Long COVID, vaccine planning nightmare for GPs, impact of 'freedom day'

This week the team discusses COVID-19 booster and flu jabs, what the plans will mean for general practice this autumn and why running the campaigns will be a huge challenge for practices.

We also look at what the changes to COVID restrictions on 19 July means for primary care, including new rules around self isolation, what’s what with face masks and NHS England withdrawing its standard operating procedure for primary care.

In our interview Emma speaks with Royal College of GPs clinical lead for clinical policy Dr Gail Allsopp, who has been leading the college’s work around long COVID. They discuss how the condition presents, its impact on patients, how it is affecting general practice and the support and services available for patients.

And finally in our good news section this week we look at the government’s decision to further delay its plans for a mass extraction of patient data from GP practices, something many GPs have been calling for.

This episode is presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower who is joined by our news editor Nick Bostock and senior reporter Luke Haynes. It was produced by Czarina Deen.

Useful links

RCGP education module on long COVID https://elearning.rcgp.org.uk/course/view.php?id=492

RCGP webinar on long COVID https://elearning.rcgp.org.uk/mod/page/view.php?id=12249

Public Health England promotional material about wearing masks https://coronavirusresources.phe.gov.uk/nhs-resources-facilities/resources/nhs-IPC-resources/

Primary care standard operating procedure scrapped as COVID-19 rules relaxed https://www.gponline.com/primary-care-standard-operating-procedure-scrapped-covid-19-rules-relaxed/article/1722767

GPs under rising pressure as COVID cases climb in fully vaccinated people https://www.gponline.com/gps-rising-pressure-covid-cases-climb-fully-vaccinated-people/article/1722399

Fully vaccinated GP practice staff can avoid self-isolation and continue in work https://www.gponline.com/fully-vaccinated-gp-practice-staff-avoid-self-isolation-continue-work/article/1722500

GP data extraction programme postponed again with 'no specific start date' https://www.gponline.com/gp-data-extraction-programme-postponed-again-no-specific-start-date/article/1722627

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