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The Long Covid Forum 2020 video (12 December 2020)
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in Patient recovery
Coverage from the Long Covid Forum 2020, in association with ISARIC and GLOPID-R LongCovid.org. -
Content ArticleSince the UK’s first lockdown in March, the government has had one (perhaps only one) consistent message — protect the NHS, write Alastair McLellan and Fiona Godlee, the editors of the British Medical Journal and Health Service Journal, in a rare joint editorial. They say that the government’s plan to relax coronavirus restrictions for five days between 23 and 27 December is a serious “blunder” that will put more pressure on the NHS and cause thousands of operations to be cancelled.
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Content ArticleAs the UK emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic ‘Build Back Better’ has become the mantra. Important, but we need to Build Back Fairer. The levels of social, environmental and economic inequality in society are damaging health and wellbeing. The aim of this report from the Institute of Health Equity is three-fold: To examine inequalities in COVID-19 mortality. Focus is on inequalities in mortality among members of BAME groups and among certain occupations, alongside continued attention to the socioeconomic gradient in health – the more deprived the area, the worse COVID-19 mortality tends to be. To show the effects that the pandemic, and the societal response to contain the pandemic, have had on social and economic inequalities, their effects on mental and physical health, and their likely effects on health inequalities in the future. To make recommendations on what needs to be done.
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Content ArticleMultiorgan symptoms after COVID-19 are being reported by increasing numbers of patients. They range from cough and shortness of breath, to fatigue, headache, palpitations, chest pain, joint pain, physical limitations, depression, and insomnia, and affect people of varying ages. At the Lancet–Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences conference on Nov 23, Bin Cao presented data (in press at The Lancet) on the long-term consequences of COVID-19 for patients in Wuhan, and warned that dysfunctions and complications could persist in some discharged patients for at least 6 months. So-called long COVID is a burgeoning health concern and action is needed now to address it.
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Content ArticleIn this Nuffield Trust long read, Sarah Reed looks at how different health systems are coping with the dual challenge of winter and another wave of the coronavirus.
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Content ArticleAs the UK’s vaccination programme against COVID-19 escalates, Helen Buckingham takes a closer look at the main issues for the NHS during its biggest ever vaccine campaign.
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Content ArticleAlthough most majority of COVID-19 cases are mild, some patients with initial mild to moderate forms of COVID-19, complain of persistent or resurgent symptoms. The aim of this study from Salmon-Deron et al. was to describe the clinical, biological and imaging profile of such patients in order to suggest a classification of the symptoms and raise hypotheses about their pathophysiology.
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Content ArticleManaging infection control is essential to prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) for your setting or service. As care providers, you are likely to be providing essential care and support to people, which will often require close contact. This quick guide from the Social Care Institute for Excellence sets out best practice for care providers to remain safe and prevent COVID-19 from spreading.
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Content ArticleHow are we ensuring that patient and staff safety is being prioritised during the pandemic? Watch the recording of the 'Leadership for patient safety during COVID-19' webinar that took place on 7 December 2020.
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COVID-19: COGER Study (30 November 2020)
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in Data, research and statistics
The COGER study is collecting data to gain insight into the course of functional and medical recovery in older people affected by COVID-19 participating in rehabilitation across Europe. -
Content ArticleThe All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Coronavirus was set up in July 2020 to conduct a rapid inquiry into the UK Government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. It's purpose is to ensure that lessons are learnt from the UK Government's handling of the coronavirus outbreak to date, and to issue recommendations to the UK Government so that its preparedness and response may be improved in the future. This is the biggest review to date of the UK response to the pandemic. It comes with 71 key findings and 44 recommendations to government. In total, the APPG spoke with 65 witnesses and held 30+ hours worth of public evidence sessions streamed on social media. They received and processed just under 3,000 separate evidence submissions.
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Content ArticleThis document about the COVID-19 vaccination programme is intended for healthcare staff involved in delivering the programme. It includes detailed information on: the background of the programme the vaccines (as they become available) vaccine recommendations and eligibility contraindications and precautions vaccine administration issues. This document will be updated regularly as more information becomes available.
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Content ArticleThis month sees the call from the Nursing Midwifery Council in the UK to ex nurses and students to join the emergency register in response to COVID-19. In this Episode of the 'This Is Nursing' podcast series, Gavin Portier reflects on his return to critical care and what he learnt about going from a corporate nursing role back into the direct care setting.r
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Content ArticleIn this Episode of the 'This Is Nursing' podcast series, Gavin Portier speaks with Kayleigh Evans, a lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University. They talk about nursing homes and the what is has been like during the COVID19 pandemic. Being a registered nurse in a care home/nursing home is an experience like no other and Kayleigh talks about the accountability that comes with the role and the different skills and situations these nurses find them selves in. There's a beautiful account of a good death that is very touching. Kayleigh also talks about the role of a nursing lecturer and we get an insight into the way nursing is being taught during this COVID.
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Engaging Long COVID patients (30 November 2020)
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in Blogs
Patient Safety Learning looks at some of the concerns facing people living with Long COVID in this blog for the Patient Information Forum. -
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2020: The conversation changed but our goals did not
HelenH posted an article in Patient Safety Learning
2020 has been a strange year, and a very difficult one for many around the world. Along with organisations everywhere, we at Patient Safety Learning have had to adapt how we work due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Though our working environments and areas of focus have changed, our goals as a charity have not. We continue to be an independent voice, committed to working in partnership to improve patient safety. -
Content ArticleIn October the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine surveyed their Fellows and Members about their experiences and feelings during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. They have published Voices from the Frontline of Critical Care based on the results of this survey.
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Content ArticleThis report, co-authored by researchers from organisations including The King's Fund, the Nuffield Trust and The Health Foundation, provides an overview of the impact of COVID-19 so far on people who use and provide long-term care in England, and of the policy and practice measures adopted to mitigate its impact. It finds that the initial policy responses did not adequately consider the social care sector and that the pandemic has laid bare longstanding problems in the long-term care system in England.
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Content ArticleIn response to the rapid spread of COVID-19, this paper from Tamar Wildwing and Nicole Holt provides health professionals with better accessibility to available evidence, summarising findings from a systematic overview of systematic reviews of the neurological symptoms seen in patients with COVID-19. Implications of so-called Long Covid on neurological services and primary care and similarities with other neurological disorders are discussed. Note: This article is a preprint and has not yet been peer-reviewed.
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Content ArticleLetter to the Chief Executives of all NHS trusts and foundation trusts from the Covid-19 Vaccination Deployment Programme.
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Content ArticleThe increased use of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 pandemic has added challenges for healthcare workers and accessing the right PPE, or having the right equipment and staff, can be difficult. This guidance from Royal College of Physicians (RCP) aims to help individuals working in healthcare to ensure PPE use does not impair patient safety. This guidance, created by the RCP Medicine Safety Joint Working Group and led by the RCP’s Medicines safety clinical fellow, Jennifer Flatman, aims to raise awareness of key issues relating to the use of PPE. It includes recommendations on how you can help to mitigate against patient safety issues related to PPE in your healthcare environment and considers scenarios such as use of PPE when performing tasks and situational awareness.
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Care provided by families valued at £135 billion over course of the pandemic so far. Carers UK calls on Government to recognise contribution of millions of carers and protect their health and wellbeing Research, released for Carers Rights Day, estimates that the care provided by people looking after older, disabled and seriously ill relatives and friends during the pandemic stands at £135 billion so far, after just eight months. Previous research by the charity found that the majority (81%) of carers have been taking on more care since the start of the pandemic and nearly two thirds (63%) are worried about how they will continue to manage over winter. Carers UK is calling on the Government to provide additional support for carers over winter and ensure those caring for more than 50 hours a week get access to a funded break. With many crucial face-to-face support services such as day centres and support groups significantly reduced – or in many cases closed – because of costly infection and control measures, Carers UK is warning that people caring round the clock are going to break down after months of caring without respite. -
Content ArticleBack in April the ME Association (MEA) became aware of an increasing number of people who had been ill with COVID-19 and were not improving, even after several weeks. Almost all had been self-managed at home with an illness that mostly varied from mild to moderate in severity, but not requiring hospital admission. Most had debilitating fatigue, sometimes with continuing COVID-19 symptoms involving the lungs or heart in particular. Some had symptoms that are more consistent with the sort of post viral fatigue syndromes that may precede ME/ CFS. Five months on and we are now in a situation where some people are being given a diagnosis, or a possible diagnosis, of post COVID-19 ME/CFS. Back in April the ME Association produced an MEA guide to post COVID fatigue and post COVID fatigue syndromes. This information and guidance has now been fully updated to cover all the developments that have occurred since then.
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Content ArticleIn this article, published by the Harvard Business Review, authors discuss how to safely tackle the backlog of elective surgeries, created by the initial wave of the pandemic. They highlight the significant role of human factors such as stress or fatigue, and suggest strategies to mitigate them.
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Content ArticleThe collapse of healthcare services round the world, the behaviour of some of the “agencies” enforcing quarantining, and high levels of patient harm during the COVID-19 pandemic, undoubtedly warrant a strong response. We need a new agenda for change if we are to address the current threat to patient centred healthcare and patient safety globally. Kawaldip Sehmi, CEO International Alliance of Patient Organizations, summarises the key messages and actions from the 9th biennial Global Patients Congress 2020,
