Following the Government’s update, and in line with the consensus of Government, professional and regulatory advice, evidence and opinion, clinical treatment should continue to be delivered on a ‘virtual first’ basis, with face to face assessment and/or treatment available under exigent circumstances while the country remains on Alert Level 3.
Covid-19 is still present, and still life threatening to both patients and therapists. As such, the clinical need for face to face consultation must outweigh the significant risk to both.
Face to face appointments should only be offered in line with the Covid-19 F2F Referral Pathways and must only be delivered in accordance with this Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), in order to reduce the risk of infection to patients and to colleagues.
Read our full Standard Operating Procedure here.
Covid-19 Return to Face to Face Site Risk Assessment download here.
High Risk – Clinically Extremely Vulnerable – NB: Should have received a letter from the NHS
- have had an organ transplant
- are having chemotherapy or antibody treatment for cancer, including immunotherapy
- are having an intense course of radiotherapy (radical radiotherapy) for lung cancer
- are having targeted cancer treatments that can affect the immune system (such as protein kinase inhibitors or PARP inhibitors)
- have blood or bone marrow cancer (such as leukaemia, lymphoma or myeloma)
- have had a bone marrow or stem cell transplant in the past 6 months, or are still taking immunosuppressant medicine
- have been told by a doctor they you have a severe lung condition (such as cystic fibrosis, severe asthma or severe COPD)
- have a condition that means they have a very high risk of getting infections (such as SCID or sickle cell)
- are taking medicine that makes them much more likely to get infections (such as high doses of steroids)
have a serious heart condition and are pregnant
Moderate Risk – Clinically Vulnerable – NB: Will not have received a letter from the NHS
- are 70 or older
- are pregnant
- have a lung condition that’s not severe (such as asthma, COPD, emphysema or bronchitis)
- have heart disease (such as heart failure)
- have diabetes
- have chronic kidney disease
- have liver disease (such as hepatitis)
- have a condition affecting the brain or nerves (such as Parkinson’s disease, motor neurone disease, multiple sclerosis or cerebral palsy)
- have a condition that means they have a high risk of getting infections
- are taking medicine that can affect the immune system (such as low doses of steroids)
- are very obese (a BMI of 40 or above)
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