COVID-19
These resources were collated by our team to support GP practices through the early pandemic. If you would like to access any of our clinical system resources, such as templates, or have resources you'd like us to share here, please let us know. For COVID-19 related queries and clinical advice please email us at CEGCOVID@qmul.ac.uk
RESOURCES
East London Health and Care Partnership/CEG
National guidance
- NHS Digital COVID-19 Clinical Codes [PPT 713KB]
- NHS England advice for primary care
- NHS England Guidance and updates for GPs: Highest clinical risk patients (includes at risk letters in different languages)
- NHS England Specialty guides for hospitals during COVID-19
- NHS 111: Getting an Isolation note
- NHS Volunteer Responders Information for Primary Care Professionals [PDF 127KB]
- PHE Easy Read Guidance on protecting people most likely to get poorly from coronavirus [PDF 1,623KB]
- UK Government COVID-19: guidance for health professionals including guidance on the assessment and management of suspected UK cases
- UK Government Information and Guidance related to public health services
- NHS England - Principles of safe video consulting in general practice during COVID-19
Management of specific conditions
- NB Medical Education Managing Clinical Groups during the coronavirus pandemic [PDF 67KB]
- NICE COVID-19 Guidance on severe asthma, pneumonia, rheumatological disorder and symptom management
- NHS England Diabetes COVID-19 Key Information
- NHS England Acute use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in people with or at risk of COVID-19
- NHS England Clinical guide for the management of anticoagulant services during the coronavirus pandemic [PDF 253KB]
- NHS London Clinical Networks Primary Care and Community Respiratory Resource Pack - COVID-19
- PCRS Diagnosing and Managing Asthma and COPD during COVID-19
- Primary Care Respiratory Society - COVID-19
- South East London CCG COVID-19 Clinical Support
- UCLH Medication Advice during COVID-19
- Management of patients with musculoskeletal and rheumatic conditions
- NICE publishes latest COVID-19 guidance on renal transplantation
Local Guidance (North East London Commissioning Alliance BHR/CH/WEL – Updates available for each CCG)
- NELCA Coronvirus Updates
- C&H ACERS Post COVID-19 Information Pack for Patients
- C&H CCG GP Website Coronavirus COVID-19 information
- WEL: Advice to WEL GP practices on limiting referrals to Barts Health
COVID education
- BMA: COVID-19: FAQs about ethics
- BMA: COVID-19: steps for GP practices to take
- BMJ Best Practice Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- BMJ: 10 minute consultation -- Covid-19: a remote assessment in primary care
- BMJ: COVID-19 Remote Consultation Infographic
- NICE Guidelines COVID-19
- Oxford CEBM
- Dr Dipesh Gopal [QMUL}: Primary care & Coronavirus (COVID-19): key guidance, information and support.
- RCGP Learning: COVID-19 Resource Hub
- UpToDate: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Governance/death certification and notification
- NHS Digital COVID-19 Information Standards
- East London COVID-19 Information to Doctors Re: Death Certification and Referral to Coroner [PDF 702KB]
- Red Whale Guidance and Evidence Made Simple - COVID-19 Death Certification [PDF 326KB]
IT system guidance
- YouTube: GP AccuRx Learning Webinar 15th March 2020 - Dr Osman Bhatti
- Using online consultations in Primary Care: Implementation Toolkit NHS England
Other Localities Guidance
PROTOCOLS / TEMPLATES / codes / searches
CEG has a suite of clinical system resources, including templates, protocols, documents and searches. These resources are available for EMIS and SystmOne Practices across the NHS North East London Integrated Care System. If you work outside of this region and would like to access a particular resource, please contact us at CEGCOVID@qmul.ac.uk.
Clinical template
- COVID-19 template provides one place for recording consultation data for possible, probable, confirmed COVID-19 cases and provides helpful links to assist with management of the case and public health matters.
Useful documents
- Med 3 'Fit Note' for COVID-19
- Travel Insurance COVID-19
- Cremation Form 4 Medical Certificate
- Health Protection Unit HPU Notification Form
- Letter to patients who need to shield (very high risk)
- Letter to patients who were wrongly coded as very high risk
Protocol alerts
- Protocol available for EMIS and SystmOne that automatically codes "Provision of advice, assessment or treatment limited to COVID-19 pandemic" and enters the following text into a patient's record "Consultation carried out during time of COVID-19 Pandemic. Management decisions taken in line with necessity and NHS advice at this time which may be outwith normal guidance".
- Specific protocol for WEL practices that gives advice when referring to secondary care.
Coding advice
COVID-19 SNOMED codes available: diagram with descriptions by NHS Digital
CEG COVID-19 Updates
COVID-19 Update 19th May [PDF 214KB]
COVID-19 Update 6th May [PDF 141KB]
COVID-19 Update 28th April [PDF 189KB]
COVID - Managing Self-Identified High Risk Patients EMIS CEG v1 [PDF 159KB]
COVID-19 Update 16th April [PDF 297KB]
COVID-19 Update 15th April [PDF 360KB]
COVID-19 Update 14th April [PDF 152KB]
COVID-19 Update 7th April [PDF 170KB]
COVID-19 Update 30th March [PDF 859KB]
COVID-19 Update 25th March [PDF 1,240KB]
