COVID-19 Update 10Medical and Nursing UpdateToday I have key messages and attachments from our Medical Director, Dr Adeyemo, and our Director of Nursing and Quality, Kenny Laing.
Jonathan O'Brien - Director of Operations and Deputy Chief Executive Supporting our junior doctors During these unprecedented times, the industry, dedication and professionalism of our junior doctor trainees and staff grade colleagues has never been more important and our Medical Director, Dr Buki Adeyemo and Executive Director of Nursing and Quality, Kenny Laing, have extended our grateful thanks to them all. We are mindful that the national and local picture is rapidly evolving so that prompt, accurate and useful update guidance is essential in ensuring that we safeguard our service users, our colleagues, ourselves and our families. While recognising that guidance will be likely to change in response to developments, we have confirmed the current standards and practice requirements relating to on call duties, covid-19 specific patient care and managing their own health. Full details are now available on CAT. Clinical Professional Advisory Group The Clinical Professional Advisory Group (CPAG) forms part of the Trust’s Emergency Preparedness Resilience and Response (EPRR) to the COVID-19 pandemic and is the senior Clinical and Professional Advisory Group for the Trust in relation to COVID-19. The CPAG will provide advice and respond to requests for advice from the Trust Incident Management Group. The purpose of the CPAG is to offer expert clinical and professional advice to the Incident Management Group to inform decision making relating to COVID-19 Emergency Planning and Business Continuity. This advice will seek to use and disseminate the emerging evidence base for the management of COVID-19 in mental health and learning disability settings and to consider ethical decision making in the clinical care of our patients. CPAG will be chaired by Dr. Buki Adeyemo (Medical Director and Deputy Chief Executive) with representative clinical membership from all Directorates and core professional groups The CPAG will support the Trust’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic by:
Practice Education As a Keele University Teaching Trust, we also set great store by our strong reputation for delivering the very best Practice Education. We have also produced guidance and advice in relation to our Student Nurses, AHP students and Trainee Nursing Associates. This can also be found on CAT. Our Student Nurses will be given the option to work as a HCSW, possibly via the bank. The Practice Education Team and HR are currently reviewing how this could be expedited quickly. The new Trainee Nursing Associates uptake for March 2020 cohort has been postponed until September 2020. All other TNA cohorts from Staffordshire University are continuing with their studies and have allocated study days and have been asked to return to their hub placement (unless otherwise agreed). The Practice Education Team would like to thank all placement support teams for their ongoing commitment to students and trainees. The Practice Education Team can be contacted on: 07711189190 Maintaining the Ward Community Finally, I thought you might find the following advice from the Royal College of Psychiatrists interesting, regarding 'keeping the inpatient community together'. The guidance is in direct response to the Covid situation and acknowledges the need to ensure social distance but also ensure that we minimise boredom. Every ward is a community of people – staff and patients. As much as possible, this community should work together to best ensure the safety of everyone. But we cannot expect “business as usual” at this time. Each ward will have to find a way to focus on physical safety and infection control as the main priority. Key to managing this will be ward cohesion, communication and adapting as a community within local services
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