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: 7 April 2020
ACP letter for GP practices BSol palliative care guidelines cover letter COVID-19 ReSPECT FAQs End of life care DRUG Guidance for use during COVID-19 crisis Pathway for Management of ACP Conversations in the community Patient communication form SPCD poster - A3 Anyone can get it poster - A1 Anyone can get it poster - A3 Anyone can get it poster - A4 Act like you've got it poster - A1 Act like you've got it poster - A3 Act like you've got it poster - A4 Anyone can spread it poster - A1 Anyone can spread it poster - A3 Anyone can spread it poster - A4 Act like you've got it - Facebook image Act like you've got it - Twitter image Anyone can get it - Facebook image Anyone can get it - Twitter image Anyone can spread it - Facebook image Anyone can spread it - Twitter image

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

General advice and management of suspected cases	ACP letter for GP practices (7 April 2020) BSol palliative care guidelines cover letter (7 April 2020) COVID-19 ReSPECT FAQs (7 April 2020) End of life care DRUG Guidance for use during COVID-19 crisis (7 April 2020) Pathway for Management of ACP Conversations in the community (7 April 2020) Patient communication form (7 April 2020) SPCD poster - A3 (7 April 2020) Caring for your dying relative at home with COVID-19 (6 April 2020) Update on the Government’s shielding policy and implications for General Practice (6 April 2020) Home oxygen concentrators letter from Prof. Dame Sue Hill (6 April 2020) Home oxygen supply during the COVID-19 outbreak (6 April 2020) Good HOOF guide for primary care and out of hours teams (6 April 2020) Guidance and standard operating procedures v2 (6 April 2020) CFS and DNACPR letter from Claire Murdoch, Dr Roger Banks and Dr Nikki Kanani (6 April 2020) Clinical guide for front line staff to support the management of patients with a learning disability, autism or both during the coronavirus pandemic (6 April 2020) Enhancing patient safety during COVID-19 letter from Derek Tobin and Dr Farooq Khan (6 April 2020) COVID-19 easy read guidance (3 April 2020) COVID-19 advice on staying at home (easy read) (3 April 2020) COVID-19 keeping away from other people (easy read) (3 April 2020) Solihull Urgent Treatment Centre to temporarily close (3 April 2020) Documents from previous dates covering general advice and management of suspected cases can be found here.
Infection Prevention and Control	Infection Control Precautions for Personal Protective Equipment for Primary Care (6 April 2020) Update on plans to support access to PPE Equipment across the health and care system (6 April 2020) Recommended PPE for healthcare workers by secondary care inpatient clinical setting (3 April 2020) Recommended PPE for primary, outpatient and community care by setting (3 April 2020) Recommended PPE for ambulance staff, paramedics, first responders, other patient transport services and pharmacy staff (3 April 2020) Recommended PPE - Additional considerations, in addition to standard infection prevention and control precautions (3 April 2020) Facial hair and FFP3 respirators (3 April 2020) Routine decontamination of reusable non-invasive patient care equipment (3 April 2020) Best Practice: management of blood and body fluid spillages (3 April 2020) Primary Care PPE recommended use v.1.2 (3 April 2020) Guidance flow chart supported living v3 (3 April 2020) Guidance flow chart home care v3 (3 April 2020) Guidance flow chart residential care v3 (3 April 2020) COVID-19 Uniform guidance (3 April 2020) Infection Control Precautions for PPE for community settings for health and social care (3 April 2020) Documents from previous dates covering infection prevention and control can be found here.
Preparedness and business continuity	Documents from previous dates covering preparedness and business continuity can be found here.
Care providers	Admission and care of residents during COVID-19 incident in a care home (6 April 2020) Documents from previous dates for care providers can be found here.
Alternative languages	Guidance in alternative languages can be found here.
Posters, leaflets and social media	Anyone can get it poster - A1 (7 April 2020) Anyone can get it poster - A3 (7 April 2020) Anyone can get it poster - A4 (7 April 2020) Act like you've got it poster - A1 (7 April 2020) Act like you've got it poster - A3 (7 April 2020) Act like you've got it poster - A4 (7 April 2020) Anyone can spread it poster - A1 (7 April 2020) Anyone can spread it poster - A3 (7 April 2020) Anyone can spread it poster - A4 (7 April 2020) Act like you've got it - Facebook image (7 April 2020) Act like you've got it - Twitter image (7 April 2020) Anyone can get it - Facebook image (7 April 2020) Anyone can get it - Twitter image (7 April 2020) Anyone can spread it - Facebook image (7 April 2020) Anyone can spread it - Twitter image (7 April 2020) COVID-19 - Easy visual guide to PPE poster (3 April 2020) More posters, leaflets and social media resources from previous dates can be found here.
CAS alerts	1 April 2020 12 March 2020 10 March 2020 7 February 2020 3 February 2020 31 January 2020

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