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Parts of QOF and enhanced services to halt until March to speed COVID booster rollout

Barriers to hospital treatment creating 'two-tier' NHS, GPs warn

Coronavirus: Key guidance GPs need to know about COVID-19

UK COVID-19 vaccination programme tracker

Podcast: Omicron, booster jabs, industrial action and carbon footprints

Welsh GP contract maintains 'total triage' - in stark contrast to Westminster approach on access

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GP's online carbon calculator helps practices cut emissions and save money

6 Dec 2021

GP wearing surgical mask speaks to patient in consulting room

General practice recruitment scheme falling short by thousands of staff

6 Dec 2021

Health and social care secretary Sajid Javid speaking

Sajid Javid writes thank-you letter to 'outstanding' primary care staff

3 Dec 2021

COVID drug cuts risk of death or hospitalisation in high-risk adults by 79%

2 Dec 2021

GPs face annual COVID jab campaigns as UK buys 114m extra doses

2 Dec 2021

Hospital backlog driving pressure on GPs since well before COVID-19, NAO report shows

2 Dec 2021

GPs lack staff and capacity for expanded booster drive, BMA warns

1 Dec 2021

GPs 'wrongly sidelined' in pandemic response, warns People's COVID Inquiry

1 Dec 2021

Boris Johnson, Sajid Javid and NHS chief executive Amanda Pritchard at Downing Street press conference

GPs offered £15 per jab as government sets 31 January COVID-19 booster deadline

30 Nov 2021

Evidence for mandatory NHS staff COVID-19 jabs 'not good enough', says Lords committee

30 Nov 2021

Practices 'need substantial support' to step up Omicron response, warns BMA GP chair

30 Nov 2021

JCVI COVID-19 immunisation chair Professor Wei Shen Lim

JCVI backs immediate expansion of COVID-19 vaccination to combat Omicron variant

29 Nov 2021

Viewpoints and opinion

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How gardening can help improve wellbeing

19 Nov 2021

Five tips for supporting patients with COPD

16 Nov 2021

Viewpoint: Are PCNs working - and where do they go from here?

11 Nov 2021

Project aims to help GPs tackle health inequalities in most deprived areas

11 Nov 2021

Viewpoint: We need more GPs if we are to provide more face-to-face care

4 Nov 2021

5 ways GPs can help patients affected by air pollution

3 Nov 2021

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NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

Parts of QOF and enhanced services to halt until March to speed COVID booster rollout

Barriers to hospital treatment creating 'two-tier' NHS, GPs warn

Coronavirus: Key guidance GPs need to know about COVID-19

UK COVID-19 vaccination programme tracker

Podcast: Omicron, booster jabs, industrial action and carbon footprints

Welsh GP contract maintains 'total triage' - in stark contrast to Westminster approach on access

Latest news

GP's online carbon calculator helps practices cut emissions and save money

General practice recruitment scheme falling short by thousands of staff

Sajid Javid writes thank-you letter to 'outstanding' primary care staff

COVID drug cuts risk of death or hospitalisation in high-risk adults by 79%

GPs face annual COVID jab campaigns as UK buys 114m extra doses

Hospital backlog driving pressure on GPs since well before COVID-19, NAO report shows

GPs lack staff and capacity for expanded booster drive, BMA warns

GPs 'wrongly sidelined' in pandemic response, warns People's COVID Inquiry

GPs offered £15 per jab as government sets 31 January COVID-19 booster deadline

Evidence for mandatory NHS staff COVID-19 jabs 'not good enough', says Lords committee

Practices 'need substantial support' to step up Omicron response, warns BMA GP chair

JCVI backs immediate expansion of COVID-19 vaccination to combat Omicron variant

Viewpoints and opinion

How gardening can help improve wellbeing

Five tips for supporting patients with COPD

Viewpoint: Are PCNs working - and where do they go from here?

Project aims to help GPs tackle health inequalities in most deprived areas

Viewpoint: We need more GPs if we are to provide more face-to-face care

5 ways GPs can help patients affected by air pollution

Clinical news

Javid warns of 'substantial risk' from new COVID-19 variant

NICE to update guidance on depression for first time in a decade

NICE backs first long-acting injectable treatment for HIV

Over 40s offered COVID booster as second dose confirmed for 16- and 17-year-olds

Practice news

Government urged to 'free up' GP practices and expand steps to control Omicron

‘Utterly toxic’: GPs speak out over abuse and physical attacks on practice teams

LMCs reject 'outdated' GMS contract and demand move to item of service payments

LMCs demand ringfence on enhanced services cash and clear GP representation in ICSs