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RCGP backs call for weekly COVID-19 testing for all NHS staff
Health secretary Matt Hancock has given his strongest signal yet that weekly mass testing of NHS, social care and school staff could start this autumn keep reading
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NI waiting lists paint a very bleak picture for patients, says RCGPNI
The Royal College of General Practitioners Northern Ireland has commented on the latest waiting list figures Commenting on the waiting list figures covering the quarter keep reading
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Dealing with face mask anxiety
If wearing a face mask leaves you feeling anxious, you’re not alone. Happiful share tips on how you can feel calmer, and in control, whilst wearing a keep reading
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GPs at the forefront of helping patients cope with ‘lingering and difficult legacy’ of COVID-19, says College
GPs are predicting a ‘lingering and difficult legacy’ of illness and disease left by COVID-19 and must be appropriately supported to care for patients in keep reading
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Key resources for practice mangers during the COVID-19 crisis
Practice Business has collated a list of key resources which practice managers can use and refer to for guidance during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic Guidance keep reading
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GP on the frontline: ’The past six weeks have been unlike anything I’ve known’
Edinburgh GP Gavin Francis reports on how he and his practice have dealt with the escalating crisis since lockdown This is an edited version of keep reading
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A new way of working: a view from general practice during a pandemic
An anonymous GP details life working in general practice during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis CREDIT: This is an edited version of article that originally approved keep reading
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COVID-19: a remote assessment in primary care
The BMJ have published guidance on how to give a remote assessment for a patient with suspected COVID-19 A 37 year-old healthcare assistant develops a keep reading
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RCGP calls on health secretary to move away from ‘hitting targets’
The government’s testing strategy for COVID-19 needs to shift away from “arbitrary numbers and targets”, and focus on wider access for health professionals and the keep reading
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Understanding COVID-19 at a community level ‘crucial’ to informing next steps, says RCGP
The College has responded to a new study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal ‘Risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 among patients in the Oxford Royal keep reading