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Key actions - winter 2021 preparedness: nursing and midwifery safer staffing
Actions to support safer nursing and midwifery staffing as the winter period approaches.
Published 12 November 2021.
Guidance to support COVID-19 vaccine uptake in frontline staff
Guidance for HR directors outlining approaches to support vaccine uptake.
Updated 8 February 2022.
Allied Health Professional student bank employment
How AHP students can support frontline clinical services during COVID-19. Letter from Suzanne Rastrick.
Published 9 February 2021.
Access to National Workforce Supply Routes for Community Pharmacy
How Community Pharmacy can access staff through the National Workforce Supply Routes.
Updated 18 August 2021.
Access to National Workforce Supply Routes for Primary Care Network (PCN) Groupings
Guidance for PCN groupings to access the National Workforce Supply Routes.
Updated 18 August 2021.
NMC Emergency Standards
Emergency standards for final year undergraduate nursing students. A letter from Mark Radford and Ruth May.
Published 19 January 2021.
Deploying medical students
How NHS organisations can deploy medical students to support frontline staff. Letter from Prof Stephen Powis and Prof Wendy Reid.
Published 7 January 2021.
Expanding the temporary register to additional overseas-trained nurses
Details of who is eligible to join the temporary register. Letter from Ruth May and Andrea Sutcliffe.
Published 5 January 2021.
Advice on acute sector workforce models during COVID-19
Support for trusts to organise their workforce in a way best suited to deliver their Phase 3 plans.
Published 10 December 2020.
COVID-19 Digital Staff Passport
An interim COVID-19 Digital Staff Passport has been developed to enable safe and rapid staff movements.
The process for investigating the deaths of healthcare and social care workers who died after contracting coronavirus
The process for investigations and detailed information for medical examiners.
Published 7 July 2020.
Deaths of health and social care workers who contracted coronavirus
The process for investigations and detailed information for medical examiners.
Published 7 July 2020.
Addressing impact of COVID-19 on BAME staff in the NHS
Key areas of focus for NHS England and NHS Improvement, and case studies from across the NHS.
Diverse representation in decision making and workforce equality
Actions NHS England is taking to improve representation in decision making. Letter from Prerana Issar and Dido Harding.
Published 19 May 2020.
Supporting our people
A package of emotional, psychological and practical support for colleagues in the NHS.
Redeploying your secondary care medical workforce safely
Guidance for trusts to safely redeploy their secondary care medical workforce during COVID-19.
Updated 14 July 2020.
COVID-19 testing to support retention of NHS staff
Expansion of COVID-19 testing to a wider group of staff and household members.
Published 12 April 2020.
Developing immediate Critical Care Nursing capacity
Guidance on increasing the nursing workforce in adult critical care.
Guidance for managing volunteers relating to COVID-19
Advice for all staff managing volunteers in the NHS.
Updated 17 March 2021.
Deploying the HCS workforce to support COVID-19
Guidance for trusts and other organisations on deploying the healthcare science workforce.
Updated 12 May 2020.
COVID-19: Deploying our people safely
A summary of key considerations for the safe deployment of NHS staff.
Updated 30 April 2020.
Deploying the clinical and non-clinical optical workforce to support the NHS clinical delivery plan for COVID-19
Information on how the optical workforce can be safely redeployed across the NHS.
Published 12 April 2020.
Educational and training framework and resources
Resources to help healthcare staff identify the skills required to deliver safe care during the pandemic.
Redeploying the clinical dental workforce to support the NHS clinical delivery plan for COVID-19
The principles of safe redeployment of dental staff during coronavirus.
Updated 20 April 2020.
How do NHS employees get a test for COVID-19?
Leaflet explaining what NHS employees should do if they experience COVID-19 symptoms.
Published April 2020.
Guidance on handling donations and loans of medical equipment to hospitals in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Support for hospitals in assessing, accepting and processing medical device donations and loans.
Published 7 April 2020.