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Pulse Today

Health & social care coverage read by Vital Signs

63 articles

Across 13 topics, first on 8 Oct 2025, most recently 18 Sept 2026.

This counts only pieces our coverage scan read on the topics Vital Signs tracks, not their full output.

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Recent articles

  1. Lack of GP targets resulting in too few frailty assessments

    Pulse TodayElderly care & frailty

  2. Nearly 4,000 PAs register with GMC – while Leng recommendations yet to be implemented

    Pulse TodayMedical ethics & regulation

  3. GMC can keep calling physician associates ‘medical professionals’, appeals court rules

    Pulse TodayMedical ethics & regulation

  4. GMC fitness-to-practise hearings taking nearly two years to process

    Pulse TodayMedical ethics & regulation

  5. MRCGP assessment pass mark too low, academics tell GMC

    Pulse TodayMedical ethics & regulation

  6. BMA calls for greater clarity for GPs in GMC ‘personal beliefs’ guidance

    Pulse TodayMedical ethics & regulation

  7. Big increase in GP fitness-to-practise cases closed at triage, GMC data reveals

    Pulse TodayMedical ethics & regulation

  8. GMC working on new ‘principles’ for doctors’ use of AI

    Pulse TodayMedical ethics & regulation18 Sept 2026

  9. GPs agree to participate in new service aimed at reducing hospital admissions

    Pulse TodayA&E & ambulance response2 Sept 2026

  10. NHS England criticised for claiming Palantir tool reduced discharge delays

    Pulse TodayHospital discharge / bed-blocking30 Aug 2026

  11. GP practices to perform 300k extra phlebotomy tests per year after trust serves notice

    Pulse TodayGP access28 Aug 2026

  12. GPs asked for views on additional test results information for patients in NHS App

    Pulse TodayDiabetes26 Aug 2026

  13. GPs face restrictions to routine blood tests amid pathology worker strikes

    Pulse TodayGP access21 Aug 2026

  14. GP workload concern as new GLP-1 initiations take up entire diabetes LES budget

    Pulse TodayDiabetes20 Aug 2026

  15. Advice and guidance ‘contributed to patient harm’, NHS safety investigation finds

    Pulse TodayCancer18 Aug 2026

  16. How Burnham may affect neighbourhood health; and why GPs can carry out fewer blood tests in hypertension patients

    Pulse TodayHeart disease & stroke10 Aug 2026

  17. GPs forced to reorganise tests after ‘major’ delays at trust make 2,500 samples unusable

    Pulse TodayGP access7 Aug 2026

  18. GP’s song urges patients not to ignore NHS letters amid list-cleansing exercise

    Pulse TodayCancer5 Aug 2026

  19. GP FtP reports rise as GMC sees biggest increase in doctor complaints in 20 years

    Pulse TodayMedical ethics & regulation30 Jul 2026

  20. GPs reminded to specify hazardous implants in death certificates to avoid delays

    Pulse TodayGP access22 Jul 2026

Showing the 20 most recent of 63 pieces read.

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