• Covid-19: Reports from Israel suggest one dose of Pfizer vaccine could be less effective than expected
• How is the pandemic affecting non-covid services?
• Now is not the time to change GP contract, leaders agree
• Covid-19: What is happening with the vaccine rollout?
• Authors’ reply to Solȷak, Robson and colleagues, and Kelly
• Individual socioeconomic status is important but hard to measure

Covid-19: Reports from Israel suggest one dose of Pfizer vaccine could be less effective than expected

Concerns have been raised over how much protection a single dose of the Pfizer BioNTech covid-19 vaccine provides, following reports from Israel that it is much lower than expected.Israel, which,...

How is the pandemic affecting non-covid services?

?One of the operating suites that normally does routine surgery has been converted into a 12 bed intensive care unit. We?re doing very little routine work, and we?re struggling to try to get some of...

Now is not the time to change GP contract, leaders agree

The BMA and NHS England have agreed that only minor changes will be made to the GP contract in England from April this year. In addition, there will be funding increases for practices and primary...

Covid-19: What is happening with the vaccine rollout?

How many people have been vaccinated in the UK?As of 21 January,1 4.7m vaccinations have been given in England (4.3m of which were first doses), Wales had given 190 435 first dose vaccinations, and...

Authors’ reply to Solȷak, Robson and colleagues, and Kelly

We are grateful for the interest shown in our paper and for the responses on The BMJ website and on social media.1Soljak emphasises the importance of occupation, both as a marker of social class and...

Individual socioeconomic status is important but hard to measure

I was delighted to see Moscrop and colleagues? article in an influential medical journal,1 as there is a desperate need for healthcare providers to collect social risk factors even if they can?t do...