Primary Care Coronavirus briefing – Coventry and Warwickshire – 23 April 2020 (Issue 26)
24 April 2020
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Sent on behalf of the COVID-19 Primary Care Incident Management Team for Coventry and Rugby, South Warwickshire and Warwickshire North CCGs
Primary Care Coronavirus briefing – Coventry and Warwickshire – 23 April 2020
**Please find below the latest daily primary care coronavirus briefing.**
Information provided by NHS Coventry and Rugby CCG, NHS South Warwickshire CCG and NHS Warwickshire North CCG in line with Public Health England guidance.
This information may change rapidly as the situation develops. For the latest information for primary care, visit: https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/primary-care
Today’s topics – use the links to jump to each section
**Latest local picture**
**Local updates**
**Latest updates for each PLACE (Coventry and Rugby, South Warwickshire, Warwickshire North)**
Latest national picture
Communications from NHS England
Actions for Primary Care
Today’s attachments
• STP Master.xlsx (item 5)
• DA CoVID partner comms publications.docx (item 2)
• WMAS HPF Version 3.docx (item 3)
LATEST LOCAL PICTURE
Please remember: we are issuing daily (Monday to Friday) communications via: warnoccg.covid19primarycarecommunications@nhs.net. We would also ask that if you have questions or concerns relating to the current situation around coronavirus and COVID-19 you use the same address: warnoccg.covid19primarycarecommunications@nhs.net. Please keep us updated with any issues that you may be having so we can try to address them.
Coventry and Warwickshire COVID position up to 23.04.2020
• 1,445 cases now confirmed in Coventry and Warwickshire (+25 / +1.8% from yesterday)
• 205 of these are currently admitted (-16 / -7.2% from yesterday)
• 822 beds still available (+20 / +2.5% from yesterday)
• 22 ITU beds occupied by Covid patients (+0 / +0.0% from yesterday)
• 303 reported deaths in a hospital setting (+14 / +4.8% from yesterday)
Care Home current position up to 23.04.2020
The change in data source for the care home data shows only the current position – not cumulative
• 202 confirmed cases (-43 / -17.6% from yesterday)
o Confirmed care home cases broken down by area (not CCG):
o Coventry: 97
o South Warwickshire: 64
o North Warwickshire and Rugby: 41
LATEST LOCAL UPDATE
1. EMIS and SystmOne practices
For those on EMIS and SystmOne, this may be very useful, CEG has a suite of clinical system resources including template / protocols / documents and searches. These resources are available for EMIS and SystmOne Practices and can be accessed online.
2. CoVID-19 and domestic abuse – don’t suffer in silence
A message from Warwickshire Police has been issued which is urging people not to suffer in silence during the CoVID-19 pandemic. The ongoing restrictions mean some people may feel trapped at home in a violent or abusive relationship and isolated from support while others who have not previously been victims could find themselves subject to domestic abuse. The force is committed to tackling domestic abuse and our officers continue to be proactive every day by arresting perpetrators and supporting victims. Further information is attached. (Attachment: DA CoVID partner comms publications.docx)
3. Integrated Urgent Care Health Professional Feedback Form
As GP connect is used more and 111 book into our clinics we may have feedback - this form can be used for that. WMAS welcome feedback from Health and Social Care Professionals to help them to learn and continually improve the NHS 111 service. Please use the attached form to record any feedback you wish to provide them. Please note the form is not suitable to register Complaints or Incidents. (Attachment: WMAS HPF Version 3.docx)
4. Staff testing – results helpdesk
If you have recently attended the Edgbaston site for staff testing and have not had your results a helpline has now been set up:
The contact details are Helpdesk Number – 0300 303 2713.
Please be prepared to give the following information:
a. details of the site attended
b. your name
c. the date you went for testing
d. car registration
e. mobile phone number
5. Staff testing – how to access
You may have heard that a national test booking is going to implemented but this is not up and running yet so the local process, outlined below, will continue. The drive-through coronavirus testing facility at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry will be open for primary care staff testing on Saturday and staff will no longer be sent to Edgbaston Cricket Ground. The referral process remains the same, please send you details to www.cwcovid.support.
The home testing option is ONLY for those staff and families that CANNOT travel or have children aged 5 to 18 in the household that are symptomatic, this service is a national pilot and is currently only available until Sunday 26th April 2020.
The eligibility criteria is as follows:
NHS worker is symptomatic
Over 18 in same household as key worker
Child (5-18) in same household as key worker is symptomatic
UNDER 5s CANNOT BE TESTED
Symptomatic is having a fever and/or a new persistent cough within 5 days or less
This test includes 5 to 18 year olds.
Please read the criteria above and then IF you have staff who meet the criteria can you please send the following information to sowaccg.cwcovidstaffreq@nhs.net by 12 noon daily.
Please use HOME TESTING REQUEST in your email header
Please provide the following information for the key worker within the household:
1. First Name
2. Surname
3. National Insurance Number (KEY WORKER NI NUMBER REQUIRED, REQUESTS WITHOUT NI NUMBER WILL NOT BE PUT FORWARD)
4. Email address (please ensure the one you are monitoring - this can be a personal account, as this will be used to send instructions)
5. Employer Organisation
The availability of staff testing can be summarised below:
Location Eligibility Availability
Edgbaston Over 18s only (this may change, if it does, we will advise) Now – accessed via via www.cwcovid.support
Ricoh Arena (Coventry) To be confirmed To go live this week
CQC An email has been shared with practices
Home testing for families Up to 5 in the household, for ages 5 years and over To be offered for one week only (see attachment: STP Master.xlsx)
The following criteria must be applied before returning to work:
LATEST UPDATES FOR EACH PLACE
UPDATES FOR Coventry and Rugby – 23 April 2020
No updates this issue.
UPDATES FOR South Warwickshire – 23 April 2020
No updates this issue.
UPDATES FOR Warwickshire North – 22 April 2020
No updates this issue.
LATEST NATIONAL PICTURE
• As of 9am on 22 April 2020, 559,935 people have been tested in the UK and 133,495 were confirmed as positive. As of 5pm on 21 April 2020, of those hospitalised in the UK, 18,100 have died. (Please note: the figures for test results and for deaths are compiled from different sources. This is why the figures for deaths are reported from an earlier point in time than the figures for test results.)
• The latest government advice on coronavirus is available online.
• Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab gave the 22 April 2020 daily press briefing on the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The transcript of the briefing can be read online and can be viewed on YouTube.
• The press conference slides and datasets used by Professor Chris Whitty, Chief Medical Officer on 22 April are available to read.
COMMUNICATIONS FROM NHS ENGLAND
6. NHS England Primary Care Bulletin – new edition – 22 April
COVID-19: latest guidance for general practice is issued in the NHS England Primary Care Bulletin (22 April) and includes details on updating the NHS Directory of Services to ensure it reflects your capacity status and the opening of the NHS workforce feedback hub. This regular COVID-19 Primary Care Bulletin is from Dr Nikki Kanani and Ed Waller and you are encouraged to sign up here: https://www.england.nhs.uk/email-bulletins/general-practice-bulletin/.
7. GP Preparedness webinar
The next primary care webinar, with Dr Nikki Kanani and Ed Waller, is tonight, 23 April from 5pm and 6pm (via Microsoft Teams), the link to access is here. It will feature a range of updates including a focus on homeless and inclusion health with Olivia Butterworth, Lead on Homeless Health COVID-19 response for NHS England and NHS Improvement and Dr Caroline Shulman, GP in Homeless and Inclusion Health Kings Health Partnership Pathway Homeless team & Honorary Senior Lecturer, UCL.
8. Coaching webinar – tomorrow
Some of you may have heard in last week’s general practice webinar that an individual coaching support offer will be made available by the end of this week to the frontline primary care workforce, both clinical and non-clinical, to proactively support staff through Covid-19 and beyond. The aim is that this will provide staff with opportunities to process experiences, develop coping skills, deal with difficult conversations and develop strategies for self-management in difficult circumstances.
This service is being developed in collaboration with the Royal College of General Practitioners and will complement the wider range of health and wellbeing resources that was launched at www.people.nhs.uk. Primary care staff will be able to easily register via an online platform at www.people.nhs.uk and book individual coaching from an experienced coach in a way and at a time of day that suits them.
A launch webinar is taking place tomorrow, Friday 24 April 3pm, to share specific details about the service
9. Ramadan communications
The Chief People Officer launched a staff health and wellbeing package last week that included guidance on COVID-19 and Ramadan. This was produced by the NHS Islamic Network in collaboration with the British Islamic Medical Association, that represents over 3,000 Muslim clinicians across the UK. It can be accessed here. The NHS has issued a reminder to those who observe Ramadan to avoid social gatherings because of the risk of coronavirus. A press notice was issued yesterday containing key messages about social distancing and shielding vulnerable people, and you can also read a blog from PHE online.
10. Media enquiries
Our communications team is here to support you if needed. If you are approached by the media, please forward on to your local communications team: agem.communications@nhs.net. Outside of working hours the communications team can be reached via 01522 537887.
ACTIONS FOR PRIMARY CARE
Share details of staff testing sites that are available.
Review the message around phlebotomy for shielded patients and others.
Note details of today’s primary care webinar.
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