We’re continuing to see patients face to face in surgeries, but not in the way we used to prior to the pandemic. The reason for this is because GPs have been advised to keep COVID and non-COVID patients separate; and not to see patients (child or adult) with COVID-19 symptoms – a cough, temperature, loss of taste and smell or difficulty breathing – in a GP practice. COVID Centres are staffed by GPs specifically to see people with COVID-19 or COVID-19 symptoms, away from practices so that practices can continue to manage all our other patients, keeping everyone safe.