Coronavirus (Covid-19) information and resources for professionals

Coronavirus resources for professionals

Below are professional coronavirus resources from healthcare staff, professional organisations and specialist groups. Many are open access, but some will require member registration.

The resources are designed to support health and social care professionals to treat patients, and to take care of their own health and wellbeing.

For patient support see:

• Understanding Parkinson's and coronavirus - a regularly updated information and support page
• Parkinson's and coronavirus: your questions answered - a free print booklet for people without internet access

Parkinson's-specific resources for professionals

• Consultation checklist for isolating patients

• Getting the most from a phone or video appointment - information and helpful tips for people with Parkinson's

• New patient therapy telephone assessment form for isolating patients 

• Telephone assessment review checklist for existing patients who are isolating

• Template patient information sheet for phone-led Parkinson's clinics

• Guidance for delivering exercise remotely for people with Parkinson's

• FAQ: APO-go® (apomorphine hydrochloride) therapies during the COVID-19 pandemic

• Fortnightly Parkinson's nurses webinar, every second Thursday at 4pm 

  • Email [email protected] for Zoom meeting details 

  • Led by Miriam Parry, Senior Parkinson's Disease Nurse Specialist, King's College Hospital, London

• Parkinson's Academy regular live webinars which can be watched on demand

• Statement supporting continued access to Parkinson's services through the COVID-19 pandemic

Allied health professionals (AHPs)

• British Dietetic Association: COVID-19 / Coronavirus advice for dietitians
• Chartered Society of Physiotherapists: Information for members about the coronavirus outbreak
• Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists Coronavirus (COVID-19): information, support and open access resources
• Royal College of Occupational Therapists: Coronavirus (COVID-19) 

Care / social care

• Public Health England: COVID-19: how to work safely in care homes
• British Geriatric Society: Managing the COVID-19 pandemic in care homes
• Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE): Coronavirus (COVID-19) advice for social care
• Care Provider Alliance: Coronavirus (COVID-19) resources
• Advice for the adult social care sector on using technology during Covid-19

Elderly care and neurology

• Association of British Neurologists (ABN): COVID-19 guidance and advice 
• Starting the Restart: ABN Guidance on recommencing neurology
  services in the recovery phase of the COVID-19 pandemic - released 21 May 2020
• British Geriatric Society resource series: Coronavirus and older people, including Coronavirus: Managing delirium in confirmed and suspected cases

Nursing

• Nursing Times Coronavirus clinical content zone
• Royal College of Nursing: COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

Pharmacy and medication advice

• Royal Pharmaceutical Society: Coronavirus (COVID-19) pharmacist updates and information
• Recommendations for interactions with experimental COVID-19 therapies - includes drug interaction charts and guidance on administration in cases of swallowing difficulties

Physicians and general practice

• British Medical Association: COVID-19 Hub
• Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP): Coronavirus (COVID-19), including RGCP Learning COVID-19 Resource Hub
• Royal College of Physician Edinburgh: COVID-19 Hub
• Royal College of Physicians London: The RCP and COVID-19 (includes guidance for doctors and other healthcare professionals)

Psychiatry and psychology

• British Psychological Society: Guidance for psychological professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Royal College of Psychiatrists: Responding to COVID-19: guidance for clinicians

Technology and remote consultations

• NHSx: COVID-19 information governance advice - includes information for health and care professionals, and the social care sector, on how to manage and share information appropriately

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