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

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