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PHE Daily Status Updates<\/strong> COVID-19 the latest guidance from the Department of Health and Social Care<\/strong><\/p>\n COVID-19 and Older patients – Evidence based resources<\/strong> PHE International Epidemiology Daily Evidence Briefing<\/strong> The evidence is organised into 7 themes (diagnostics and genomics, epidemiology and clinical, infection control, treatment, social sciences, miscellaneous, and modelling). Below are links to the last 5 issues:<\/p>\n The second part of new COVID-19 guidance for the NHS workforce<\/a> is now available, to help you provide protection and support for your staff. Intensive Care Society: Wellbeing Resource Library<\/strong><\/p>\n New wellbeing resource pack<\/a> from the Intensive Care Society for dealing with extraordinary situations such as COVID-19 and everyday working in critical care. While these posters are designed for multi-professional teams working in ICU they are also relevant to staff across the NHS.<\/p>\n The posters prompt the reader(s) to consider:<\/p>\n Health Service Journal roundup<\/strong><\/p>\n COVID-19 emergency bill<\/strong><\/p>\n The Department of Health and Social Care has published What the coronavirus bill will do<\/a>.\u00a0 The bill will contain emergency measures to give ministers powers to take the right action at the right time to respond effectively to the progress of the coronavirus outbreak<\/p>\n NICE guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nPublic Health England is publishing daily updates about the status of COVID-19 in the UK, at 2pm, and these updates are available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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\nPeople unable to work for more than seven days because of coronavirus (COVID-19) can obtain an isolation note through a new online service<\/a>.<\/li>\n
\nThis guidance sets out how health and care systems and providers should change their discharging arrangements and the provision of community support<\/a> during the coronavirus situation.<\/li>\n
\nThere is currently no strong evidence<\/a> that ibuprofen can make coronavirus (COVID-19) worse.<\/li>\n
\nMore than 80 medicines used to treat patients in intensive care units<\/a> have been banned from parallel export from the UK.<\/li>\n
\nThe national and global response to the spread of COVID-19 continues to develop quickly and our collective knowledge<\/a> of the virus is growing by the second.<\/li>\n
\nThis Procurement Policy Note (PPN)<\/a> sets out information and guidance for public bodies on payment of their suppliers to ensure service continuity during and after the current coronavirus, COVID-19, outbreak.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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\nBritish Geriatrics Society- Has compiled a list of resources including relating to COVID-19 and older people includes:<\/p>\n\n
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\nThese briefings contain evidence from journal articles, both published and in press\/preprints. (Please note that preprints are preliminary reports of work that have NOT been peer-reviewed. They should not be relied on to guide clinical practice or health-related behaviour and should NOT be reported in news media as established information.)<\/p>\n\n
\nFurther COVID-19 guidance for the NHS workforce – NHS Employers<\/h4>\n
\nThe guidance on pay, terms and conditions will be published shortly.<\/span><\/p>\n
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\nA major London hospital has declared a \u201ccritical incident<\/a>\u201d due to a surge in patients with coronavirus.<\/li>\n
\nTwo-thirds of all coronavirus-related deaths<\/a> have been recorded by just 17 trusts, a map of fatalities produced by HSJ from government figures reveals.<\/li>\n
\nA second coronavirus spike appears to be emerging in the West Midlands<\/a>, with one of the region\u2019s trusts now reporting nine deaths from the illness.<\/li>\n
\nSeveral trust procurement leads have expressed frustration with the government\u2019s response to covid-19, with HSJ being told of shortages of crucial personal protective equipment<\/a>, unpredictable deliveries and a lack of clarity from the centre<\/li>\n
\nA national procurement body says it has eased restrictions on the supply of certain personal protective equipment after a wave of criticism from trusts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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