GPs and specialists will have to ‘clinically review’ each and every application for a Covid vaccination exemption, the Government has said.

01 October 2021

GP partner and trainer Dr Pipin Singh explains what practices need to know about the new long Covid enhanced service requirements  NHS England has set up a £30m enhanced service for practices to improve their training and infrastructure to support patients with long Covid.

28 September 2021

Any new or updated GP infection control guidance must reflect ‘high Covid levels’ and the size and layout of practice buildings, the BMA has said.

28 September 2021

Additional Covid funding for general practice for the second half of this financial year is ‘to be confirmed’, NHS England has revealed.

24 September 2021

Eligibility for NHS England’s Covid ‘Oximetry @home’ scheme has been extended to all 16-64s testing positive for Covid who have not had both jabs.

24 September 2021

GPs have been given a deadline of Monday next week (27 September) to identify remaining vulnerable 12-15s, so they can receive their Covid jab by the end of the month (30 September).

21 September 2021

Certain groups of immunosuppressed people, as well as care home residents, are among those identified as still being at ‘elevated risk’ of serious Covid outcomes despite vaccination, new research has shown.

17 September 2021

Exclusive The Government’s out-of-date advice on Covid symptoms that should trigger a PCR test could be causing around 20,000 cases a day and needs to be changed urgently, a leading researcher has warned.

17 September 2021

People who were fully vaccinated against Covid-19 accounted for just 1% of all deaths involving coronavirus in England in the first seven months of this year, according to new figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

14 September 2021

The Government has issued more detailed guidance for health professionals on some rare side effects associated with Covid-19 vaccines.

10 September 2021