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COVID-19 Knowledge Hub

Vaccine resources

  • Vaccines to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection (UpToDate)
  • COVID-19: Vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT) (UpToDate)
  • COVID-19: the green book, chapter 14a - Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination information for public health professionals. (Public Health England)
  • COVID-19 rapid guideline: vaccine-induced immune thrombocytopenia and thrombosis (VITT). (NICE Guideline NG200; 29 July 2021)
  • UK COVID-19 vaccines delivery
    plan
    (11th Jan 2021. Dept of Health & Social Care)
  • The COVID-19 Vaccine Communication Handbook
  • One dose of COVID-19 vaccine can cut household transmission by up to half (PHE, May 2021)
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Evidence searches

The librarians can undertake COVID-19 evidence / literature searches for East Cheshire NHS Trust staff. Complete the online form to let us know the details, or send us an email.
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Evidence Updates

Special Covid editions of our bulletins and updates are available.
Read Updates
Long COVID special

Evidence Reviews

This Guide to Covid-19 Rapid Review Collections has been created by the UKHSA Knowledge and Library Services team. It is a reference guide to organisations who produce rapid reviews or evidence summaries on COVID-19 topics. Its purpose is to enable the quick discovery of evidence to answer research questions.

Capturing learning from COVID-19

Lots of changes have been made to ways of working in a very short space of time. We now need to evaluate and reflect on these changes to see what is worth keeping and what needs to stop in order to build the best 'new normal'. Various resources, tools and templates are available to help.
  • After Action Review
  • Capturing the impact of new ways of working for Allied Health Professionals arising from the COVID-19 response (Suzanne Rastrick)
  • Capturing Learning from Your Organisations COVID-19 Response (AQuA)
  • ​COVID-19: Why and how organisations can learn now to shape the future
  • Learning from COVID-19: A tool for capturing insights now to shape the future
  • Understanding crisis-response measures
UpToDate COVID-19 resources
Paediatric COVID-19 resources
Oxford COVID-19 Evidence Service

Long COVID

  • ​Long-Covid Research Alert (published each Wednesday buy the UK Health Security Agency)
  • Long COVID: the NHS plan for 2021/22 (June 2021)
  • Managing the long-term effects of COVID-19. NICE guideline [NG188]
  • Physiotherapy guides for Long Covid rehabilitation
  • 6-month consequences of COVID-19 in patients discharged from hospital: a cohort study (Lancet; Jan 2021)
  • Management of post-acute covid-19 in primary care (BMJ article; August 2020)
  • Covid-19: Impact of long term symptoms will be profound, warns BMA (BMJ article; August 2020)
  • COVID-19 complications (BMJ Best Practice)
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19): evidence relevant to clinical rehabilitation (Cochrane Special Collection)
  • Your Covid Recovery (NHS website for patients)
  • Recovering from COVID-19: Post viral-fatigue and conserving energy (Royal College of Occupational Therapists)
  • Long Covid (Covid Symptom Study)
  • Coronavirus: why are some people experiencing long-term fatigue? (Kings College London)
Useful Twitter feeds:
  • ​https://twitter.com/sivanmanoj
  • https://twitter.com/SteveHalpin9
  • Trisha Greenhalgh

Evidence

  • NICE Evidence​
  • Oxford COVID-19 Evidence Service (Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine)
  • Coronavirus: Finding the evidence (Public Health England Library)​
  • Paediatric evidence summaries (Don't Forget The Bubbles)
  • Overview of WN-CoV (BMJ Best Practice)
  • ​Global research on coronavirus disease COVID-19 (WHO)
  • Cochrane special collection: Coronavirus (COVID-19): infection control and prevention measures
  • Cochrane special collection: Coronavirus (COVID-19): evidence relevant to critical care
  • Cochrane Special Collection: Coronavirus (COVID-19): regional anaesthesia to reduce drug use in anaesthesia and avoid aerosol generation
  • ​​PubMed search strategy
  • ClinicalTrials.gov​
  • Living systematic map of the evidence​

NHS staff resources

  • MHRA has approved Evusheld for PRE-exposure prophylaxis
  • NICE Guideline: Managing Covid-19
  • Health at a Glance 2021: OECD Indicators - Highlights for the United Kingdom (OECD, Nov 2021)
  • COVID-19 in children and the role of school settings in transmission (ECDC, Dec 2020)
  • COVID-19: Frailty scores and outcomes in older people (BGS, 2021)
  • NICE Covid-19 specialty guides
  • ​ZOE: COVID-19 Symptom Study (UK) - includes current infections for each local authority area.
  • Gov.uk  - information on COVID-19, including assessment and management of suspected UK cases​  ::  Track coronavirus cases dashboard
  • NHS England: COVID-19
  • COVID-19: Understanding the impact on BAME communities
  • Coronavirus guidance for health professionals (Public Health England)
  • Health Education England Coronavirus overview
  • PPE guidance for NHS teams (Public Health England)
  • PPE for preventing highly infectious diseases due to exposure to contaminated body fluids in healthcare staff (Cochrane systematic review)
  • COVID-19: infection prevention and control (includes PPE guidance)
  • COVID-19: guidance for primary care
  • Guidance for clinical diagnostic laboratories
  • BMA information
  • RCOG: infection and pregnancy
  • British Pain Society: COVID-19 resources
  • ​Coronavirus (COVID-19) advice for social care (SCIE)
  • Coronavirus e-learning (Health Education England eLfH)
  • COVID-19 clinical resource for nurses on the temporary register (RCN)
  • Resources from the Royal Colleges and other professional bodies on COVID-19
  • COVID-19 e-learning resources for NHS staff
  • COVID-19 guidance for NHS workforce leaders (NHS Employers)
  • ​Nursing Standard COVID-19 Resources

NHS staff wellbeing resources

  • Cheshire and Merseyside Resilience Hub - Tough day? Help is at hand. The Cheshire and Merseyside Resilience Hub is here to ensure all NHS staff in the region have access to the right support, information and confidential psychological interventions they need during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Uplifting resources for the NHS from the NHS
  • COVID-19 resilience hub (MindEd & Health Education England)
  • A guide to local and national mental health resources (Staff Library)
  • Free wellbeing apps and telephone support line (NHS)
  • Support services for NHS staff - includes support to improve mental wellbeing, physical wellbeing, financial wellbeing and support for carers or people suffering from domestic abuse (NHS Employers)
  • ​NHS staff offers (NHS England)
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19): support for wellbeing in the healthcare workforce (Cochrane)

General COVID-19 information

  • Your COVID recovery (NHS)
  • Coronavirus COVID-19 (NHS)
  • Coronavirus resources (NHS)
  • ​​Gov.uk - information for the general public
  • Covid Recovery Commission (UK)
  • Coronavirus: the science explained (UK Research & Innovation)
  • World Health Organization: Novel Coronavirus 2019
  • COVID-19 risk assessment methodology to inform international travel traffic light system
  • Epidemic theory
  • Blog post charting the virus - news; epidemiology and genetics; travel advice; and clinical information / research
  • Novel Coronavirus: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
  • Coronavirus: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USA)
  • Coronavirus resources - multinational, multilingual resources (EvidenceAid)
  • Health Map - visual worldwide map of contagious diseases, including 2019-nCoV
  • Coronavirus COVID-19 map of global cases (John Hopkins University)
  • COVID-19 situation map (World Health Organization)
  • Worldometer: Coronavirus
  • Disease briefing: Coronaviruses (Clarivate Analytics, March 2020)
  • Coronavirus misinformation tracker (USA)
  • Full Fact: Coronavirus fact checker (UK)
  • EPI-WIN (WHO) - the WHO Information Network for Epidemics that provides tailored information to different audiences during a public health event
  • Coronavirus facts game

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