Content from The Essex Map At The Essex Alliance, we’re passionate about helping our members to do what they do best. That’s why we created The Essex Map – to help charities, social enterprises, and community groups to promote their work for free. With the changing climate that Coronavirus is bringing, we’re upping our efforts … Continue reading The Essex Map offers signposting to activities and support for those self-isolating
Routine CQC Inspections Put On Hold
Content from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) CQC stop routine inspections to focus on supporting providers to deliver safe care during COVID-19 pandemic We've now stopped our routine inspections. During the COVID-19 pandemic, our primary objective is to support providers to keep people safe during a period of unprecedented pressure on the health and care … Continue reading Routine CQC Inspections Put On Hold
Duncan Selbie’s Friday message – 13 March 2020
Content from Public Health Matters blog COVID-19 Critical in our response to the COVID-19 outbreak is not only what we do, but when we do it. Taking the right combination of steps at the right time based on scientific evidence is important for many reasons, most notably in ensuring that they have as positive an … Continue reading Duncan Selbie’s Friday message – 13 March 2020
CQC responds to the outbreak of coronavirus
Content from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) We've written to all registered providers in England setting out how we're responding to coronavirus and how we plan to approach future decisions as the situation develops. At this challenging time we've established three key principles that we'll use to make sure services continue to be safe, whilst limiting … Continue reading CQC responds to the outbreak of coronavirus
Duncan Selbie’s Friday message – 6 March 2020
Content from Public Health Matters blog COVID-19 We are saddened to hear about the first death linked to coronavirus in the UK, and our thoughts and sympathies are with their family and friends at this difficult time. The numbers of positive COVID-19 cases in England continue to rise and, as explained in the UK coronavirus action … Continue reading Duncan Selbie’s Friday message – 6 March 2020
Coronavirus (COVID-19): What is social distancing?
Content from Public Health Matters Blog The COVID-19 outbreak is a rapidly evolving situation and information and guidance is therefore updated frequently. This blog was last updated on 4 March 2020 and the information below has since been superseded. Please visit nhs.uk/coronavirus for the latest health advice or gov.uk/coronavirus for all other information. Coronaviruses can be spread when people … Continue reading Coronavirus (COVID-19): What is social distancing?
Coronavirus (COVID-19) – 5 things you can do to protect yourself and your community
Content from Public Health Matters Blog The COVID-19 outbreak is a rapidly evolving situation and information and guidance is therefore updated frequently. This blog was last updated on 13 March 2020 and the information below has since been superseded. Please visit nhs.uk/coronavirus for the latest health advice or gov.uk/coronavirus for all other information. In recent weeks cases of coronavirus … Continue reading Coronavirus (COVID-19) – 5 things you can do to protect yourself and your community
Duncan Selbie’s Friday message – 28 February 2020
Content from Public Health Matters blog COVID-19 An essential part of managing any outbreak of infection is to ensure that the public is confident in our science and that we communicate clearly how that science underpins the actions that we take to control the spread of disease. This is especially so with Covid-19 as new viruses … Continue reading Duncan Selbie’s Friday message – 28 February 2020
Coronavirus: update 24th February 2020
The latest update to the Public Health Matters Blog includes the signs and symptoms of coronavirus, travel advice, information about how the virus is spread, and advice on how to reduce your risk of catching coronavirus.
Duncan Selbie’s Friday message – 21 February 2020
This week's blog includes updates on the coronavirus, smoking and mental health, the increase in confirmed cases of mumps in 2019, year of the nurse and midwife, and Start4Life.
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