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Second Covid antiviral to be rolled out to clinically vulnerable next month
Second Covid antiviral to be rolled out to clinically vulnerable next month

A second antiviral

GPs can now invite eligible children aged 12-15 for Covid booster jab
GPs can now invite eligible children aged 12-15 for Covid booster jab

The NHS is

GPs made record number of urgent cancer referrals in November
GPs made record number of urgent cancer referrals in November

GPs referred almost

Trust reports 40-day indicative waits for urgent breast cancer referrals

A London CCG

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Trust reports 40-day indicative waits for urgent breast cancer referrals
Cervical screening interval extended to every five years in Wales

The routine cervical

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Cervical screening interval extended to every five years in Wales
GPs to conduct FIT tests for every ‘urgent’ suspected lower GI cancer referral

GPs must conduct

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GPs to conduct FIT tests for every ‘urgent’ suspected lower GI cancer referral
GPs to see restrictions on blood testing removed as bottle shortage resolved

GP practices will

GPs to see restrictions on blood testing removed as bottle shortage resolved
NAO warns NHS against ‘overloading’ GPs in clearing elective backlog

The NHS needs

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NAO warns NHS against ‘overloading’ GPs in clearing elective backlog
Deadline for GPs to review cervical screening lists

GP practices have

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Deadline for GPs to review cervical screening lists
Six in ten red flag cancer symptoms not referred through two-week wait, finds study

Six in ten

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Six in ten red flag cancer symptoms not referred through two-week wait, finds study
Long-awaited ‘one-stop-shop’ community diagnostics centre scheme to expand

GPs will be

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Long-awaited ‘one-stop-shop’ community diagnostics centre scheme to expand
NHSE sets ‘advice and guidance’ target in bid to curb GP referrals to hospital

GPs have been

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NHSE sets ‘advice and guidance’ target in bid to curb GP referrals to hospital
GPs told not to exclude women from cervical screening during review

GPs in Scotland

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GPs told not to exclude women from cervical screening during review

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