Trying to re-launch plans for mass patient data sharing last year was ‘a mistake’, before a ‘trusted research environment’ had been guaranteed, the lead of a Government-commissioned review has said.

12 May 2022

GPs referred nearly three million patients for cancer investigation in England last in the last year, the highest number on record.

04 May 2022

UK medicines regulators are reviewing emerging evidence that monoclonal antibody sotrovimab may not be as effective against the current dominant strain of Covid-19.

03 May 2022

Registered dietitian and associate professor in nutrition Dr Hilda Mulrooney offers advice on the challenges of managing overweight and obesity in children GPs need to be able to recognise overweight and obesity in children and intervene appropriately, but this can be a complex and sensitive issue to tackle.

29 April 2022

29 April 2022

The QOF should be scrapped, however the metrics should still be measured, former health secretary Jeremy Hunt told Pulse Live today.

26 April 2022

The long-standing row over the shift towards remote consulting in GP practices has now ‘settled down’, RCGP chair Professor Martin Marshall has said.

26 April 2022

Health and social care staff in Scotland, including GPs, can now access FFP3 face masks based on risk assessment and personal preference.

25 April 2022

Exclusive The average waiting time for a non-urgent, face-to-face appointment is 10 days, according to Pulse’s latest GP survey – quicker than before the Covid pandemic.

25 April 2022

Three in four GPs have reported facing increasing patient abuse last year, according to a major survey by a medical defence organisation.

22 April 2022