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13 May 2020

Dear colleague

Please find below the latest GP update regarding Covid-19.

You can view the North West London password-protected GP extranet homepage using the details below.

As always, you are advised to review the full list of Covid-19-related service changes on a regular basis, to ensure you have not missed any notices.

Website: https://www.nwlondonccg.nhs.uk/professionals/coronavirus-clinical

Password: NWLCovid-19

 

Today’s update includes:

  • Thank you and update re bank holiday working
  • Progesterone and dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DHEAS): changes to sample requirements
  • No change to dentistry or optometry
  • #LookingAfterYouToo: individual coaching support for primary care staff
  • Risk Reduction Framework for NHS staff at risk of Covid-19 infection
  • Reminder: NHSE primary care workforce wellbeing survey still open

 

Thank you and update re bank holiday working

ACTION: Treat 25 May bank holiday as a normal bank holiday – subject to local arrangements and cover as described below

Thank you also for the additional efforts made to support the additional Bank Holiday provision last week and over Easter. We can confirm, as announced on our webinars last week, that we anticipate treating 25 May as a normal Bank Holiday. This is dependent and conditional on local arrangements being made as normal to provide cover.

 

Progesterone and dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DHEAS): changes to sample requirements

ACTION: We will now only accept these samples in plain serum (red top) only in line with our existing requirements for oestradiol

From Monday 18 May 2020, sample requirements for progesterone and dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DHEAS) will change. We will now only accept these samples in plain serum (red top) only in line with our existing requirements for oestradiol. This is to ensure all three assays are free from potential interferences arising from the use of gel tubes that separate the serum (yellow top).

 

No change to dentistry or optometry

Note that the guidance on dentistry and on optometry all remains unchanged. It was last updated on 10 May. 

  • The most recent national guidance letter and standard operating procedure for oral health professionals is available here.
  • The most recent national guidance letter for optical staff is available here.

 

#LookingAfterYouToo: individual coaching support for primary care staff

NHSE reminds you that the individual coaching service is open to ALL members of the frontline primary care workforce, clinical and non-clinical, whether directly employed by the NHS or working on an NHS contract. To find out more and book a 1:1 coaching session at a time and in a way that suits you, go to the Look After You Too webpage.

 

Risk Reduction Framework for NHS staff at risk of Covid-19 infection

The Risk Reduction Framework for BAME staff has now been published and can be viewed here on the Faculty of Occupational Medicine (FOM) website.

 

Reminder: NHSE primary care workforce wellbeing survey still open

NHSE is seeking to understand the current wellbeing of the primary care workforce. You are invited to take part in a survey undertaken by the Institute for Employment Studies to support this. The survey will take no longer that five minutes to complete and will contribute to the ongoing response to support your wellbeing.