COVID update for Primary Care (recording available)

November 17, 2022

On 16 November, a briefing was hosted online for general practices to hear about the latest COVID-19 surge, new COVID variants and what this means for primary care. The webinar recording is now available.

Professor Rhonda Stewart, Director of the South East Public Health Unit, hosted the update in a 30 minute webinar.

View the Zoom recording, using the passcode fiW94^#l

The PowerPoint slides are also available separately.

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