COVID-19 vaccination programme (England) Amended COVID-19 Vaccination Programme specification We have now agreed amendments to the CVP Enhanced Service Specification, including an extension to allow practice sites to administer vaccinations […]
COVID-19 vaccination programme (England) Amended COVID-19 Vaccination Programme specification We have now agreed amendments to the CVP Enhanced Service Specification, including an extension to allow practice sites to administer vaccinations […]
Government budget 2021 The Chancellor Rishi Sunak gave his budget speech on 3 March. We were disappointed that no significant funding announcements for the NHS were made. This was a […]
Lockdown restrictions loosening (England) Ahead of the announcement by the Prime Minister this week of a four-step end to the lockdown in England, the BMA published a paper setting out the principles and policy […]
COVID-19 vaccination programme (England) Last weekend we passed the first milestone for the COVID vaccination programme with over 15 million of the most vulnerable patients in the UK getting their […]
COVID-19 vaccination programme (England) Earlier this week, eligible patients (70 or over) who have not yet heard from their practice or received a letter and have not yet taken up […]
COVID-19 vaccination programme (England) Vaccination of JCVI cohorts 1-4 NHSE/I wrote a letter to LVS sites yesterday, to remind them that everyone in JCVI cohorts 1-4 should be offered […]
Contract agreement for 2021/22 (England) As you will be aware, we secured a contract agreement for 2021/22 with NHSE/I last week. This contract package delivers significant additional funding, enabling above […]
Contract agreement for 2021/22 (England) At our meeting yesterday GPC England supported the agreement we have secured with NHSE/I for minimal contract changes for 2021/22 whilst retaining the significant increases […]
Additional funding to support rapid care home vaccination (England) Practice groups around the country have been working extremely hard to protect our most vulnerable patients. The daily reporting of vaccinations […]
National lockdown, workload prioritisation and vaccination of healthcare professionals (England) The BMA believes the right decision was made to introduce the third national lockdown in England, announced by the Prime Minister earlier this week, […]