Covid-19 Knowledge Summary - 8 January 2021

Published Date: 08th January 2021

The latest issue of the Covid-19 Knowledge Summary, www.knowledge-nw.nhs.uk/media/news/2021%20Documents/08Jan.pdf, is now available.

It features some of the latest guidance and reports to be published:
 

• Department of Health and Social Care:
  • Prioritising the first COVID-19 vaccine dose: JCVI statement
  • Priority groups for coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination: advice from the JCVI, 30 December 2020 (Updated 6th January)
• National Institute for Health research: Informal dementia carers had to make difficult decisions about paid care during COVID-19
• NHS England: Operational guidance: vaccination of frontline health and social care workers
• The Physiological Society: A National Covid-19 Resilience Programme: Improving the health and wellbeing of older people during the pandemic
• The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence: Shared Learning - Impact of COVID-19 on Carers: Caring for Carers - Can we be of help?
• NHS Confederation: BME Leadership Network: Perspectives from the front line - The disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on BME communities

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