Groups of GP practices will have to administer the Covid vaccine to care home residents and staff, as well as to housebound patients through home visits, the new DES reveals.

09 November 2020

The GMC is setting up a temporary test centre next spring, so it can test more doctors from overseas during the Covid-19 pandemic.

05 November 2020

The awaited new guidance for patients deemed clinically extremely vulnerable to Covid-19 has confirmed there will not be a return to full-on shielding during the second national lockdown.

04 November 2020

Can retired GPs and underemployed locums be convinced to rejoin the permanent workforce, asks Nicola Merrifield It may seem a long time ago that the recruitment crisis was the most pressing issue for general practice.

04 November 2020

More than 80% of hospital patients with Covid-19 lack vitamin D, which is among vitamins linked to fewer respiratory complaints, studies have found.

02 November 2020

Covid infections are increasing daily and there are fears of what the winter will bring, but GPs are warning measures to counter this could lead to even greater patient harms.

30 October 2020

Patients with long-term effects of Covid-19 are those with symptoms for more than 12 weeks that ‘can affect any system in the body’, according to a new definition by NICE.

30 October 2020

The rate of coronavirus infections in increasing across all age groups and in all regions of the country, say researchers who have calculated the R number is now 1.

29 October 2020

At least six hospital trusts in the UK have now had to stop non-urgent operations due to the second wave of Covid-19.

28 October 2020

NHS England will ‘shortly’ announce the process for GP practices to claim reimbursement for their Covid-19 PPE, it has said.

27 October 2020