‘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

It’s an anathema to many health carers to adhere to a league table of need.

19 January 2021

A doctor is raising money to launch a legal challenge against the Government’s decision to extend the gap between Covid doses to 12 weeks, Pulse has learned.

19 January 2021

The Government has stopped short of guaranteeing that everybody will get their second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine within 12 weeks.

18 January 2021

Over a third (34.

14 January 2021