Patients with asthma do not seem to be at risk from complications associated with being hospitalised with Covid-19 disease, in sharp contrast to other viral infections say French researchers.

11 August 2020

The Government has announced an overhaul of the NHS Test and Trace programme, which will see local authorities take a greater role in contact tracing.

10 August 2020

Seven per cent of the UK population had been infected with Covid-19 by May/June, according to a major Government study.

10 August 2020

NHS England has said it does not expect all GP practices to need additional funding for support they have provided to care homes during the pandemic.

07 August 2020

A large proportion of healthcare workers in England may have been infected with Covid-19 between mid-February and mid-April, researchers have said.

06 August 2020

06 August 2020

One in three single-handed GPs are at high risk from Covid-19, potentially leaving hundreds of thousands of patients without access to face-to-face appointments.

06 August 2020

NHS England has published the details of its long-awaited General Practice Covid Support Fund, which it said will meet the ‘legitimate additional costs’ caused by the pandemic.

05 August 2020

Hospitals and care homes will gain access to new tests which deliver results in 90 minutes and can tell if a patient is suffering from Covid-19 or flu, the Government has said.

04 August 2020

Frontline healthcare staff have a three-fold higher risk of Covid-19 infection even with adequate PPE, a study using data from a symptom tracker app has found.

31 July 2020