25 April 2020

GPs and practice staff should now be able to get tested for Covid-19 ‘very rapidly’, NHS England has said.

17 April 2020

NHS England has suspended the Friends and Family Test for GP practices and paused all list cleansing activity in a bid to free up time to focus on Covid-19.

15 April 2020

A number of coronavirus (Covid-19) tests are ‘being saved’ for GP practices, NHS England medical director for primary care Dr Nikki Kanani has said.

06 April 2020

The Government is set to scale up testing, including early testing for healthcare workers and testing for asymptomatic individuals on whether they have already had the disease, the chief medical officer has announced.

16 March 2020

The BMA has received ‘many reports’ of ICBs considering decommissioning specialist Covid antiviral services and passing responsibilities to GPs, it has warned.

25 April 2024

As part of our series on potential overdiagnosis, GP partner and trainer Dr David Coleman explores the evidence-based approach to diagnosing long Covid and advises on how to best support patients with symptoms while avoiding potential harms from an inaccurate diagnosis Covid-19 — the disease associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection1 — barely needs an introduction.

21 March 2024

Long Covid has a measurable impact on memory and cognition a year or more after infection, a large UK study has reported.

29 February 2024

This year’s spring Covid vaccine booster programme will include a larger number of children who are immunosuppressed, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has confirmed.

08 February 2024

People not having all their recommended doses of Covid vaccine led to thousands of unnecessary deaths and severe outcomes, researchers have found.

16 January 2024