Updates
Covid-19: Second wave death rate is doubling fortnightly but is lower and slower than in March | The BMJ
Ongoing support from Government and public vigilance imperative as more regions enter Tier 3 – NHS Confederation
Themed Review: Living with Covid19.
NIHR Evidence; 2020.
(This rapid and dynamic review draws on the lived experience of patients and expert consensus as well as published evidence to better understand the impact of ongoing effects of Covid19 (‘Long Covid’), how health and social care services should respond, and what future research questions might be. 15 October.)
Covid-19: Most trainees have faced disruption to their training, GMC survey shows | The BMJ
(A national survey has found that more than seven in 10 junior doctors have had their training disrupted by the pandemic.)
Workforce flexibility in the NHS: utilising Covid-19 innovations – Kings Fund
(This briefing argues that speed at which workforce innovations and flexibilities have been implemented in the NHS since the outbreak of Covid-19 has been both impressive and encouraging. It explores and makes recommendations on six key areas of change: staff wellbeing; flexibility in staff deployment and roles; cross-organisational working and regulation; technology; making use of new roles; and funding.)
Our Covid Voices – National Voices
(A website, run by National Voices, with collected first-person accounts of living through the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK. It is a place to read about what matters to people for health and care, during COVID19 and beyond.)