What's New

The Government’s offer of free personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline health and care staff has been extended until 31 March 2023.

The Government Equalities Office (GEO) has reminded employers of the next deadlines for reporting their gender pay gap data if their organisation has 250 or more employees.

Latest GP workforce data have shown the number of fully-qualified, full-time equivalent (FTE) GPs in England is continuing to drop.

The Government has announced that it intends to proceed with the proposals to recruit a Patient Safety Commissioner, following a public consultation between June and August 2021 regarding the appointment and operation of the new role.

NHS England (NHSE) has said GPs will be able to report Covid-19 staff absences using a newly launched tracker.

The UK Health Security Agency’s (UKHSA) advice for health and social care staff who have a positive lateral flow device (LFD) test result has changed as they are no longer required to have a follow-up PCR test and should, with some exceptions, stay at home and self-isolate immediately.

The Government has launched a consultation on how the powers to introduce and remove professions from regulation might be used in the future.

New workload prioritisation advice during the accelerated Covid-19 booster vaccination campaign has been issued by the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), which lists services that GP practices can pause and work that must continue.

A letter from NHS England has said all integrated care systems (ICSs) are being asked to put in place comprehensive coverage of Covid Oximetry @home (CO@h) and Covid Virtual Ward (CVW) pathways to meet potential demand.

London NHS Trusts laboratory, run by Barts Health, has called on GPs to limit the samples they send to pathology due to significant Covid-19 related staff absences.