Katharine Tylko 60 Posted 1 April, 2020 HOW SAFE ARE OUR GP PRACTICES during covid-19? For the health care professionals, their patients, and families of patients? I'm a 65-yr old diabetic needing routine B12 injections. My GP tells me to turn up as normal so I don't develop neurological problems. I don't think anyone in the practice has been tested for covid-19. I'm refusing to turn up since I suspect the GP practice to be a covid-19 hot-spot. I don't want to transmit this virus to my frail, elderly asthmatic husband who's undergone cancer treatment and a lot of surgery. I've persuaded the GP to give me a precription for oral B12. Have I done the right thing? How can I help GPs and patients in far worse dilemmas than mine? 1 reactions so far HelenH 121 Posted 1 April, 2020 Think I’d do the same! Need a clinician’s input here @Claire Cox what do you think? 0 reactions so far Claire Cox 190 Posted 1 April, 2020 Sadly, I am not a GP.... I have tweeted this post out in the hope of getting some responses back. I think there is a real urgency for guidance and reassurance to patients about when and who to call for help from at this time. We are also seeing a reduction in the amount of people attending ED...where are the 'usual' sick patients, the GI bleeds, the strokes.....I do hope they are not dying at home. 1 reactions so far Katharine Tylko 60 Posted 1 April, 2020 Thanks very much for your comments. It's hard to balance conflicting serious risks where information is missing. Maybe patients could have the option of learning on-line to do their own routine injections and so protect health-care professionals and the general public? Or maybe army medics could support the district nurses who are needed to care for the seriously ill housebound? Above all we need covid-19 testing for ALL health-care workers to reassure patients that GP practices are safe. 0 reactions so far Katharine Tylko 60 Posted 5 April, 2020 A small update on routine GP-surgery blood tests and injections during COVID-19. Some very good local news from Bath and Swindon. My local GP services are soon to organise 'hot' and 'cold' GP practices. This means that the risk to presumably covid-19-free patients of picking up the virus and spreading it to their household will be much reduced. So for example, I can have my routine B12 jab without a high risk of picking up the virus that's killing people locally and spreading it to a vulnerable asthmatic recovering from cancer. Well done our local NHS! 0 reactions so far Create an account or sign in to comment You need to be a member in order to leave a comment Create an account Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy! Register a new account Sign in Already have an account? Sign in here. Sign In Now Share Followers 3 Go to topic listing Related hub content Current state of diagnostic safety: Implications for research, practice and policy (January 2024) Latest comment by Patient-Safety-Learning Robust collaborative practice must become the bedrock of modern healthcare Latest comment by Patient Safety Learning Sixth Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety: Bringing and sustaining changes in patient safety policies and practice Latest comment by Patient-Safety-Learning
HelenH 121 Posted 1 April, 2020 Think I’d do the same! Need a clinician’s input here @Claire Cox what do you think? 0 reactions so far Claire Cox 190 Posted 1 April, 2020 Sadly, I am not a GP.... I have tweeted this post out in the hope of getting some responses back. I think there is a real urgency for guidance and reassurance to patients about when and who to call for help from at this time. We are also seeing a reduction in the amount of people attending ED...where are the 'usual' sick patients, the GI bleeds, the strokes.....I do hope they are not dying at home. 1 reactions so far Katharine Tylko 60 Posted 1 April, 2020 Thanks very much for your comments. It's hard to balance conflicting serious risks where information is missing. Maybe patients could have the option of learning on-line to do their own routine injections and so protect health-care professionals and the general public? Or maybe army medics could support the district nurses who are needed to care for the seriously ill housebound? Above all we need covid-19 testing for ALL health-care workers to reassure patients that GP practices are safe. 0 reactions so far Katharine Tylko 60 Posted 5 April, 2020 A small update on routine GP-surgery blood tests and injections during COVID-19. Some very good local news from Bath and Swindon. My local GP services are soon to organise 'hot' and 'cold' GP practices. This means that the risk to presumably covid-19-free patients of picking up the virus and spreading it to their household will be much reduced. So for example, I can have my routine B12 jab without a high risk of picking up the virus that's killing people locally and spreading it to a vulnerable asthmatic recovering from cancer. Well done our local NHS! 0 reactions so far Create an account or sign in to comment You need to be a member in order to leave a comment Create an account Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy! Register a new account Sign in Already have an account? Sign in here. Sign In Now Share Followers 3 Go to topic listing Related hub content Current state of diagnostic safety: Implications for research, practice and policy (January 2024) Latest comment by Patient-Safety-Learning Robust collaborative practice must become the bedrock of modern healthcare Latest comment by Patient Safety Learning Sixth Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety: Bringing and sustaining changes in patient safety policies and practice Latest comment by Patient-Safety-Learning
Claire Cox 190 Posted 1 April, 2020 Sadly, I am not a GP.... I have tweeted this post out in the hope of getting some responses back. I think there is a real urgency for guidance and reassurance to patients about when and who to call for help from at this time. We are also seeing a reduction in the amount of people attending ED...where are the 'usual' sick patients, the GI bleeds, the strokes.....I do hope they are not dying at home. 1 reactions so far Katharine Tylko 60 Posted 1 April, 2020 Thanks very much for your comments. It's hard to balance conflicting serious risks where information is missing. Maybe patients could have the option of learning on-line to do their own routine injections and so protect health-care professionals and the general public? Or maybe army medics could support the district nurses who are needed to care for the seriously ill housebound? Above all we need covid-19 testing for ALL health-care workers to reassure patients that GP practices are safe. 0 reactions so far Katharine Tylko 60 Posted 5 April, 2020 A small update on routine GP-surgery blood tests and injections during COVID-19. Some very good local news from Bath and Swindon. My local GP services are soon to organise 'hot' and 'cold' GP practices. This means that the risk to presumably covid-19-free patients of picking up the virus and spreading it to their household will be much reduced. So for example, I can have my routine B12 jab without a high risk of picking up the virus that's killing people locally and spreading it to a vulnerable asthmatic recovering from cancer. Well done our local NHS! 0 reactions so far Create an account or sign in to comment You need to be a member in order to leave a comment Create an account Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy! Register a new account Sign in Already have an account? Sign in here. Sign In Now Share Followers 3 Go to topic listing Related hub content Current state of diagnostic safety: Implications for research, practice and policy (January 2024) Latest comment by Patient-Safety-Learning Robust collaborative practice must become the bedrock of modern healthcare Latest comment by Patient Safety Learning Sixth Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety: Bringing and sustaining changes in patient safety policies and practice Latest comment by Patient-Safety-Learning
Katharine Tylko 60 Posted 1 April, 2020 Thanks very much for your comments. It's hard to balance conflicting serious risks where information is missing. Maybe patients could have the option of learning on-line to do their own routine injections and so protect health-care professionals and the general public? Or maybe army medics could support the district nurses who are needed to care for the seriously ill housebound? Above all we need covid-19 testing for ALL health-care workers to reassure patients that GP practices are safe. 0 reactions so far Katharine Tylko 60 Posted 5 April, 2020 A small update on routine GP-surgery blood tests and injections during COVID-19. Some very good local news from Bath and Swindon. My local GP services are soon to organise 'hot' and 'cold' GP practices. This means that the risk to presumably covid-19-free patients of picking up the virus and spreading it to their household will be much reduced. So for example, I can have my routine B12 jab without a high risk of picking up the virus that's killing people locally and spreading it to a vulnerable asthmatic recovering from cancer. Well done our local NHS! 0 reactions so far Create an account or sign in to comment You need to be a member in order to leave a comment Create an account Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy! Register a new account Sign in Already have an account? Sign in here. Sign In Now Share Followers 3 Go to topic listing
Katharine Tylko 60 Posted 5 April, 2020 A small update on routine GP-surgery blood tests and injections during COVID-19. Some very good local news from Bath and Swindon. My local GP services are soon to organise 'hot' and 'cold' GP practices. This means that the risk to presumably covid-19-free patients of picking up the virus and spreading it to their household will be much reduced. So for example, I can have my routine B12 jab without a high risk of picking up the virus that's killing people locally and spreading it to a vulnerable asthmatic recovering from cancer. Well done our local NHS! 0 reactions so far Create an account or sign in to comment You need to be a member in order to leave a comment Create an account Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy! Register a new account Sign in Already have an account? Sign in here. Sign In Now Share Followers 3
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