VACCINE RESOURCES
NHS England COVID-19 Guidance – NHS England COVID-19 Specialty Guides
UK Government COVID-19 resources – NHS COVID-19 resources
NICE COVID-19 resources – NHS SPS COVID-19 resources – RDTC
HEE e-Learning for Health COVID-19 Courses
Medicines for End of Life & Critical Care
Alphabetical List – with thanks to SPS
Several Professional, Academic & Representative Bodies have compiled collections of COVID-19 guidance and information. The following may be helpful for Medicines Optimisation teams:
- NICE
- NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service [NB: Need to Log-In first]
- Oxford University Centre for Evidence Based Medicine
- British Geriatrics Society
- – includes Medicines Advice for Older People
- RCPCH – Child Health
- RCGP
- RCGP Learning – including Top TIps for Primary Care
- BMA
- RCN
- RPharmS
- eGP Podblast – Quick Start to IT & Video Conferencing
- BSG – includes advice for patients with IBD treated with immunosuppressants – see also Crohn’s & Colitis UK
- European Society of Cardiology – with links to statements about ACE-I & ARBs – see also HEART information for people with circulatory diseases
- BTS – see also Asthma UK & BLF for advice for patients
- Primary Care Respiratory Society
- European Respiratory Society
- RCPsych – see HERE for medicines advice – see also Rethink & MHN
- Association of British Neurologists – see also Epilepsy Society and MS Society – for information about meds
- Society for Endocrinology – see also DiabetesUK
- Primary Care Diabetes Society – see also ‘at-a-glance’ factsheet
- RCOG and FSRH – includes advice about extended use of contraceptive implants and IUS
- BDA – includes advice about vitamin supplements & making the best of available food – plus links to statements about sensible shopping & restraint
- British Society for Haematology – includes INR testing for outpatients on warfarin and B12 supplements during COVID-19
- British Society of Rheumatology – includes links to advice for patients to continue DMARDs unless advised otherwise by specialists – see also NRAS for patient advice