The GP crisis long predated COVID-19. During the pandemic, despite being ideally placed, primary care was bypassed at every stage; triage, test and trace, vaccination boosters. In this essay, Simon Hodes paints a detailed picture of the myriad pressures placed on the GPs service, showing the necessity of greater attention and investment into it.

A year on from COVID-19 being declared a worldwide pandemic, the UK has consistently placed high up in the global league tables of declared cases and deaths. But why has the health impact of the pandemic been so severe? What role have pre-existing health inequalities played? Our most recent Ask the Expert event, held in partnership with UK Research and Innovation sought to answer these questions, with our panel of experts Professor Vittal Katikireddi, the Health Foundation’s Dr Jennifer Dixon and the NHS Confederation’s Joan Saddler OBE.

Lord Andrew Tyrie, Chair of the Competition and Markets Authority, delivered a speech to the Social Market Foundation discussing the CMA's recent proposals for reforms to competion law and policy in the UK.

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