Safe working for all NHS staff through COVID-19

Summary

With evidence of the impact of COVID-19 on BAME communities, on 15 April 2020 NHS England CEO Simon Stevens convened a meeting of leaders in healthcare and representative bodies such as the British Medical Association and Royal College of Nursing to agree a plan of action to support staff.

The NHS response has since been underpinned by three principles of protecting, supporting, and engaging staff.

Content

The link below will take to you a number of case studies showing how healthcare teams have responded and made changes to improve how they protect, support and engage staff. The case studies include examples from primary care, secondary care, infection prevention and staff education programmes.

Also included is information and guidance on:

• risk assessments
• protecting all staff
• speaking up
• regional support.