Please click the headings below to find a collection of external websites and resources with the latest information and advice on COVID-19. Please use the following resources in conjunction with your own clinical judgement and local and/or national guidelines.
To submit resources for inclusion, email k.wilson@rcpe.ac.uk.
UK guidelines and information
- Health Protection Scotland - COVID-19 guidance and resources. You can also subscribe to receive updates directly via email.
- Guidance on screening and active monitoring for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental health consequences in people recovering from severe COVID-19 illness
- Health Education England: Evidencing experience during COVID-19 guidance
- Public Health England COVID-19 infection control and prevent information page
- NICE Rapid guidelines and evidence reviews
- Public Health England COVID-19 information page
- Department of Health - COVID-19 updates for Northern Ireland
- The UK Department of Health suite of resources
- NHS Inform COVID-19 information page
- Academy of Medical Royal Colleges COVID-19 information page
- NHS Improvement - national medical examiner system information
- NES Resource on ‘Caring for people who are dying and those close to them amidst COVID-19 visiting restrictions – things to consider for health and social care professionals’
Local guidelines and information
- MED: NHS Lothian
- Transmission based precautions video
- NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde: Guide to clinical evaluation of suspected COVID-19 patients
- Article by Dr Anjan Dhar;Shafie Kamaruddin; Paul Peter; Stephen Cowie; Anthony Allan: Managing the COVID-19 pandemic
International guidelines and information
- Institute for Health Metrics: COVID-19 Health Data
- The World Health Organization suite of resources
- The World Health Organization has also made a database on the virus available
- European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control information page
- Australian Government Department of Health website
- Government of Ireland website
- New Zealand Government resources for health professionals
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suite of resources
- National Institutes of Health (USA) resources and updates
- Government of Canada guidance for health professionals
- Hastings Center: ethics resources
E-learning
- Clinical Skills Managed Education Network: COVID-19 resources
- NHS Lothian Medical Education Directorate COVID-19 zone welcome pack
- MDDUS: training and support for returning doctors
- National Education for Scotland education and induction resources
- Health Education England e-learning for healthcare COVID-19 programme
- Radiopaedia
- Internet Book of Critical Care
- Intubation video
- NES Knowledge Network: COVID-19 information page
Scientific and research resources
- World Health Organization: Hub for global research on COVID-19
- WHO R&D Blueprint: A coordinated global research roadmap: 2019 novel coronavirus
- Clinical trials database of privately and publicly funded clinical studies around the world
- Clinical trials: EU clinical trials register; clinical trials applications for coronavirus (UK Gov Guidance); managing clinical trials during coronavirus (UK Gov Guidance)
- NHS Health Research Authority: guidance about COVID-19 for sponsors, sites and researchrs
- Features, Evaluation and Treatment Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Wiley Resources
- Elsevier Coronavirus Information Center
- Springer Nature
- The Lancet: COVID-19 Resource Centre
- Free access to OUP resources on coronavirus and related topics
- Set of resources from COVID - including access to GIDEON (Global Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology Online Network)
- Cochrane Special Collections: Evidence relevant to critical care
- Cochrane Special Collections: Infection control and prevention measures
- International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology the British Pharmacological Society Guide to Pharmacology database
- Public Health England: International Epidemiology Briefing
- UK Research and Information: Coronavirus: the science explained
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: Literature Hub
- UK Clinical Virology: Literature Hub
- The University of Edinburgh: Usher Institute COVID-19 webinars
- BMJ Best Practice Article: Management of coexisting conditions in the context of COVID-19
Clinical support resources
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NHS England and NHS Improvement coronavirus information
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Updated topic summary on virus from UpToDate
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Overview on virus from BMJ Best Practice (access with your NHS OpenAthens credentials)
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NHS Scotland Knowledge Network - Coronavirus (COVID-19): Information & Guidance
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Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists coronavirus infection and pregnancy
- First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University - Handbook of COVID-19 Prevention and Treatment *Please note that this document is not official UK guidance and is shown simply for international comparative purposes*
- British Geriatrics Society, European Delirium Association and Old Age Psychiatry Facult (Royal College of Psychiatrists) resources
- RCPE & UofE COVID-19 Critical Care Handbook
Specialty specific guidance and information
- NHS England: COVID-19 specialty guides
- Royal College of Anaesthetists: Guidance on potential changes to anaesthetic drug usage and administration during pandemic emergency pressures
- British Association of Dermatologists advice for Dermatology HCPs during COVID-19
- NICE rapid guideline: haematopoietic stem cell transplantation
- Medicine of the Older Person/Geriatrics - British Geriatrics Society: Managing the COVID-19 pandemic in care homes
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NHS Scotland Scottish Palliative Care Guidelines COVID-19
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Palliative Care and End of Life Resources
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British Rheumatology Society: COVID-19 information page, including risk stratification guide scoring grid
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European Respiratory Society: information page
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British Thoracic Society: Information for the respiratory community
- Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP): COVID-19 guidance
- CMO letter re speciality support to care homes