24 July 2020

GPs can confidently avoid secondary care referrals for colorectal cancer investigation for patients who have had a negative result to a faecal immunochemical test (FIT), a study has concluded.

23 July 2020

Rate of emergency admissions and deaths from coronavirus fell sooner for shielded patients than for the general population, data from NHS Digital shows.

23 July 2020

A third of GPs believe it will take up to a year or longer for their practice to return to pre-Covid levels of capacity, even with ‘no future spikes’ of the virus.

23 July 2020

GP practices must ‘seize the opportunity’ to hire mental health specialists to their Primary Care Networks using additional roles funding, according to the Centre for Mental Health and the King’s Fund.

23 July 2020

Advice from a Consultant Dermatologist at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS NO LONGER RELEVANT AND IS NOT BEING UPDATED BUT HAS BEEN LEFT ON THE SITE FOR REFERENCE PURPOSES ONLY This information is sourced from Dr Stephen Walker, Consultant Dermatologist Q.

17 July 2020

A large-scale study into Covid-19 infection rates in England has revealed that the majority were asymptomatic when they tested positive.

16 July 2020

15 July 2020

GPs will play an important role in ‘preventing the NHS from being overwhelmed this winter’, with the UK facing a potential second Covid-19 wave that could be worse than the first, a new report by has found.

14 July 2020

The UK Government has ordered 65m syringes from one manufacturer as part of preparations for a potential Covid-19 vaccine, due for delivery by mid-September.

14 July 2020