FREE Live webinar – Tuesday 14th April 2020 6pm (BST)
Join us for our College’s second COVID-19 webinar, at which you will hear from experts in their fields on the decision making process in relation to when to escalate respiratory patients, when ITU should be called and optimal palliation during COVID-19. We expect demand for this event to be high, so sign up to attend now on our website at
News from the College
- Patients and the public must continue to seek medical help for serious conditions during this COVID-19 pandemic – News Blog
- UPDATED: General Surgery Guidance on COVID-19, 2nd Revision, 7 April 2020 – News Blog
COVID-19: UK Government Information
COVID-19: Scottish Government Information
Workforce
- Edinburgh University makes critical health courses available free for NHS workers – Edinburgh Live
- Doctors lacking PPE ‘bullied’ into treating Covid-19 patients – The Guardian
- ‘The NHS needs them’: UK urged to join countries mobilising migrant medics – The Guardian
- Coronavirus in Scotland: Thousands of student nurses and graduating doctor take up posts early to support those involved in the fight on the front line – HeraldScotland
- Matt Hancock: 5,000 NHS staff tested for COVID-19 [Video] – Yahoo News
Health & NHS
- Coronavirus UK: New figures show true death toll is 8% higher – Metro News
- UK records highest daily death toll from coronavirus at 854 – The Guardian
- Coronavirus LIVE: Cases in Scotland surge to 4229 with 74 more deaths – HeraldScotland
- Nicola Sturgeon admits supplies of protective gear for NHS and care staff ‘under pressure’ – Press and Journal
- GPs told to avoid ‘looping’ Covid-19-symptomatic patients back to NHS 111 – Pulse Today
- Coronavirus: NHS volunteers to start receiving tasks – BBC News
- Coronavirus: ‘High risk’ list misses off thousands of people – BBC News
- Coronavirus: When might the UK lockdown come to an end? – The Independent
- UK must learn from German response to Covid-19, says Whitty – The Guardian
- UK coronavirus lockdown: the new rules, and what they mean for daily life – Daily Telegraph
- A&E numbers ‘lowest on record’ since Coronavirus lockdown – BBC News
- Covid-19: Patients who are improving could have treatment withdrawn if others could benefit more – The BMJ
- Coronavirus: Mental health of young during the crisis ‘should be monitored’ – The Times
- Coronavirus: Look inside Glasgow’s temporary NHS hospital – BBC News
Wellbeing
International
Health and Science/Technology
- Coronavirus: Vaccines need scientific scrutiny despite global rush, warns expert – Irish Times
- Opinion: ‘Today our researchers are helping to beat COVID-19 so that ‘tomorrow’ we can get back to beating cancer’ – Cancer Research UK – Science blog
- Covid-19: using digital services and data to fight the pandemic – Health Service Journal
- Coronavirus hits men harder. Here’s what scientists know about it – The Guardian
Opinion & Letters