Patients with diabetes account for a third of COVID-19 deaths in English hospitals
The risk of death from COVID-19 is three and a half times higher for patients with type 1 diabetes a...
GPs told to review vaccine orders now as officials warn flu campaign could be expanded
GP practices have been told to review orders of flu vaccine now to prepare for the 2020/21 flu immun...
Shift away from face-to-face GP care after pandemic could be dangerous, warns RCGP chair
Face-to-face consultations are likely to be permanently reduced after the COVID-19 pandemic - but th...
Pregnant women no more likely to become seriously ill with COVID-19, UK research finds
Pregnant women are no more likely to become severely ill with COVID-19 than non-pregnant women, new ...
Government plan for 'smarter shielding' will relax advice for some at-risk patients
Patients currently included on shielding lists could be advised that they can 'take more risk' under...
Risky plan to ease lockdown threatens second spike in coronavirus cases, warns BMA
Plans to ease lockdown unveiled on Sunday by prime minister Boris Johnson are 'too fast, too confusi...
BAME groups face two to three times higher risk of death from COVID-19
Risk of death from COVID-19 is two to three times higher for people from BAME groups compared with t...
PHE to report on how ethnicity, gender and obesity affect COVID-19 outcomes
Public Health England (PHE) will report by the end of May on how factors including ethnicity, gender...
Urgent referrals rejected for one in three GPs during COVID-19 outbreak
More than three quarters of GPs fear delays to care because of COVID-19 will harm patients, with one...
Doctors fear 'huge spike in demand' after COVID-19 pandemic
More than half of doctors say the COVID-19 pandemic has worsened care for patients without the virus...
