COVID-19 Update 2Thanks for your feedback! We've been bowled over by the positive feedback to our newsletter to keep everyone up to date with the latest Coronavirus situation and advice. So much so, that we already have news for you! One of the ideas we received was that it would be good to have a single place on our CAT Intranet, that everyone can bookmark and where everyone can go to get the very latest advice. It was such a good idea, we've implemented it immediately. You can find it from now on at http://cat.combined.nhs.uk/covid-19-key-documents/ Myself and Kenny Laing, Executive Director of Nursing and Quality, willboth personally be in Room 22 Incident Room at Harplands tomorrow (Friday) between 8am and 1pm if any staff wish to drop in to discuss our response to Covid-19. Jonathan O'Brien Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Operations Inpatient flowcharts updated! We have produced an updated NSCHT Coivd-19 Flowchart Plan, which aims to describe the Trust's high-level approach to managing the process and escalation of dealing with a suspected symptomatic patient within Harplands in-patient facilities. Further guidance and detailed instructions will continue to be provided as required and cascaded through normal trust channels. This plan will be updated or superseded as national guidance for mental health settings is provided and/or amended. NEW - Covid-19 flowcharts for Community, Home Treatment, Outreach and Intensive Support Teams We have produced Covid-19 Flowcharts for Home Treatment, Outreach and Intensive Support Teams (Community). This is available at http://cat.combined.nhs.uk/covid-19-key-documents/ or by clicking on the button below. Further guidance and detailed instructions will continue to be provided as required and cascaded through normal trust channels. This plan will be updated or superseded as national guidance for mental health settings is provided and/or amended. Important communication for Nursing and Midwifery staff This is an important letter for nurses to receive in preparation for COVID-19 and how their professional regulator will support them to work flexibly with best endeavours in the face of trying to mitigate the impact of the pandemic. Kenny Laing Executive Director of Nursing and Quality Spread the message, not the virus! Our Infection Prevention and Control team are asking everyone to help spread the core IPC message by adding the image below to the bottom of all our e-mail signatures. Simply right-click to save the picture below to your hard drive, then edit your e-mail signature and add the picture at the end. Key contacts if you have a question or urgent information about Coronavirus If you have an urgent question about Coronavirus or need to alert the Infection Prevention and Control Team, here are the key contacts
We have also created a dedicated e-mail address where you can ask any question you may have about Coronavirus and it will be seen and addressed by my Deputy, Liz Mellor. This is covid.questions@combined.nhs.uk If there is a question asked at this e-mail address that we feel others may benefit from seeing answered, we will include it in future editions of this Newsletter. |