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.
• Join the COVID-19 vaccination team
  Find out more about joining the COVID-19 vaccination programme.
• 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.
• Essential health services during COVID-19
  Summary of health services deemed essential during the coronavirus pandemic.
• 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.
• National Protocol for Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
  Authorisation protocol for non-registered professionals to immunise people with the COVID 19 vaccine.
• 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.
• Health and wellbeing support for NHS health boards and trusts workforce (WHC/2020/019)
  How health boards and trusts are expected to support the health and wellbeing of their staff during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Pro forma referrals form
  What you need to do to have a topic discussed by the group.
• NHS and social care financial recognition scheme: guidance for primary care workers
  Information on who is eligible for the payments and how these will be made.

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

• Supporting the healthcare science workforce throughout the second COVID-19 wave: December 2020
  Policy and strategy
  Letter from the four countries Chief Healthcare Science Officers regarding the second wave of Coronavirus (COVID-19).
• Support for allied health professionals and support workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: December 2020
  Policy and strategy
  Thanks health workers and mentions working outside the usual scope of practice during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• 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.
• 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: 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.
• COVID-19 Moral and Ethical Advisory Group Wales: 10 December 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 10 December 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: 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: 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: 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: 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.
• 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: 5 November 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 5 November 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.
• Assessing health and social care staff risk to COVID-19: leaflet 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: 3 December 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 3 December 2020.
• COVID-19 Moral and Ethical Advisory Group Wales: 15 January 2021
  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 15 January 2020