GPs and local health services should be handed the keys to run the NHS test and trace system, as their ‘local expertise’ and knowledge will mean they ‘can do a better job’, an MP has said.

19 October 2020

‘Long Covid’ could be four separate syndromes, academics have found, warning that the wide-ranging symptoms mean some people are not being believed or treated.

16 October 2020

New laws that will see midwives and paramedics administer vaccines and grant the MHRA powers to approve an unlicensed Covid vaccine are being introduced today.

16 October 2020

Exclusive GPs may begin to see a ‘more normal’ service with labs able to process blood tests from next week, according to the company at the centre of the ongoing crisis.

15 October 2020

NHS Property Services (NHSPS) is to increase service charges for GP practices in England to meet Covid-related costs, the BMA has said.

14 October 2020

GPs are still being asked to avoid booking any non-urgent blood tests due to an ongoing shortage of reagents required in the laboratory process despite claims that the issues would likely be resolved over the weekend.

13 October 2020

A new Covid inquiry is to gather evidence from GPs on the Government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, including its provision of PPE and testing, Pulse has learned.

08 October 2020

Exclusive GPs across London have been told that patients who have already taken blood tests may need to re-take them, following supply issues exclusively revealed by Pulse yesterday.

07 October 2020

GPs are set to staff specialist clinics to diagnose and treat patients with ‘long Covid’ across England, backed by £10m of local funding, NHS England has said.

07 October 2020

Exclusive GP practices have been told that laboratories can only carry out the most ‘urgent’ testing for a range of conditions including HIV, heart disease and prostate cancer.

06 October 2020