A solicitor has been fined £15,000 by a disciplinary tribunal for ‘improperly threatening’ legal proceedings against a GP practice over Covid-19 vaccine exemptions.

15 July 2024

NHS England has warned that it may need to make cuts to primary care funding if staff is awarded a pay rise of above 3% and it is not given more money to pay for it.

18 July 2022

Patient satisfaction with GP services has taken a 30 percentage-point dive since before the pandemic, according to new research.

30 March 2022

The Government’s spring budget statement, delivered today, did not pledge any additional funding for general practice or the wider NHS.

23 March 2022

The BMA has asked the Treasury to stump up a further £5-7bn in funding to clear the elective care backlog in England, 10% of which it said must go towards general practice.

18 March 2022

Patients, staff and visitors should continue to wear face masks in GP practices, NHS England has said.

23 February 2022

GPs have been left in the dark over whether new self-isolation rules coming into force on Thursday apply to them.

22 February 2022

Fully vaccinated GPs and practice staff no longer need to isolate for 10 days if they are a close contact of an Omicron Covid case, the Government has said.

16 December 2021

Clinical guidance on detecting and managing rare cases of heart inflammation in children after Covid-19 vaccination has been issued by the UK Health Security Agency and RCGP.

02 December 2021

Emma Wilkinson looks at the factors that could make the winter ahead the worst ever for the NHS This winter will be ‘like no other’.

29 September 2021