chair Dr Chaand Nagpaul has said, as the UK becomes the first country in Europe to record over 100,000 deaths from Covid-19.

26 January 2021

The antibiotics azithromycin and doxycycline will no longer be given to patients in a Covid treatment trial after researchers found they were ‘not generally effective’.

26 January 2021

One in 10 GPs are yet to receive their first dose of the Covid vaccine, the BMA has revealed.

22 January 2021

An increase in cancer diagnostic tests provided by primary care networks (PCNs) should be ‘considered’ to reduce the burden on hospitals, NHS England has said.

20 January 2021

GPs can now offer Covid-19 vaccination to patients who are not within the first four JCVI-identified priority groups if there is a ‘risk’ the stock will be wasted, NHS England has said.

19 January 2021

Several local authorities in England have decided to prioritise homeless people for vaccination against Covid-19, outside the current JCVI recommendations.

19 January 2021