Health and social care professionals: coronavirus

Guidance and services

• 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.
• Free bus and rail travel for NHS staff
  Show your NHS staff pass and travel for free on trains and most buses.
• Health, care and volunteer workers parking pass and concessions
  Guidance and terms of use for the parking pass and concessions for COVID-19 health, care and volunteer workers.
• Coronavirus: increasing the adult critical care nursing workforce
  How to assist critical care staff in surge response to coronavirus.
• Support for student allied health professionals during the COVID-19 epidemic
  Introduces temporary registration and increased clinical work for student allied health professionals.
• COVID-19: guidance for student nurses
  Guidance for student nurses and midwives during COVID-19
• 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.
• Verifying death in times of emergency: coronavirus (COVID-19)
  Guidance for verifying death outside of hospitals during the coronavirus emergency period.
• COVID-19 workforce risk assessment tool
  NHS and social care workers check if you are at higher risk of more serious symptoms if you come into contact with COVID-19.

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 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 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.