Covid-19: Sidelining GPs in pandemic response was “a disaster,” says global health leader
The sidelining of general practices in the UK’s response to the covid-19 is a “disaster” and “a national shame,” a leading global health expert has said. Anthony Costello, professor of global health and sustainable development at University College London, said GPs and local public health teams should have been given additional funding to oversee covid-19 testing, rather than this being…