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Ten top tips: Headache after AZ Covid vaccination
Ten top tips: Headache after AZ Covid vaccination

Dr Toni Hazell

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GPs should have no role in administering any vaccine passport scheme, RCGP warns
GPs should have no role in administering any vaccine passport scheme, RCGP warns

GPs should have

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Household members of immunosuppressed now prioritised for Covid vaccination
Household members of immunosuppressed now prioritised for Covid vaccination

Household members of

New UK health security body to launch from April
New UK health security body to launch from April

A new UK-wide

Wider range of symptoms linked with Covid-19, shows large study

Symptoms including chills,

Wider range of symptoms linked with Covid-19, shows large study
Review PPE guidance for GP ‘hot zones’, say Covid aerosol researchers

PPE requirements for

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Review PPE guidance for GP ‘hot zones’, say Covid aerosol researchers
Government antibody study finds most people immune for six months after Covid infection

Immunity against Covid-19

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Government antibody study finds most people immune for six months after Covid infection
Cough, fatigue, sore throat and muscle pain more common with new Covid variant

Cough, fatigue, sore

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Cough, fatigue, sore throat and muscle pain more common with new Covid variant
GP access to central PPE stock extended to end of June

GP access to

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GP access to central PPE stock extended to end of June
Covid-19 reinfection ‘rare’ says NHS study but some may still pass the virus on

Antibodies from past

Covid-19 reinfection ‘rare’ says NHS study but some may still pass the virus on
BMA calls for more stringent PPE guidance for GP settings

The BMA has

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BMA calls for more stringent PPE guidance for GP settings
GP PPE order limits raised by 25% over Christmas

GP practice rations

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GP PPE order limits raised by 25% over Christmas
Flow chart: determining the right flu vaccine for your patients

Dr Toni Hazell

Flow chart: determining the right flu vaccine for your patients
GP practices cannot use DHSC flu stock for ‘temporary shortfalls’

GP practices cannot

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GP practices cannot use DHSC flu stock for ‘temporary shortfalls’