GPs

Royal College of GPs chair PROF MARTIN MARSHALL: Why DO you need diversity training to give a jab? 

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Amid a worsening death toll, soaring infections, and intense pressure on the NHS, the Covid crisis could hardly appear more grim.  But as the new year begins, the vaccination programme provides genuine hope that the disease could be conquered. This crucial initiative was given a huge boost on Wednesday by the approval of the Oxford-AstraZeneca … Read more

GPs told to use extra dose of Pfizer’s Covid vaccine as NHS updates advice

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GPs have been told to use a sixth dose of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine by the NHS, after it emerged yesterday that its vials contain an extra shot of the jab. Britain’s medical regulator says every vial – the small glass container which holds the liquid vaccine – holds five doses of the jab, administered in … Read more

Couple aged 84 and 81 are among first in Britain to receive Covid-19 jab at their GP’s

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After months of lockdown restrictions, some married couples are sick of the sight of each other.  But the Hugheses won’t be getting sick from Covid – after they both received the Pfizer vaccine yesterday. Maureen, 84, and Gerry, 81, are believed to be the first people to receive the vaccine in a GP surgery. It … Read more

GPs in England will start offering Pfizer Covid jab from today

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GP surgeries in England will begin offering coronavirus vaccinations from today.   Practices in more than 100 locations will have the approved Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine delivered to them today, with some offering the jab within hours. The vaccination clinics will operate from doctors’ surgeries or community hubs in villages, towns and cities.  NHS England and NHS Improvement … Read more

Dozens of GPs opt out of Pfizer vaccine rollout next week

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Dozens of GP surgeries have decided against taking part in the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine roll-out due to ‘concerns their workloads are already too heavy,’ reports claim today.  Around 100,000 Britons will reportedly have to go elsewhere for their Covid-19 inoculations as the second stage of the UK’s mass vaccination programme begins in local GP practices next week.  … Read more

Why are GPs STILL refusing to see patients face-to-face?

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The shutters are down, doors firmly locked. Laminated signs warn patients not to enter without an appointment.  In some cases, the lights have been switched off since March and the phones ring unanswered. This is coronavirus Britain, where Mail on Sunday readers describe the difficulty of getting a GP appointment as being ‘like breaking into … Read more

How GPs running out of flu jabs makes you fear what might happen with the Covid-19 vaccine 

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It’s been billed as the biggest flu vaccination programme in history – the Government’s plan for everyone over the age of 50 to get the jab on the NHS this winter. The aim is to protect 30 million vulnerable Britons – around 10 million more than in previous years – in a bid to avoid … Read more

Mass vaccination plan is ‘impossible’ to deliver, GPs warn

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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

Women with ovarian cancer can FINALLY be diagnosed with a simple blood test given by GPs 

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A simple, widely available blood test given by GPs can accurately tell women they are at risk of ovarian cancer – as well as flagging up other ‘hidden’ tumours in the pancreas, bowel and lungs. The test measures levels in the blood of a protein called cancer antigen 125, or CA125, found on the surface … Read more