Global demand for personal protective equipment (PPE) and a ban on export of the products in China is causing constraints on securing additional UK supplies, the Department of Health and Social Care has said.

19 March 2020

The RCGP has cancelled all CSA exams for GP trainees indefinitely due to the outbreak of coronavirus (Covid-19).

18 March 2020

Chief scientific adviser Patrick Vallance has said that 20,000 deaths or fewer would be a ‘good outcome’ of the coronavirus outbreak.

18 March 2020

Patients fit for discharge are to be moved out of hospital ‘urgently’ to free up beds in England, suggesting GPs will be left to care for them in the community.

17 March 2020

The Government has defended the move to supply out-of-date face masks to GP practices to tackle the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.

17 March 2020

Professor Clare Gerada, former chair of the RCGP and a well-known London GP, has overcome coronavirus (Covid-19).

16 March 2020

16 March 2020

Exclusive NHS England has issued advice for practices to move to a ‘total triage’ services, as LMCs and CCGs are implementing radical changes to GP access.

13 March 2020

13 March 2020

A number of GPs and practice staff have been required to self-isolate after coming into contact with patients who have tested positive for coronavirus.

13 March 2020