Please note the next Daily Media Update will be on Tuesday 14 April
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
COVID-19: UK Government/NHS Information
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): what you need to do – GOV.UK
- Clinical guide for the management of essential cancer surgery for adults during the coronavirus pandemic- NHS
COVID-19: Scottish Government Information
Workforce
- 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
- Coronavirus: Ambulance staff ‘scared’ about their own safety over lack of PPE – inews
- Coronavirus: NHS consultant Dr Anton Sebastianpillai, who treated the elderly, becomes 10th doctor to die from Covid-19 – inews
- First Scots NHS worker Coronavirus death as nurse sadly passes away – Daily Record
Health & NHS
- UK daily coronavirus death toll surpasses 900 for first time – The Guardian
- Coronavirus: Are dentists open during the lockdown? – BBC News
- ‘My 98-year-old mum recovered from coronavirus’ – BBC News
- Coronavirus: How to tell the difference between hay fever and Covid-19 symptoms – The Independent
- A&E numbers ‘lowest on record’ since Coronavirus lockdown – BBC News
- Chinese alumni donate 11,000 face masks to Scots NHS staff – STV News
- Scots care home ‘allowed wife to visit dying husband’ despite 16 coronavirus deaths – Daily Record
- Wheelchair fitness: Surviving lockdown on wheels – BBC News
- Coronavirus: 100 days that changed the world (part 1) – The Guardian
- Coronavirus pressures ‘put organ transplants at risk’ – BBC News
- Coronavirus: Will summer make a difference? – BBC News
- Coronavirus latest: Covid-19 may be passed from mother to baby during pregnancy – inews
- Virtual visiting set up for patients on Scottish hospital wards – Daily Record
- Premier League players in funding move for NHS – HeraldScotland
Health & Politics
- Coronavirus: Ministers to discuss UK lockdown review – BBC News
- Coronavirus: Government orders safety equipment hubs to open at Easter – The Times
- Coronavirus in Scotland: Sturgeon pledges to address concerns over equipment – HeraldScotland
Health and Science/Technology
Opinion & Letters