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COVID-19 Infection: Coronavirus in the UK (DHSC / PHE / BBC News / SCIE / NHS England / JGCR)
Summary Latest guidance for the general public. Full Text Link Reference New guidance for households with possible COVID-19 infection. [Online]: Department of Health and Social Care [and] Public Health England, March 17th 2020. In less than three months the impact … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, Department of Health, Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, International, Local Interest, National, NHS, NHS Employers, NHS England, Public Health England, Quick Insights, SCIE, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wolverhampton, World Health Organization (WHO)
Tagged All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Bhubaneswar; India), Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), BBC Health News, British Psychological Society (BPS), British Psychological Society: Faculty of the Psychology of Older People (FPOP), British Red Cross, Call in Time Programme: Telephone Befriending, Care Provider Alliance (CPA), Clear Voice, Community Health Updates: NHS England and NHS Improvement, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Guidance, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Guidance for Social Care, Coronavirus (COVID-19) MultiLingual Patient Information, Coronavirus Guidance for Clinicians and NHS Managers (NHS England), Coronavirus Pandemic, Coronavirus Status Checker, Coronavirus Tracking, COVID-19 and Older Adults, COVID-19 and Older People, COVID-19 Infection, COVID-19: Guidance for Health Professionals, COVID-19: Guidance for Hostels or Day Centres for People Rough Sleeping, COVID-19: Guidance for Supported Living Provision, COVID-19: Guidance for Vulnerable People, COVID-19: Guidance on Home Care Provision, COVID-19: Guidance on Residential Care Provision, COVID-19: Guidance on Social Care Provider Resilience, COVID-19: Guidance on Social Distancing, Daylight, Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), Department of Psychiatry: All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Doctors of the World, Effects of COVID-19 on Elderly Health, Europe: New Epicentre of Coronavirus Pandemic, FPOP: BPS Faculty of the Psychology of Older People, France, GoodSAM app, Grays Inn Medical Practice (London), Guidance for Households With Possible COVID-19 Infection, Headspace, Hospital Discharge Updates: NHS England and NHS Improvement, HTN: Health Tech Newspaper, India, Italy, Journal of Geriatric Care and Research (JGCR), Local Government Association: LGA, Lockdowns, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Mental Wellbeing Apps (For NHS Staff During COVID-19 Crisis), Migrant Help, Multilingual Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19), NHS Volunteer Responders, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS Rohtak: India), Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Albanian, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Amharic, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Arabic, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Armenian, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Bengali, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Bulgarian, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Czech, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Dari, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in English, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Farsi, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in French, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Greek, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Gujarati, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Hindi, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Hungarian, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Italian, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Kurdish Sorani, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Lithuanian, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Malayalam, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Pashto, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Polish, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Portuguese, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Punjabi, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Romanian, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Russian, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Simplified Chinese, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Sindhi, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Slovak, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Somali, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Spanish, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Tigrinya, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Turkish, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Urdu, Patient Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Vietnamese, Patient Information on the Coronavirus Pandemic (Foreign Languages), Public Health England (PHE), Royal Voluntary Service, Royal Voluntary Service (Formerly the WRVS), Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), Self-Isolation, Sleepio: Digital Sleep Improvement Programme, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Social Care Updates: NHS England and NHS Improvement, Social Distancing, Social Distancing: Advice for Elderly People, Spain, Unmind, WHO COVID-19 International Tracking Dashboard
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The Weekend Effect: a Summing-Up of the Evidence (Department of Health / BBC News / NHS Employers / BMJ / Journal of Health Services Research and Policy)
Summary Debates have arisen recently about possible “spin” and politically-motivated distortion in interpretation of the “weekend effect” and the benefits to patients of seven-day working. The Department of Health has produced an impartial presentation of the research. This includes a … Continue reading
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Promoting the Importance of Mental Wellbeing: Awareness, Budgets and Policy (NHS Employers / BBC News / CommunityCare / Department of Health / NHS England)
Summary NHS Employers has published an infographic / poster outlining key facts and figures about mental wellbeing. Full Text Link Reference Things you need to know about mental wellbeing. London: NHS Employers, February 20th 2015. Mental Health Service Budgets: Swings … Continue reading
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CEM Prescription for Acute and Emergency Care (College of Emergency Medicine)
Summary A recent policy paper from the College of Emergency Medicine (CEM), working with the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Royal College of Physicians and Royal College of Surgeons, proposes 13 recommendations to reduce the rising pressure on … Continue reading
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