Coronavirus – Top 10 tips on what to do in primary care (last updated 9 November 2020)

Summary

The Royal College of General Practitioners have put together guidance for those working in primary care.

Content

1. Consider your balance between remote and face to face care – have you got it right and how might it need to change in the months to come? 
2. Think about how you are going to manage respiratory symptoms over the winter and be aware of the issues with COVID-19 in children and what to do if resuscitation is needed.
3. Shielding is paused and is unlikely to return in the same form as at the start of the pandemic.
4. Know about the standard operating procedure (SOP) for primary care 
5. Appraisal is restarting in a very light-touch way and there are other changes to administration.
6. Continue to wear PPE when seeing patients face to face, and continue planning for a much bigger flu vaccination season than usual.
7. Death certification requirements are relaxed for as long as the Coronavirus Act is in force.
8. Look after yourself and your staff.
9. Continue to plan ahead; this will be a marathon, not a sprint.
10. Your core clinical skills are still important.