coronavirus

Not just for groceries! Asda launches drive-through flu jab service

October 16, 2020

As reported by BBC news, supermarket Asda has launched a free NHS drive-through flu jab service for eligible people at 13 UK stores Anyone entitled keep reading

Cancer Research UK: go to GP about cancer symptoms

October 14, 2020

As reported by BBC news, anyone with symptoms that could be cancer must talk to their GP, even as COVID-19 cases increase across the country, keep reading

Face-to-face GP appointments rise again in Hampshire

October 12, 2020

As reported by the Basingstoke Gazette, north Hampshire GPs delivered a higher rate of face-to-face appointments in August, figures show, but patients were still much keep reading

Further practice closures cannot be ruled out, says RCGP

October 9, 2020

The RCGP have responded to an investigation which found that a significant number of GP practices closed last year Professor Martin Marshall, chair of the keep reading

Diagnoses of common conditions in general practice fell during lockdown, study finds

October 2, 2020

As reported by the Express and Star, research has found that there was a significant reduction in the diagnosis of many common physical and mental keep reading

RCGP urges patients not to be deterred from seeking medical assistance

September 28, 2020

The Royal College of GPs has responded to a study in The Lancet on the diagnosis of physical and mental health conditions in primary care keep reading

Flu jab ‘more important than ever’ this winter

September 23, 2020

As reported by BBC news, people are being advised to get a flu jab to help protect against the “double danger” of flu and coronavirus keep reading

More than 1,700 GP practices contribute data for COVID-19 research

September 22, 2020

As reported by Digital Health, more than 1,700 GP practices have stepped forward to contribute patient data for COVID-19 research at the University of Oxford keep reading

General practice should not be a replacement for Test and Trace, says RCGP

September 18, 2020

Commenting on COVID-19 testing, Professor Martin Marshall, chair of the Royal College of GPs, said: “As children go back to school and we approach what keep reading

GPs must have ‘quick and easy’ access to appropriate resources in order to care for patients who have long-COVID, says RCGP

September 14, 2020

Professor Martin Marshall, chair of the Royal College of GPs, said: “COVID-19 is a new virus and whilst we are rapidly learning about it, research keep reading