The Government is halting purchases of the Evusheld Covid prevention drug while awaiting further evidence that it is effective against the Omicron variant. The prophylactic monoclonal antibody treatment for Covid – that could be administered by GPs – was approved by the UK medicines regulator in March this year. Evusheld, a combination of tixagevimab/cilgavimab developed

The BMA has given the Government an ultimatum to commit to restoring junior doctor pay by the end of next month or face industrial action. The BMA announced that its UK junior doctors committee (JDC) yesterday held an ‘emergency meeting’ and wrote to the health secretary ‘expressing the strength of feeling amongst junior doctors around

NHS England has announced the ‘rapid recruitment’ of up to 2,000 additional social prescribing link workers, health coaches and care coordinators among measures to alleviate GP pressures this winter. NHS England today announced a package of measures to ‘rapidly boost capacity and resilience’ in the NHS ahead of ‘additional pressure’ in winter. It said that