Meningococcal ACWY vaccinations for Hajj and Umrah travellers
Pilgrims and seasonal workers travelling to Saudi Arabia in May/June 2025 need to have proof of a meningococcal ACWY vaccination.
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Vaccination as Condition of Deployment (VCOD) measures set to be cancelled
Regulations requiring healthcare workers to be fully vaccinated by 1 April should no longer be applied, the Health Secretary Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP announced to Parliament on the evening of 31 January. Joint statement from the GMC and Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, 10 February NHS England letter and FAQs re: VCOD, 8 February […]
Lambeth LMC newsletter – February 2022
Dear Colleague, We have become accustomed to frequent and varying advice to GPs, but the last-minute decision to reconsider Vaccination as a Condition of Deployment (VCOD) must be the nearest to a handbrake turn! In our meeting, we discussed how practices have spent time on this, it has affected relationships, some have lost staff, others […]
Tower Hamlets LMC newsletter February 2022
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Vaccination as Condition of Deployment (VCOD) measures paused and set to be cancelled by end of February
Regulations requiring healthcare workers to be fully vaccinated by 1 April should no longer be applied, the Health Secretary Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP announced to Parliament on the evening of 31 January. NHS England letter re: VCOD, 31 January A statutory two week consultation period will take place and then the Government will move […]
Islington LMC Newsletter – January 2022
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Waltham Forest LMC newsletter – January 2022
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Covid medical exemption certificates guidance
The GP contract update made GPs responsible for actioning patient requests for Covid medical exemption certificates. Check our updated guidance for who to contact for help in the event of a complaint. Covid-19 vaccination medical exemption certificates guidance.
Online and video consultation data collection
A data provision notice (DPN) for a data collection on Online and Video Consultation in General Practices was issued to general practices in England on 10 January 2022. NHS England has directed NHS Digital to collect and analyse data in connection with online and video consultations in general practice. This data collection is to replace the summary […]