GPs who come into close contact with a person who tests positive for Covid-19 may soon be able to take a rapid test and avoid self-isolation.

23 November 2020

Exclusive Only around 13% of Covid vaccines will be delivered by GPs in primary care networks in London, provisional plans obtained by Pulse reveal.

23 November 2020

GPs will not be required to deliver the majority of Covid-19 vaccinations that are administered this year, the health secretary has confirmed.

20 November 2020

Health boards and trusts will lead the Covid vaccination campaign in Wales, with the Welsh chief medical officer set to write ‘shortly’ to set out the full details.

17 November 2020

Patients are being encouraged to call their GP if their oxygen saturation drops to 93% or 94% as part of NHS England’s Covid ‘Oximetry @home’ scheme.

17 November 2020

Dr Poppy Freeman set up the Covid-19 Primary Care Resource website at the start of the pandemic.

16 November 2020

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