GP-led Covid vaccine sites should review their ‘security plans’ and be aware of undercover protestors, NHS England has said.

08 October 2021

A UK trial is being extended to test the effectiveness of a third Covid jab in people who are immunocompromised or immunosuppressed.

25 August 2021

Fully vaccinated people are three times less likely to test positive for Covid-19 than people who are unvaccinated, according to a Government-commissioned study.

04 August 2021

GPs should do blood tests for non-acute patients who are suspected of having the rare blood clotting condition associated with the Astra Zeneca Covid vaccine, NICE has said.

29 July 2021

UK researchers have made a discovery which they believe will lead to a long Covid blood test that patients could access via their GP.

12 July 2021

NHS England ‘will not stand for’ disruption by anti-vaccine protesters at Covid vaccination sites, its primary care director has said.

23 April 2021

Only one in five people would seek a test if they had Covid symptoms, according to a study which found low levels of adherence to UK’s test, trace and isolate system.

01 April 2021

There is no evidence that the £37bn NHS Test and Trace programme has brought down Covid infection levels, according to a damning report from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).

10 March 2021

Phase three trials have begun for an alternative Covid vaccination made up of a cocktail of antibodies, which could be more suitable for the immunosuppressed.

21 December 2020

GPs are now able to test a new type of potential treatment for Covid-19, an inhaled corticosteroid, as part of an Oxford University trial.

27 November 2020