Coronavirus (COVID-19)

The latest news and guidance relating to the COVID-19 outbreak for GPs and primary care teams. Let us know how the pandemic is affecting you and your practice. Email us at gponline@haymarket.com

Essential guidance for GP teams

COVID-19 red flags for telephone triage

31 Mar 2020 CPD
Get Boosted Now promotional poster on a street in London

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

30 Mar 2022

Avoiding risks when consulting with patients remotely

29 Jan 2021

How GPs can tackle vaccine hesitancy in BAME communities

22 Feb 2021
Long COVID

GPs with long COVID help develop new clinical guidance on the condition

18 Aug 2021
Vaccination tracker

UK COVID-19 vaccination programme tracker

16 May 2022

Latest COVID-19 news

Health worker prepares a dose of COVID-19 vaccine

JCVI backs autumn COVID-19 booster campaign for high-risk adults and NHS staff

19 May 2022
BMA chair Dr Chaand Nagpaul

UK government 'failed in duty of care to doctors' in pandemic, BMA warns

19 May 2022
Dr Phil White

Dire workforce crisis turning general practice ‘upside down’, UK GPC chair warns

10 May 2022
A Healthcare Worker Prepares a Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine

Just one in 16 children aged 5-11 have received a first COVID-19 jab

5 May 2022
Dr Farzana Hussain

Third of GP appointments consumed by patients asking about delayed hospital care

5 May 2022
COVID-19 vaccine hub sign

NHS to consider closing hundreds of COVID-19 vaccination sites

3 May 2022
Royal Courts of Justice

Doctors condemn government as COVID-19 care home discharge policy ruled unlawful

27 Apr 2022
virus

Severe hepatitis that left 10 UK children needing liver transplants linked to adenovirus

26 Apr 2022
Sign reading 'General Medical Council'

GMC must cut red tape to retain GPs recruited in pandemic, says BMA

20 Apr 2022
Social distancing floor sign

GP practices told to scrap 'physical distancing' despite COVID-19 workforce pressures

19 Apr 2022
BMA House entrance

Nine in 10 doctors say government plan to tackle NHS backlog 'unachievable'

14 Apr 2022
NHS logo on tiled wall

NHS plan to clear elective care backlog could drive up GP workload

14 Apr 2022
Medical Centre sign

GPs report rising pressure as government warned over 'abandoning' NHS

12 Apr 2022
Professor Dame Clare Gerada

GPs diagnosing ‘in the dark’ after end of free COVID-19 testing

7 Apr 2022
COVID vaccine

COVID-19 vaccine rollout begins for millions of children aged 5-11

4 Apr 2022
Positive lateral flow tests

Call for rethink on free testing as COVID-19 prevalence hits all-time high

1 Apr 2022
Positive lateral flow test

LMCs raise alarm as rising COVID-19 cases drive up pressure on GPs

31 Mar 2022
Coronavirus

How have COVID-19 cases changed since restrictions ended?

30 Mar 2022
Lateral flow test boxes

Free COVID-19 tests for NHS staff will continue, DHSC confirms

30 Mar 2022
Medical Centre sign

Satisfaction with GP services sinks to 40-year low

30 Mar 2022
BMA chair Dr Chaand Nagpaul

NHS will struggle to cope if free COVID-19 tests for staff are scrapped, warns BMA

29 Mar 2022
A UK death certificate

Certifying deaths after the Coronavirus Act expires

25 Mar 2022
Rishi Sunak holding a copy of spring statement

Sunak statement ignores warnings over NHS workforce and care backlog

24 Mar 2022
Refugees head for the border in Uzhhorod, Ukraine

General practice in Ukraine: 'COVID doesn't seem scary right now'

23 Mar 2022
Lateral flow test

NHS staff demand clarity over access to free COVID-19 tests

23 Mar 2022
BMA GP committee deputy chair Dr Kieran Sharrock

General practice 'needs biggest recruitment drive in its history'

21 Mar 2022
Elderley woman receiving the COVID-19 vaccination

Spring COVID booster jabs start for most vulnerable people

21 Mar 2022
Coronavirus

NHS bosses ‘concerned’ as COVID-19 surge drives rising staff absences

18 Mar 2022
Stone sculpture commemorating healthcare workers who lost their lives to COVID-19

BMA memorial service pays tribute to doctors who lost lives to COVID-19

17 Mar 2022
NHS sign

Government has overseen 'long-term NHS decline' and must support GPs, MPs warn

16 Mar 2022
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