With covid-19 booster vaccinations likely in the near future, now is the time to consider how to create a sustainable, long term infrastructure for vaccine delivery

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Has the covid pandemic changed the debate about nationalising GPs?The pandemic has led the UK health secretary into a debate on whether GPs should be directly employed by the NHS. Azeem Majeed argues that this is an opportunity to correct a flawed model, but Simon Hodes says that partnerships are still the best model for primary care

The statistics are concerning. Despite government promises for 6000 more GPs by 2024, the total number of fully-qualified full-time equivalent (FTE) GPs in England dropped from 29 320 to 27 848 over the five-year period from December 2016 to December 2021. The 1,472 FTE GPs lost to the profession during this five year period represent a 5% reduction in the GP workforce. At the same time, the number of patients registered with GPs increased by about 3.3m. 1