Coronavirus - advice for professionals

NHS Birmingham and Solihull CCG has a single point of contact for all COVID-19 enquiries:

CCG COVID-19 Resilience Centre

The centre is staffed from 8am-8pm, with out-of-hours covered by the on-call manager.
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Latest update for professionals
Updated: 13 April 2021
Vaccinating people with a learning disability and autistic people

Below is information for professionals on general advice, resources and other updates:

General advice and management of suspected cases	Guidance on shielding and protecting people who are clinically extremely vulnerable (13 October 2020) Documents predating 13 October 2020 covering general advice and management of suspected cases can be found here.
Resources to support/reassure patients to access treatment during COVID-19	Birmingham community advocacy leaflet (24 August 2020) Video consulting guide for NHS staff (20 August 2020) Video consultation information for NHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts (20 August 2020) Healthwatch: The doctor will zoom you now (13 August 2020) NHS advice on using the NHS during COVID-19 (13 August 2020) RCOA COVID-19 information for patients (13 August 2020) Royal College of Psychiatrists COVID-19 support for patients and carers (13 August 2020) Age UK (13 August 2020) BCHC Coronavirus (COVID-19) – information for children, young people and families (13 August 2020) Royal College of Psychiatrists – COVID-19: Going to hospital for a physical illness or injury (13 August 2020) Mencap – going to hospital (13 August 2020) ROH – providing safe care during COVID-19 (13 August 2020)
Infection Prevention and Control	Documents covering infection prevention and control can be found here.
Preparedness and business continuity	Documents covering preparedness and business continuity can be found here.
Care providers	COVID vaccine Q&A with Clara Day (22 December 2020) Documents for care providers can be found here.
Practice nurses	PCN 19 PCN forum slides (2 November 2020) PCN 19 Asthma Hot Topics Invite for webinars (2 November 2020) PCN 19 Chiesi virtual meeting invite Dr Omar Usmani (2 November 2020) PCN 19 Diabetes Education Session Invite (1of 2) (2 November 2020) PCN 19 Diabetes Education Session Invite (2 of 2) (2 November 2020) PCN 19 DNN Digital Update - 15 - 231020 (2 November 2020) PCN 19 PracticAllergy 2020 Advert Agenda (2 November 2020) PCN 19 Safeguarding together week links (2 November 2020) Document predating 2 November 2020 for practice nurses can be found here.
Medicines management	MSN2019_020_U H2 receptor antagonists (23 July 2020) MSN2020_041 Metronidazole gel 0.75% (23 July 2020) MSN2020_042 Zaditen Elixir (23 July 2020) MSN2020_043 Oral Contraceptive tablets (23 July 2020)
LD and autism	Vaccinating people with a learning disability and autistic people (13 April 2021) Annual health check (easy read) (29 January 2021) Annual health checks flyer (29 January 2021) Learning Disability Register Inclusion Tool (12 January 2021) Epilepsy Action for people with Learning Disability (2 December 2020) Podiatry – Community Leaflets, patient information and advice (2 December 2020) Specialist support, accommodation and eye care (2 December 2020) Promoting Good health for LD patients (2 December 2020) Learning Disabilities Medication Guideline - UoB (2 December 2020) Advocate4Health (2 December 2020) Easy Health (2 December 2020) Support for growing older with ‘Bild’ (2 December 2020) Positive behaviour support in the community for people with complex needs (2 December 2020) Mencap Learning Disability explained (2 December 2020) NHS Health Improvement: 12 Month Challenge with different topics each month Sepsis - Makaton (25 November 2020) Bereavement - Makaton (25 November 2020) Coronavirus Info - Makaton (25 November 2020) DIS DAT pain assessment (25 November 2020) DisDAT 20 (25 November 2020) DisDAT 17 (monitor sheets) (25 November 2020) Greetings - Makaton (25 November 2020) GTH Heathcare Cards - Makaton (25 November 2020) Healthcare Cards - Makaton (25 November 2020) Pain assessment symbols (25 November 2020)
Palliative care	Project ECHO (2 June 2020) Specialist Palliative Care Drugs Supply service poster - updated (6 May 2020) Documents predating 6 May 2020 covering palliative care information can be found here.
Children and young people	Eyes open campaign - West Midlands Police (12 March 2021) STOP CSE – NWG Network \| Help Us Put A Stop to CSE (stop-cse.org) (12 March 2021) Child Exploitation - Birmingham Safeguarding Children Partnership (lscpbirmingham.org.uk) (12 March 2021) Exploitation - Solihull LSCP (12 March 2021) BCP Visiting Note (13 January 2021) Bhealthy webinar series (2 September 2020) Preventing falls from open windows (7 July 2020) Children and young people with palliative and end of life care needs in a hospice or home setting (2 July 2020) Documents predating 2 July 2020 covering children and young people can be found here.
Maternity	CGM patient infographic (23 November 2020) Documents predating 23 November 2020 covering maternity can be found here.
Alternative languages	Guidance in alternative languages can be found here.
Posters, leaflets and social media	Local COVID-19 alert level resources (16 October 2020) More posters, leaflets and social media resources predating 16 October 2020 can be found here.
CAS alerts	13 August 2020 20 July 2020 23 June 2020 5 May 2020 17 April 2020 10 April 2020 1 April 2020 12 March 2020 10 March 2020 7 February 2020 3 February 2020 31 January 2020

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