On behalf of the Chief Allied Health Professions Officer for England, the North West AHP Network are producing and hosting regular summary resources for the allied health professions (AHP) workforce. These curate key published national guidance and updates in relation to COVID-19.
COVID-19: Key resources for AHPs in England
- COVID-19: resources for the allied health professions (AHP) in England (previous version 24/04/2020)
COVID-19: Rehabilitation and recovery
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COVID-19 and rehabilitation – resources for Allied Health Professionals
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Allied health professionals’ role in rehabilitation during and after COVID-19 (new)
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Recovery and Rehabilitation for Patients following the Pandemic - ICUsteps statement
See Literature Reviews section below for more resources.
COVID-19: Ramadan
The 23rd April marked the first day of Ramadan. Please see useful reading and supporting information below:
- British Islamic Medical Association Risk Summary Recommendation Table by patient condition
- The Muslim of Council of Britain Ramadan Health Factsheet
- Our NHS People COVID-19 and Ramadan: how to support staff who may be fasting
- Gov.uk Stay home for Ramadan
COVID-19: Caring for those who care
- COVID-19: Caring for those who care - information and resources for AHPs in Mental Health Awareness Week - update 4 - discusses the importance of being kind to yourself and allowing yourself to take time out. It also links to the latest resources available to support your health and wellbeing.
- COVID-19: Caring for those who care - information and resources for Allied Health Professionals - update 3
- COVID-19: Caring for those who care - information and resources for Allied Health Professionals - update 2
- COVID-19: Caring for those who care - information and resources for Allied Health Professionals - update 1
- Our NHS People COVID-19 and Ramadan: how to support staff who may be fasting
COVID-19: Literature reviews
A literature scoping search completed by HEE here in the North West aims to support the question ‘What (AHP) workforce do we need to effectively treat and support people with, and after, COVID-19?’.
This question was split into two searches (both attached):
- a) Literature discussing the workforce implications.
- b) Incidence and prevalence of key symptoms (physical, cognitive and psychological) and clinical presentation and health outcomes of COVID-19
Rehabiltation
Several literature searches have been completed on rehabilitation from a number of organsations:
- Physiotherapy management for COVID-19 in the acute hospital setting
- Rehabilitation of recovering COVID-19 patients Get Search
- COVID-19 and dysphagia the role of speech and language therapists
- Prehabilitation and COVID-19
- The long term health impacts of COVID-19
- Psychological rehabilitation
- COVID and Physiotherapy
Other areas
A number of literature searches have been produced by NHS Scotland, including:
COVID-19: National AHP incident response forum
Join and contribute to the COVID-19 Incident Response Forum for AHPs for wide ranging discussions and sharing on Covid-19, rehabilitation, testing, PPE, deployment, edeployment and more.
Get in touch with This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. at NHS England and NHS Improvement for access.
COVID-19: More information
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) information for AHPs from HEE
- For health advice, go to the NHS website
- For the latest advice about the government response to the outbreak, go to the gov.uk website.