All GPs, including partners, will receive a 4.5% pay rise across Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, but GP leaders said it did not go far enough. Across the devolved nations, the following groups of GPs will receive a 4.5% increase: Independent contractor GPs; Doctors in training; Salaried GPs ; GP trainers and GP appraisers; GPs

The total system outage suffered by NHS 111 last Thursday was a cyber attack, the 111 service host Advanced has confirmed.  First revealed by Pulse, the 111 outage meant GPs in London were warned they could see an influx of patients signposted from the service. Simon Short, chief operations officer at Advanced, told the BBC:

The Government’s independent vaccines advisory body has recommended a move towards a one-dose schedule for HPV vaccination up to age 25. Interim advice published in February had recommended a move to a single dose for children aged 9-14. The final advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) recommended: a one-dose schedule for