The government, in consultation with industry, has produced guidance to help ensure workplaces are as safe as possible.
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As the coronavirus pandemic continues its deadly path, dramatic changes in how people live are reducing some instances of other medical problems. This article explores positive side effects of the abrupt shifts in human behaviour in response to the Covid-19 epidemic.
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This update covers education and training actions.
Advice for older people from the Mental Health Foundation on keeping safe and looking after their mental health at this time.
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There is new advice on the Every Mind Matters platform, and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have narrated a new film in support of the campaign.
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The Academy of Medical Sciences, together with the research charity MQ: Transforming Mental Health, is working with researchers and those with lived experience to ensure that mental health is at the heart of research into the impacts of COVID-19. This report describes the findings of a consultation undertaken in late March 2020, the week that the Prime Minister announced the UK lockdown in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
It is not surprising to hear that sales of alcohol are rising during this COVID-19 pandemic. Retail sales data for the UK reported an additional £104 million was spent in the last week in March, which is when lockdown measures were introduced, compared to the week before.
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COVID-19 brings an opportunity to learn as well as a responsibility to prevent and treat. Clinical scientists must learn from early experience and communicate to the global community as well as adapt local health care to emergencies such as the COVID-19 epidemic. This adaptation to COVID-19 must include paying attention to pre-existing medical and mental disorders and understanding the interrelationship of these comorbid disorders in drug-dependent populations.
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NHS staff have been granted free access to mental health apps until December 2020 as a measure of supporting their health and well-being whilst tackling the coronavirus.
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Library users can freely access Oxford Medicine Online using their OpenAthens login details here.
In addition Oxford Medicine Online has also freed up a collection of online resources and journals addressing COVID-19 in the hope that this information will be useful to medical professionals and carers. Find the resources here.
