Coronavirus (COVID-19) Guidance for clinicians in General Practice
Coronvirus (COVID-19) advice and guidance for clinicians in general practice are below. PLEASE NOTE some information is changing daily so please check NHSE and Public Health websites to ensure you receive up to date information.
If you are a member of the public looking for health advice, please go to the NHS website.
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Information for Clinicians and Healthcare Professionals in Primary Care
General Guidance to main pages/areas:
- BMA: Practical Support and Guidance for GPs
- NHSE: Updates and Guidance for Clinicians in General Practice
- PHE: Guidance and Regulations
- RCGP: Policy and Information
- Recommended PPE for primary outpatient and community care by setting poster
- Coronavirus-Covid-19-Care-Home-Letter-03-04-20
Specific Guidance to individual pages/areas:
BMA Guidance:
- PPE & Priority Testing for HCWs
- Remote Consultations and Homeworking
- Steps for GPs to manage operations
- Retired clinicians returning to work
NHSE Guidance:
- Professional Standards FAQS: Suspension of appraisal and revalidation during Covid-19 pandemic
- Standard Operating Procedures (SOP): Managing COVID-19 in General Practice
- Guidance for GPs: At risk patients
- Advice for Clinicians: Symptoms, mode of transmission, case/contact definition and situational reports
- This Visitor Guidance applies to all inpatient, diagnostic and outpatient areas
- Retired Clinicians returning to work
- All letters / publications to GPs (most recent first)
PHE Guidance:
- Number of cases and risk in the UK
- Guidance for households with possible coronavirus infection
- Travel advice
- Guidance for employees, employers and businesses
- Posters and resources for practices
RCGP Guidance:
- Clinical Guidance FAQs
- Vulnerable Patients
- Workload Prioritisation
- COVID-19 Resource Hub : Guidance and information updated daily
- The Business Continuity Plan [Word] can be customised for practice use by considering all the items marked in Red.
Other Resources:
(in order of most recent first)
- GRO guidance No5 - Act enabling modifications to registration processes
- BMA - letter to PM Personal Protective Equipment and testing of healthcare workers and household members (21 March 2020)
- BMA - GPC Letter from Richard Vaultry Activities to stop, Activities to continue, PCN DES (19 March 2020)
- NHS - Diabetes Prevention Programme (NHS DPP) Letter to NHSDPP Providers, NHSE&I Regional Teams and STP Leads (19 March 2020)
- NHSE - Preparedness letters for general practice - next steps (19 March 2020 - 3rd in series)
- NHSE - Covid-19 and professional standards activities (including appraisal and revalidation) (19 March 2020)
- RCGP - Letter to Ian Tranholm, Chief Executive at the CQC following the ongoing outbreak of Covid-19 (13 March 2020)
- RCGP - Letter to practices supporting doctors in the event of a COVID-19 epidemic in the UK (11 March 2020)
- NHSE - Preparedness letters for general practice (10 March 2020 - 2nd in series)
- Supporting doctors in the event of a COVID19 epidemic in the UK - letter from UK CMOs, medical directors of NHS England and the GMC (10 March 2020)
- NHSE - Preparedness letters for general practice (5 March 2020 - 1st in series)