Archived - COVID-19: information for health and care professionals (no longer being updated)

Links checked 2nd July 2022.

On this page, evidence summaries, guidelines and government and related information for practitioners.

See also the epidemiology and genetics and current awareness pages.  There is a page of journal and database publishers making content available free (although I suspect this is out of date).

REACT
Findings from the Real-time Assessment of Community Transmission study

Read by QxMD - Breaking research on the COVID-19 Pandemic

A collection of articles (you may need a subscription to read the full articles, but your Library may be set up with QxMD to allow access - ask your Librarian).

Resources from Royal Colleges (list maintained by HEE)

Clinical Trials

The WHO ICTRP indexes trials from a number of sources, including the US and EU registries.  From the launch page you can download lists of COVID-19 trials.   There is also a link to the search portal.   Clinicaltrials.gov is listing at least some COVID-19 related trials including studies from the WHO. There is a separate Clinicaltrials.gov page (linked from this one) about trials related to SARS-CoV-2.

NCBI SARS-CoV resources includes clinical trials

UK government information

New and Emerging Respiratory Viruses Threats Advisory Group (NERVTAG).  

Coronavirus (COVID-19): UK government page

MHRA Coronavirus pages (information about clinical trials of treatments and vaccines)

Infectious diseases: UK government, including policy, news, statistics, forms, research and guidance

Coronavirus data  - numbers of cases and deaths

House of Lords Science and Technology Committee: the Science of COVID-19

Other UK information

King's Fund - leadership support and analysis on COVID-19

NHS England coronavirus information for clinicians and NHS managers

Nursing and Midwifery Council : Coronavirus information and advice

NICE - all NICE guidelines, including rapid guidelines, and advice on COVID-19.

UK Health Security Agency have a comprehensive list of resources, Finding the Evidence: Coronavirus, including many of interest to health professionals (some resources may not be available to University of Leicester members, who are welcome to contact their library to check. NHS staff should contact their own library to check). 

SAGE

Independent SAGE

If you are in practice or placement in the NHS, or have placement students in your care, please look for advice from your Trust.

Elearning

BMJ Learning -  learning related to COVID-19 and wellbeing. Some is free to access, some not.

COVID-19 Critical Care (University of Edinburgh / Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh - limited access unless you pay)

eLfH Coronavirus (for use in UK.   Available outside UK as eIntegrity Coronavirus e-Learning Programme 

eLearning resources (HEE)

Evidence based summaries

BMJ Best Practice - coronavirus  - material on coronavirus and some comorbidities.  Some material is free, other material requires NHS access or a subscription.

DynaMed - coronavirus (a subscription may be needed)

Evidence Aid - Coronavirus - summaries of research, in English and other languages

UpToDate (a subscription may be needed)

Other information for health and care professionals

Contact your library if you need something related to a particular specialty not listed here.

Lots of publishers are (or were) making journal content available for free and these are listed on a separate page.   

Ambulance services and prehospital care (Library and Knowledge Services for NHS Ambulance Services in England)

American Academy of Pediatrics - Critical updates and resources for paediatricians

American Association for the Advancement of Science - News, research news, and links to material from other organisations.   

American Psychiatric Association COVID-19 Hub

American Society of Clinical Oncology Coronavirus resources

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Healthcare workers - Information on COVID-19

COVID-19 END (Evidence Network to support decision making, McMaster University)

Department of Health and Social Care (UK)  - advice for health professionals.  

Elsevier COVID-19 Information Hub - materials from Elsevier sources including Clinical Key

Evidence Aid Coronavirus Information Portal - systematic reviews, guidelines, journal and publisher resources, and information in languages other than English.

Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News includes information on drug treatments in development.

Information from the The Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine, Intensive Care Society, Association of Anaesthetists and Royal College of Anaesthetists 

International Confederation of Midwives COVID-19 resources

Office for Health Improvement and Disparities: Wider Impact of COVID-19 on Health (WICH) Monitoring Toolublic Health England Wider impacts of COVID-19 on health monitoring tool (WICH)

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, coronavirus (COVID-19), pregnancy and women's health

Royal College of Physicians (of London) Ethical dimensions of COVID-19 for frontline staff.

Relief Central - collection from Unbound Medicine, containing guidelines and information for the public. Information from the WHO and CDC and other sources.

Social Care Institute for Excellence, Coronavirus (COVID-19) advice for social care. Advice for councils and other organisations providing social or residential care, or supported living.

World Health Organization - Country and technical guidance ; Global Research on Coronavirus (COVID-19) (scientific literature database)


I have posts covering other aspects of COVID-19. Links are on the page here.