People with learning disabilities in England were up to six times more likely to die from Covid-19 during the first wave of the pandemic, research has found.

16 November 2020

NHS England has announced that more than 40 ‘long Covid’ clinics are to open across the country ‘within weeks’.

16 November 2020

GP sites administering Covid vaccinations will only need to observe patients for any immediate negative reactions, NHS England has said.

13 November 2020

The ‘impossible’ requirements of the proposed Covid vaccination DES risk putting GP practices ‘contractually at risk’, LMCs have warned in a strongly worded document.

13 November 2020

Covid infections are rapidly increasing with ‘over one in 80’ now affected, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today announced.

12 November 2020

People who are diagnosed with Covid-19 are more likely to develop mental illness, a study has found.

12 November 2020

Several GP practices have been forced to close their doors to patients following major outbreaks of Covid, including one practice in Kent which has 24 staff members in isolation.

11 November 2020

The £150m fund NHS England will inject to keep GP services running throughout the Covid vaccination campaign is the sum of additional pandemic funding for practices ‘until March’, NHS England has clarified.

11 November 2020

Pulse’s Q&A focuses on what the Covid vaccine DES means for GPs based on what we know.

10 November 2020

The BMA GP committee England and NHSEI have agreed a DES (direct enhanced service) for general practice to lead the delivery of the CVP (COVID-19 vaccination programme).

09 November 2020