Updates - National guidance -
LAS guidance on emergency response requests
etails of the national process in place to prioritise calls, and have included advice on the use of the Healthcare Professional line.
New Government advice website for COVID-19 patients
Advice for patients with Coronavirus, including: getting food, wellbeing, and feeling unsafe.
Updated NHSE advice on how to establish a remote ‘total triage’ model
14 April NHSE preparedness letter
NHSE updates on GP Contract Regulations, immunisations, webinars, and much more. Please read the full letter.
Information for bereaved families
This information is designed to explain the next steps, answer their questions and signpost to extra help and support
Ibuprofen and COVID-19 symptoms - findings from safety review
The Commission on Human Medicines’ Expert Working Group on coronavirus (COVID-19) has concluded that there is currently insufficient evidence to establish a link between use of ibuprofen, or other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), and contracting or worsening of COVID19.
Enrolling COVID-19 patients in the national priority clinical trials
The chief medical officer and NHS medical director have written to ask that every effort is made to enrol COVID-19 patients in the national priority clinical trials; there are trials in primary care, hospital settings and ICUs.
Where can GPs direct people in need during COVID-19 pandemic
Where can GPs direct people in need during COVID-19 pandemic
NHSE letter to GPs on the process for identifying individuals at highest clinical risk
NHSE has written to GPs and outlined a process to identifying individuals at highest clinical risk from Covid-19. Read the full letter here.
Emergency oxygen guidance for primary care settings
Emergency oxygen guidance for primary care settings produced by the London Respiratory Clinical Network
Summary of guidance and standard operating procedures: COVID-19 and general practice
Easier to read summary of the latest SOP
Nice guidelines - managing symptoms (including at the end of life) in the community
This also includes recommendations about managing medicines for these patients, and protecting staff from infection.