This week the team looks at plans to ramp up the COVID-19 booster vaccination programme and what this means for GPs and their teams.

They also discuss the latest annual GMC State of Medical Education and Practice report and what it tells us about general practice.

In our interview Emma speaks to Dr Ellen Fallows, a GP in Oxfordshire and director of the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine’s learning academy. Ellen explains exactly what lifestyle medicine is, the evidence to support its use and how GPs and other clinicians can make use of it in their day-to-day practice.

And we have a Christmas good news story to wrap things up.

This episode is presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower, who is joined by news editor Nick Bostock and senior reporter Luke Haynes. It was produced by Czarina Deen.

Useful links

British Society of Lifestyle Medicine

GP practices to redeploy staff as NHS demands extra funding to fight Omicron

COVID vaccine 15-minute observation rule looks set to be scrapped

Vaccinated NHS staff no longer need to self isolate ic close contact of Omicron case

Third of GPs at ‘high risk’ of burnout as GMC reveals impact of unsustainable workload

Workload and burnout risk rising fast among GP trainers and trainees

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