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Content ArticleIn this paper published in JAMA Network Open, Lai et al., looked at what factors are associated with mental health outcomes among healthcare workers in China who are treating patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In this cross-sectional study of 1257 healthcare workers in 34 hospitals equipped with fever clinics or wards for patients with COVID-19 in multiple regions of China, a considerable proportion of them reported experiencing symptoms of depression, anxiety, insomnia and distress. These findings suggest that, among Chinese healthcare workers exposed to COVID-19, women, nurses, those in Wuhan, and front-line health care workers have a high risk of developing unfavourable mental health outcomes and may need psychological support or interventions.
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Content ArticleIn her blog, Carolyn looks at the emotional impact the current coronavirus pandemic is having and why we need empathy for each other. Whether we are nurses, doctors, managers, receptionists, patients, we have the power to make someone else’s day a little worse, or a little better. Let's look after one another.
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Content ArticleLots of our children are worried about the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, so the Maltings Surgery put together a short explainer video to help lower the anxiety levels amongst our younger generation. Be kind to each other and yourselves.
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"The tsunami is coming and we’re all terrified"
Anonymous posted an article in Blogs
I am a nurse providing specialist support to seriously ill patients at a large acute Trust in England. Today I have been working with patients who have COVID-19. I am angry and scared. -
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WHO: Q&A on disability considerations during coronavirus
PatientSafetyLearning Team posted an article in Guidance
In this question and answer session, produced by the World Health Organization, guests discuss the considerations that need to be made specific to disability during the coronavirus pandemic. Considerations include that people with disabilities may be less able to social distance, due to the support required and so will potentially be more at risk of contracting the virus. Some people with disabilities may have further underlying health conditions, respiratory function and immune responses that could make them at higher risk of developing a severe case if they get get the virus. -
Content ArticleIn January 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of a new coronavirus disease to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. WHO stated there is a high risk of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spreading to other countries around the world. In March 2020, WHO made the assessment that COVID-19 can be characterised as a pandemic. WHO and public health authorities around the world are acting to contain the COVID-19 outbreak. However, this time of crisis is generating stress in the population. These mental health considerations were developed by the WHO’s Department of Mental Health and Substance Use as messages targeting different groups to support for mental and psychosocial well-being during COVID-19 outbreak.
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Content ArticleThis blog was intended to give insights into what it is like working during this crisis on the frontline. I was going to explain what I see day to day, the stress that healthcare workers are under, the situation with personal protective equipment (PPE), the pressure on intensive care unit (ICU) beds and the ward. But unfortunately it's not that simple...
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Content ArticleAlison Moore, from Health Service Journal, reports on Humber Foundation Trust's approach to place co-production with staff and patients at the heart of their achievements.
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Coronavirus: How to protect your mental health
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in Mental health
Coronavirus has plunged the world into uncertainty and the constant news about the pandemic can feel relentless. All of this is taking its toll on people's mental health, particularly those already living with conditions like anxiety and OCD. So how can we protect our mental health? This BBC article gives some useful advice. -
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Intensive Care Society: Wellbeing resource library
Claire Cox posted an article in Mental health
The Intensive Care Society is delighted to share their wellbeing resource pack developed with Dr Julie Highfield, Clinical Psychologist. The poster series aims to improve our understanding of psychological wellbeing at work, the impact reduced wellbeing can have and what we can do in response, and includes tips for dealing with extraordinary situations such as COVID-19 and everyday working in critical care. -
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WHO: Coping with stress during the 2019-nCoV outbreak
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in Mental health
The World Health Organization (WHO) have created this poster to give advice on how to cope if you feel worried about the coronavirus. -
Content ArticleIn this BMJ paper, Neil Greenberg and psychiatry colleagues set out measures that healthcare managers need to put in place to protect the mental health of healthcare staff having to make morally challenging decisions. The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to put healthcare professionals across the world in an unprecedented situation, having to make impossible decisions and work under extreme pressures. These decisions may include how to allocate scant resources to equally needy patients, how to balance their own physical and mental healthcare needs with those of patients, how to align their desire and duty to patients with those to family and friends, and how to provide care for all severely unwell patients with constrained or inadequate resources. This may cause some to experience moral injury or mental health problems.
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COVID-19 Mental Health Improvement Network
Claire Cox posted an article in Mental health
The COVID-19 Mental Health Improvement Network has been set up by the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych) on behalf of NHS England & Improvement. Its aim is to support mental health teams to share and learn from each other to maintain and improve safety in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This flyer has more information on the network and they are sharing changes that mental health providers have put in place to respond to COVID-19 challenges /safety issues on social media using #MHSIPCV19. -
Content ArticleThis resource from Best Beginnings provides information about many national and local charities offering remote support for pregnant families and new paretns during COVID-19. The list includes organisations offering support and advice around: Pregnancy and birth Health conditions in pregnancy Parents of twins, triplets and more Premature Unwell babies Babies with disabilities or health conditions Breastfeeding and infant nutrition Mental health Bereavement Birth trauma.
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Content ArticleThis article is written by Ryan Van Lieshout, Canada Research Chair in the Perinatal Programming of Mental Disorder. He looks at the mental health challenges new mums are facing during the coronavirus pandemic and highlights the importance of self-care, with particular reference to 'NEST-S' (nutrition, exercise, sleep, time for self, supports).
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Content ArticleThe COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented challenge for society. Supporting the mental health of medical staff and affiliated healthcare workers (staff) is a critical part of the public health response. This paper from Walton et al., published in the European Heart Journal, details the effects on staff and addresses some of the organisational, team and individual considerations for supporting staff (pragmatically) during this pandemic. Leaders at all levels of healthcare organisations may find this a valuable resource.
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Medical workers’ looming mental-health crisis
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in Blogs
This blog published in the Intelligencer explores the impact COVID-19 will have on frontline staffs' mental health. -
Content ArticleThe COVID-19: Recovery Response service has been set up by the UK Sepsis Trust and offers professional support to anyone who has been critically ill in hospital with COVID-19 and their family.
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Content ArticleDrawing on research, best practice guidelines and expert clinical opinions, the COVID Trauma Response Working Group has created rapid guidance for planners putting in place psychological support for staff in the early stages of dealing with the COVID-19 outbreak. The King's Fund has developed this graphic as a quick reference version of the detailed guidance available on the traumagroup.org website.
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Content ArticleRadio 4's Women's Hour programme discusses coronavirus and the impact the current pandemic is having on access to cervical screening services. Later in the programme, the discussion turns to the topic of dealing with addiction during the lockdown. Cervical screening (listen from the start of the recording) Speakers, Kate Sanger, Head of Public Affairs at Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust, and consultant gynaecologist Dr Christine Ekechi stress that patients should not hesitate to contact their GP if they have any concerns or symptoms. Symptoms might include: abnormal bleeding, bleeding after sex, bleeding after the menopause, bleeding in between periods, unexplained pelvic pain and in some cases increased vaginal discharge. Addiction (21:45) According to the charity Action on Addiction, one in three people are addicted to something. How difficult can it be to remain sober or clean in lockdown, and what support can you still access? Speakers include Holly Sexton, Substance Misuse Practitioner at We Are With You, and Caroline Turriff, a freelance journalist who is 15 years in recovery. They discuss whether opiate painkillers and methadone being more easily available through pharmacies creates safety issues. Caroline argues that it will reduce the risk of people obtaining opiates online or heroin via street dealers which she says could enable them to obtain life-threatening amounts.
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RCPSYCH: COVID-19 Support for patients and carers
PatientSafetyLearning Team posted an article in Guidance
Many people will be experiencing anxiety about their health and safety during this time. This page provides information about COVID-19 and how to manage your mental health during the pandemic. Guidance includes advice on accessing treatment and medication. -
Content ArticleIn this anonymous blog, published by the Guardian, the author describes their experience of working in an inpatient psychaitry unit during the current cornovirus outbreak. They raise concerns over the impossibility of physical distancing, lack of personal protective equipment (PPE), patients not being allowed to go out and a rise in violence and anxiety.
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Content ArticleThe major conditions strategy is a national framework being developed by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID). It will focus on six major groups of conditions: cancers cardiovascular diseases, including stroke and diabetes chronic respiratory diseases dementia mental ill health musculoskeletal disorders This briefing by NHS Confederation examines how the upcoming major conditions strategy can set the conditions to prevent, treat and manage multimorbidity in England.
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Content ArticleIn 2011, the government acknowledged a large treatment gap for people with mental health conditions and sought to establish ‘parity of esteem’ between mental and physical health services. From 2016, the Department of Health & Social Care (DHSC) and NHS England made specific commitments to improve and expand NHS-funded mental health services. NHSE, working with the Department and other national health bodies, set up and led a national improvement programme to deliver these commitments. This report by the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee assesses progress made in delivering these commitments. The report acknowledges that NHS England has made progress in improving and expanding mental health services, but says this was "from a low base."
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Video: Living with schizophrenia (6 July 2023)
Patient-Safety-Learning posted an article in Mental health
In this video, Chris tells his story of how he dealt with a traumatic childhood and subsequent diagnosis of schizophrenia. He talks about the medication and therapy that have helped him. Warning: The film does contain references to distressing themes.
