Aims of guide

Aid management of patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19

Aid management of febrile children with suspected or confirmed COVID-19

Aid access to sats probes

Provide referral criteria to NCL COVID-19 support service

Flow chart

GP triages patient remotely including video call and o2 sats

GP needs management advice or F2F assessment that cannot safely be done by practice

GP refers to NCL Covid service (complete EMIS form and email to NCL Covid support service)

NCL Covid clinician contacts referring GP within 2 hours

NCL Covid clinician calls patient to retriage

NCL Covid clinician can book home visit or refer to hospital

NCL Covid-19 Service - what they can do

Provides advice on management of Covid-19 patients at any stage

Can do home visits if

Patient has already had remote assessment along with sats probe

<Day 21 of illness

After you do the EMIS referral and this is emailed, a response is usually within 1 hour.

Do NOT advise patients they will be seen by default.