GPs

GPs could offer Covid vaccine on Christmas and Boxing Day in plan for rapid roll-out to protect NHS

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GPs could offer a Covid vaccine on Christmas and Boxing Day in a rapid roll-out plan to protect the NHS, according to a report. Doctors are being readied to inoculate other medics and the most vulnerable Britons seven days a week over midwinter. Health Secretary Matt Hancock will put forward plans next week for dozens … Read more

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lights up Florida’s night sky while launching GPS satellite into orbit

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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

Coronavirus Vaccine: GPs ‘told to prepare to give jabs within weeks’

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As scientists race to develop a coronavirus vaccine to bring the world back to normal, MailOnline has taken a look at the prospective candidates. Vaccine trials were halted on Wednesday but it may still be ready this year The Oxford Vaccine When will it be ready?: The end of 2020/ early 2021. Despite the trials … Read more

London Marathon runner covers nearly 50 MILES during her own virtual race after GPS malfunctioned

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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

Daughter slams GPs after mother repeatedly refused appointment for cough which was terminal cancer 

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A daughter claims GPs used coronavirus to repeatedly stop her mother booking an appointment – only for her cough to turn out to be terminal cancer.   Marina Sendall’s mum Ellie Krzywy has been told she has just six months to live after her chronic cough was eventually diagnosed as lung cancer in August. However Ms … Read more

Patients who were told by their GPs to get a Covid test ‘are TURNED AWAY at testing sites’

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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

Now GPs delay flu jabs for Brits aged 50 to 64 amid shortage of vaccines

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GP surgeries are rationing flu vaccines and making people between the ages of 50 and 64 wait until supplies are more robust. The Royal College of GPs said people are being given the jab in phases, as signs are emerging the system is creaking under the pressure of the ambitious winter drive. Health Secretary Matt … Read more

Modern-living communities now come with schools, GPs, shops and bars 

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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

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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