NHS England’s mass coronavirus vaccination plan is ‘impossible’ to deliver and gives ‘grossly unreasonable deadlines,’ doctors have warned. Health chiefs hope to begin rolling out a Covid-19 jab in time for December 1 and are preparing more than 1,200 vaccination centres across the UK – most of which will be at large GP centres, it … Read more
Liftoff! SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lights up Florida’s night sky as it launches to orbit carrying an upgraded GPS satellite for the US Space Force SpaceX Falcon 9 marked its 20th launch this year with a mission Thurs evening The rocket took off at 6:24pm ET, carrying a US Space Force GPS into orbit This … Read more
Plans are being drawn up for the long-awaited jab to be administered by GPs, teams visiting care homes and at-scale centres, reports GP publication Pulse. NHS England hasn’t confirmed reports.
A woman ended up walking for nearly 50 miles in the virtual London marathon due to a problem with the official app she downloaded to record her performance. Jodey Hopcroft, 38, from Great Yarmouth on the Norfolk coast was among 38,000 amateurs entered into this year’s event who used the Virgin Money London Marathon app on their own … Read more
Patients who were told by their GPs to get a Covid test ‘have been turned away at testing sites’ even when there is enough capacity due to lab processing problems. Up to 200 people a day were refused a test at a centre in Stoke after Whitehall officials limited the number they could administer. Officials … Read more
On A fresh early autumn morning, Lakeview, just outside Keinton Mandeville deep in rural Somerset, appears to be the archetypal English village. Houses, made of the local bluey-grey lias stone, surround the village green. There are allotments, orchards and wildflower meadows. Stand still and the only sounds to be heard are the squeals of children … Read more
GPs are ordered to see patients face-to-face amid fears vulnerable people are ‘having difficulty accessing doctors’ during the pandemic Letter will warn many patients ‘are experiencing difficulty in accessing their GP’ Instructs GPs to remind all patients that they can come in for appointments Letter to be received today also warns doctors not to send … Read more
Gut instinct is key to spotting cancer: GPs are better at diagnosing the illness if they trust their feelings rather than relying on symptoms, study shows Research by Oxford University shows doctor’s intuition is better than guidelines If referred by ‘gut feeling’ patients were four times more likely to have cancer Data was collected from … Read more
GPs aren’t allowed to refuse to treat patients who won’t cover their face, according to controversial new NHS guidance. Government advice given to the public says that face coverings are needed in NHS settings, including hospitals and GP surgeries. But family doctors have now been told that they are not allowed to refuse treatment to … Read more
The biggest immunisation programme of its kind in British history — that’s how the Government has billed its ambitious new flu vaccination plan. Some 30 million people in England are to be offered a free NHS jab this winter, double the number immunised last year, in a bid to prevent the health service collapsing under … Read more