Health and social care professionals: coronavirus

Guidance and services

• COVID-19 workforce risk assessment tool
  Check if you are at higher risk of more serious symptoms if you come into contact with COVID-19.
• COVID-19 workforce risk assessment tool: guidance
  COVID-19 workforce risk assessment tool guidance for managers and staff.
• Returning health professionals and scientists
  How health professionals and scientists can return to the NHS to help during the coronavirus pandemic.
• Register to rejoin the NHS
  Complete a form to tell us your skills and register to rejoin the NHS and help with coronavirus.
• COVID-19: NHS Wales indemnity
  Explains indemnity cover for NHS staff during the coronavirus pandemic.
• Help the NHS in a temporary role during the coronavirus pandemic
  Browse and register for roles in NHS community, primary and secondary care.
• Support for student allied health professionals during the COVID-19 epidemic
  Introduces temporary registration and increased clinical work for student allied health professionals.
• Overseas trained nurses: join the temporary register
  What you need to know about joining the NMC COVID-19 temporary register.
• NHS Wales COVID-19 Operating Framework: quarter 1 2020 to 2021
  Operating framework to help the NHS deliver essential health services during COVID-19.
• Essential health services during COVID-19
  Summary of health services deemed essential during the coronavirus pandemic.
• NHS Wales COVID-19 Operating Framework: quarter 2 2020 to 2021
  Operating framework to help the NHS deliver essential health services during COVID-19.
• COVID-19: guidance for student nurses
  Guidance for student nurses and midwives during COVID-19
• Verifying death in times of emergency: coronavirus (COVID-19)
  Guidance for verifying death outside of hospitals during the coronavirus emergency period.
• COVID-19 statutory sick pay enhancement scheme
  Support for care workers who are required to stay off work due to actual or suspected COVID-19 or because they have to self-isolate.

Policy and background Includes strategy, reports, projects and assessments.

• Support for healthcare science professionals during the COVID-19 epidemic: joint 4 nation statement
  Policy and strategy
  Thanks healthcare science professionals and mentions working outside the usual scope of practice.
• Support for allied health professionals and support workers during the COVID-19 epidemic
  Policy and strategy
  Thanks health workers and mentions working outside the usual scope of practice during the COVID-19 epidemic.
• COVID-19 Moral and Ethical Advisory Group Wales: 4 June 2020
  Meeting
  COVID-19 Moral and Ethical Guidance for Wales Advisory Group (CMEAG-Wales)
  Minutes for the COVID-19 Moral and Ethical Advisory Group Wales meeting held on 4 June 2020.
• COVID-19 Moral and Ethical Advisory Group Wales: 14 May 2020
  Meeting
  COVID-19 Moral and Ethical Guidance for Wales Advisory Group (CMEAG-Wales)
  Minutes for the COVID-19 Moral and Ethical Advisory Group Wales meeting held on 14 May 2020.
• COVID-19 workforce risk assessment tool: social care poster
  Promotional material
  Poster to explain the risk assessment tool to keep our social care workforce safe.
• COVID-19 Moral and Ethical Advisory Group Wales: 21 May 2020
  Meeting
  COVID-19 Moral and Ethical Guidance for Wales Advisory Group (CMEAG-Wales)
  Minutes for the COVID-19 Moral and Ethical Advisory Group Wales meeting held on 21 May 2020.
• COVID-19 workforce risk assessment tool: health care poster
  Promotional material
  Poster to explain the risk assessment tool to keep our health care workforce safe.
• Directions to Local Health Boards as to the Statement of Financial Entitlements (COVID-19 Suspension of Enhanced Services) (Amendment) Directions 2020
  Legislation
  Directions to local health boards on amendments to the general medical services contract.
• Directions to Local Health Boards as to the Statement of Financial Entitlements (Amendment) (No. 2) Directions 2020
  Legislation
  Directions to local health boards on amendments to the general medical services contract.
• COVID-19 Moral and Ethical Advisory Group Wales minutes: 30 April 2020
  Meeting
  COVID-19 Moral and Ethical Guidance for Wales Advisory Group (CMEAG-Wales)
  Minutes for the COVID-19 Moral and Ethical Advisory Group Wales meeting held on 30 April 2020.
• COVID-19 Moral and Ethical Advisory Group Wales agenda and minutes: 23 April 2020
  Meeting
  COVID-19 Moral and Ethical Guidance for Wales Advisory Group (CMEAG-Wales)
  Agenda and minutes for the COVID-19 Moral and Ethical Advisory Group Wales meeting held on 23 April 2020.
• COVID-19 Moral and Ethical Advisory Group Wales: 30 July 2020
  Meeting
  COVID-19 Moral and Ethical Guidance for Wales Advisory Group (CMEAG-Wales)
  Minutes for the COVID-19 Moral and Ethical Advisory Group Wales meeting held on 30 July 2020.
• COVID-19 Moral and Ethical Advisory Group Wales: 13 August 2020
  Meeting
  COVID-19 Moral and Ethical Guidance for Wales Advisory Group (CMEAG-Wales)
  Minutes for the COVID-19 Moral and Ethical Advisory Group Wales meeting held on 13 August 2020.
• COVID-19 Moral and Ethical Advisory Group Wales: 10 September 2020
  Meeting
  COVID-19 Moral and Ethical Guidance for Wales Advisory Group (CMEAG-Wales)
  Minutes for the COVID-19 Moral and Ethical Advisory Group Wales meeting held on 10 September 2020.
• COVID-19 Moral and Ethical Advisory Group Wales: 9 July 2020
  Meeting
  COVID-19 Moral and Ethical Guidance for Wales Advisory Group (CMEAG-Wales)
  Minutes for the COVID-19 Moral and Ethical Advisory Group Wales meeting held on 9 July 2020.
• Statutory sick pay enhancement scheme: integrated impact assessment
  Impact assessment
  We have assessed how the Statutory sick pay enhancement scheme will impact on a number of areas.
• COVID-19 Moral and Ethical Advisory Group Wales: 8 October 2020
  Meeting
  COVID-19 Moral and Ethical Guidance for Wales Advisory Group (CMEAG-Wales)
  Minutes of the COVID-19 Moral and Ethical Advisory Group Wales meeting held on 8 October 2020.
• COVID-19 Moral and Ethical Advisory Group Wales: 24 September 2020
  Meeting
  COVID-19 Moral and Ethical Guidance for Wales Advisory Group (CMEAG-Wales)
  Minutes of the COVID-19 Moral and Ethical Advisory Group Wales meeting held on 29 September 2020.
• Assessing health and social care staff risk to COVID-19: guidance for managers
  Promotional material
  How managers can help protect their staff by using the COVID-19 Workforce Risk Assessment Tool
• COVID-19 Moral and Ethical Advisory Group Wales: 25 June 2020
  Meeting
  COVID-19 Moral and Ethical Guidance for Wales Advisory Group (CMEAG-Wales)
  Minutes for the COVID-19 Moral and Ethical Advisory Group Wales meeting held on 25 June 2020.