LINKS – PATIENT INFO CORONAVIRUS
Domestic abuse useful information:
NATIONAL 24 HOUR HELPLINE – 0808 2000 247
MEN’S ADVICE LINE – 0808 8010327
RESPECT – 0808 802 4040
GALOP – 0800 999 5428
https://irisi.org/iris/find-your-local-iris-site/
https://www.womensaid.org.uk/covid-19-coronavirus-safety-advice-for-survivors/
General NHS advice
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
Most patients will be staying at home and social distancing, but for the extremely vulnerable patients you should be self isolating at home and will receive a letter from the NHS.
People falling into this extremely vulnerable group include:
- Solid organ transplant recipients.
- People with specific cancers:
- people with cancer who are undergoing active chemotherapy or radical radiotherapy for lung cancer
- people with cancers of the blood or bone marrow such as leukaemia, lymphoma or myeloma who are at any stage of treatment
- people having immunotherapy or other continuing antibody treatments for cancer
- people having other targeted cancer treatments which can affect the immune system, such as protein kinase inhibitors or PARP inhibitors
- people who have had bone marrow or stem cell transplants in the last 6 months, or who are still taking immunosuppression drugs
- People with severe respiratory conditions including all cystic fibrosis, severe asthma and severe COPD.
- People with rare diseases and inborn errors of metabolism that significantly increase the risk of infections (such as SCID, homozygous sickle cell).
- People on immunosuppression therapies sufficient to significantly increase risk of infection.
- Women who are pregnant with significant heart disease, congenital or acquired.
please read the information on the following link:
Easy Read version: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/875126/Easy_read_guidance_on_shielding_March_2020.pdf
Other information
Pituitary/ adrenal insufficiency (including steroid sick day rules)
Underlying lung disease (British Lung Foundation)
https://www.blf.org.uk/support-for-you/coronavirus
People with Asthma
https://www.asthma.org.uk/advice/triggers/coronavirus-covid-19/
People with Diabetes
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.diabetes.org.uk/about_us/news/coronavirus%3famp .
People affected by Stroke
https://www.stroke.org.uk/news/coronavirus-information-people-affected-stroke
Pregnant women
Children/young people T1 diabetes
https://jdrf.org.uk/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-people-living-with-type-1-diabetes/
People with Heart/circulatory disease
https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/heart-matters-magazine/news/coronavirus-and-your-health
Older people
https://www.ageuk.org.uk/information-advice/health-wellbeing/conditions-illnesses/coronavirus/#
Young people with anxiety
https://youngminds.org.uk/blog/what-to-do-if-you-re-anxious-about-coronavirus/
Adults with anxiety
https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/coronavirus-and-your-wellbeing/
People with Rheumatoid Arthritis
https://www.nras.org.uk/news/coronavirus-what-we-know-so-far
People with cancer
https://breastcancernow.org/about-us/media/statements/advice-coronavirus-people-cancer
People with inflammatory bowel disease
https://www.crohnsandcolitis.org.uk/news/updated-wuhan-novel-coronavirus-advice
We have also compiled a list of organisations that can offer support and guidance during the coronavirus pandemic: