Care homes across the UK accepted patients who tested positive for Covid-19, two surveys have showed, and could have been pressed into doing so.

01 September 2020

Doctors meeting for the BMA’s annual representative meeting will be vote on motions concerning the Government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and doctor pay in its first virtual conference.

28 August 2020

An ‘expanded workforce’ will be delivering flu and a potential Covid-19 vaccine, under proposals unveiled by the Government today.

28 August 2020

People self-isolating due to Covid-19 in the highest-risk areas of England will get paid while doing so, health secretary Matt Hancock has announced.

27 August 2020

Obesity is associated with an almost 50% increased risk of death in people with Covid-19, research has concluded.

26 August 2020

Covid-19 could be linked to the onset of type 1 diabetes in the UK, scientists have suggested, after finding that cases almost doubled in some London hospitals during the pandemic compared to normal.

25 August 2020

The prevalence of asthma increased under the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) in 2019/20, with GPs suggesting a ‘rush’ for inhalers at the start of the pandemic contributed to the rise.

21 August 2020

GP practices earned fewer points on average under the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) payment system last year, though achievement still remained high despite the pandemic.

20 August 2020

GP practices have been advised to work together to support the remote monitoring of coronavirus patients, in updated guidance aimed at dealing with local outbreaks.

19 August 2020

19 August 2020