A large proportion of patients with a vitamin B12 deficiency self-inject medication sourced online, citing difficulty with accessing treatment from GPs.

04 October 2022

No routine childhood vaccination met the 95% uptake target set by the World Health Organization last year in England, latest NHS figures show.

29 September 2022

Delivering research in the current primary care climate is challenging, but the NIHR is committed to eliminate the obstacles, says academic GP Professor Philip Evans We have seen an amazing demonstration of the power and promise of research in primary care during the pandemic.

26 September 2022

Health secretary Dr Thérèse Coffey has pledged to ‘correct’ GP pension rules around inflation so that GPs are not taxed unnecessarily.

22 September 2022

NHS waiting lists might not start reducing until March 2024 because patients delayed seeking care over the Covid pandemic, the Government has warned.

15 September 2022

The Government has announced it will fight the main threat to the future of mankind through GP prescribing.

14 September 2022

GP locum bookings have doubled from September 2021 to September 2022, according to the National Association of Sessional GPs (NASGP).

13 September 2022

The BMA has said that it cannot ‘endorse’ the care home Covid booster programme, which it said remains ‘underfunded’ after NHS England rejected its proposals.

12 September 2022

Secondary care trusts cannot ‘compel’ GPs to carry out mental capacity reports on their behalf without paying them an ‘agreeable’ rate, the BMA has said.

06 September 2022

With the countdown to enhanced access well under way, PCNs discuss how they will find the capacity to provide the extra evening and weekend appointments for patients.

06 September 2022