31 July 2025
A letter has been published detailing the planned expansion of the Shingles vaccination programme to include all those who are severely immunosuppressed and aged 18-49 years old from 1 September…
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31 July 2025
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is taking steps to rebuild effective and trusted regulation following concerns raised across the health and care sectors. As part of this work, it is…
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30 July 2025
The Data Provision Notice (DPN) for OpenSAFELY now permits expansion beyond COVID-19-related analyses. The opt-in functionality for EMIS was rolled out this week. SystmOne already has this functionality in place.…
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26 July 2025
Due to the recent measles outbreaks, GP practices are permitted to administer MMR vaccines to their eligible staff who are registered with another practice under INT (immediately necessary treatment). This…
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26 July 2025
The 2025/26 GP vaccination campaign is focused on HPV catch-up for 14-24-year-olds (inclusive). This aims to address declines, reduce variation in uptake and subsequent cancer prevalence. Practices are asked to:…
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18 July 2025
The NHS 10-year plan was published last week. This plan will likely land well with the public promising same day access, genomic profiling and a single patient record while also…
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15 July 2025
The 2025 GP Patient Survey results, which includes information on patient experience of general practice has been published today. The results of the survey show improvements in patients’ experience of…
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29 June 2025
Last month we launched the GP Premises Survey 2025. We’re calling on all practice managers and partners across England to take part. Please help us advocate for better premises and…
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29 June 2025
This week, the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) recommended that women and people with a cervix who never or rarely attend their routine cervical screening appointments can be offered a HPV…
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29 June 2025
In July 2025, NHS England will launch a national RSV invitation campaign to support uptake of the vaccine. Invitations will be sent to unvaccinated individuals: who were aged 75-79 on…
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13 June 2025
On 10 June, Minister Dalton announced the implementation of extended screening intervals for cervical screening participants. From 1 July 2025, most women aged 25-49 who test negative for HPV – meaning they…
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21 May 2025
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and NHS England have announced significant changes to the routine childhood vaccination schedule, taking effect from 1 July 2025 and 1 January 2026. These…
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