The end of COVID restrictions, GP trainee numbers and personalised care

<p dir="ltr">This week we discuss the government’s plans to relax almost all of the current COVID-19 restrictions when it moves to step 4 of its roadmap, currently scheduled for 19 July, and find out what the NHS thinks about it. </p> <p dir="ltr">We also look at what the COVID-19 booster campaign this autumn could mean for general practice and discuss the latest GP trainee recruitment figures.</p> <p dir="ltr">Our interview this week is with Dr Pauline Foreman, who is a GP in Hertfordshire and clinical director of the Personalised Care Institute, and we talk about why NHS England made personalised care a key part of its long-term plan and how we can embed it across the NHS in the coming years. </p> <p dir="ltr">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.</p> <p dir="ltr">Useful links</p> <p dir="ltr">Personalised Care Institute - <a href= "https://www.personalisedcareinstitute.org.uk/">https://www.personalisedcareinstitute.org.uk/</a></p> <p dir="ltr">COVID-19 vaccine gap threatens rise in inequality and GP workload as restrictions ease - <a href= "https://www.gponline.com/covid-19-vaccine-gap-threatens-rise-inequality-gp-workload-restrictions-ease/article/1721548"> https://www.gponline.com/covid-19-vaccine-gap-threatens-rise-inequality-gp-workload-restrictions-ease/article/1721548</a></p> <p dir="ltr">General practice set for record trainee recruitment for fourth year running <a href= "https://www.gponline.com/general-practice-set-record-trainee-recruitment-fourth-year-running/article/1721367"> https://www.gponline.com/general-practice-set-record-trainee-recruitment-fourth-year-running/article/1721367</a></p> <p dir="ltr">'Incoherent' decision to relax COVID rules puts patients and NHS at risk, say doctors <a href= "https://www.gponline.com/incoherent-decision-relax-covid-rules-puts-patients-nhs-risk-say-doctors/article/1721407"> https://www.gponline.com/incoherent-decision-relax-covid-rules-puts-patients-nhs-risk-say-doctors/article/1721407</a></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>