Coronavirus (COVID-19) Archive

** All historical information below has been moved from the main Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information page ** 

 

Letters from Michael Donaldson

  • Email from Michael Donaldson, HSCB (06.08.2020) is available HERE, RE: HSE Safety Alert relating to incorrect settings used for Quantitative Fit Testing (available HERE) and Learning Letter (available HERE)

  • Letter from Michael Donaldson, HSCB RE: Urgent Dental Care Centres. (17.07.2020) is available HERE

  • Letter from Michael Donaldson, HSCB RE: Revised Arrangements for Urgent Dental Care under Phase 3 of GDS Reestablishment Plan (07.07.2020) is available HERE

  • Letter from Michael Donaldson, DoH - RE: PPE (02.07.2020) is available HERE

  • Letter from Michael Donaldson, DoH - RE: Timing of Phases 2 and 3 of GDS Re-establishment Plan (18.06.2020) is available HERE

  • Letter from Michael Donaldson, DoH - RE: Re-establishment of Dental Services (02.06.2020) is available HERE

  • Letter from Michael Donaldson, HSCB - RE: Redeployment Work: Update and Next Steps (11.05.2020) is available HERE

  • Letter from Michael Donaldson, HSCB - RE: Redeployment Opportunity: Availability Declaration (28.04.2020) is available HERE

  • Letter from Michael Donaldson, HSCB - RE: Redeployment Opportunity: Care Home Support - Urgent Request for Expression of Interest (22.04.2020) is available HERE

  • Letter from Michael Donaldson & Paul Montgomery, DoH - RE: Clarification on Redeployment and the Financial Support Scheme (14.04.2020) is available HERE

  • Letter from Michael Donaldson, HSCB - RE: Arrangements to Enable Patients to Contact GDS Practices for Urgent Advice (09.04.2020) is available HERE

  • Letter from Michael Donaldson, HSCB - RE: Out of Hours Arrangements for the Period: Friday 3rd April to Sunday 5th April (inclusive) (02.04.2020) is available HERE

  • Letter from Michael Donaldson, HSCB - Further update RE: COVID-19 Preparation (28.03.2020) is available HERE

  • Letter from Michael Donaldson, HSCB RE: COVID-19 Outline Strategic Plan for General Dental Services and Updated Guidance for General Dental Practice (23.03.2020) is available HERE

  • Letter from Michael Donaldson, HSCB Re: Further Advice for GDPs on COVID-19 (19.03.2020) is available HERE

  • Letter from Michael Donaldson, HSCB Re: Further Practice Preparations for COVID-19 (18.03.2020) is available HERE

  • Letter from Michael Donaldson, HSCB Re: COVID-19 Implications for GDS (18.03.2020) is available HERE

  • Letter from Michael Donaldson, HSCB RE: Practice preparations for COVID-19 (16.03.2020) is available HERE

  • Letter from Michael Donaldson, HSCB RE: Practice preparations for COVID-19 (05.03.2020) is available HERE

  • Letter from Michael Donaldson, HSCB RE: Alleviation of Face Mask Shortage and Coronavirus Advice (27.02.2020) is available HERE

 

** Frequently Asked Questions are available HERE ** 

 

Financial Support Scheme Correspondence

  • Letter from Paul Montgomery, DoH RE: COVID-19 Financial Support to General Dental Practices (19.08.2020) is available HERE

  • Letter from Paul Montgomery, DoH RE: COVID-19 Financial Support to General Dental Practices (31.07.2020) is available HERE

  • Letter from Paul Montgomery, DoH RE: COVID-19 Financial Support to General Dental Practices (24.07.2020) is available HERE

  • Letter from Paul Montgomery, DoH - RE: Resumption of Non-Urgent Dental Services: Financial Support to General Dental Practices (23.06.2020) is available HERE

  • Letter from Paul Montgomery, DoH - RE: Financial Support to General Dental Services (30.04.2020) is available HERE

  • GDS Financial Support Scheme - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) v1.2 (30.04.2020) is available HERE.

  • Letter from Paul Montgomery, DOH - RE: COVID-19: Financial Support to General Dental Services (03.04.2020) is available HERE

  • Letter from DoH re: Financial Support to General Dental Services (20.03.2020) is available HERE

 

CMO Letters

  • HSS(MD) 68/2020 - 23.09.2020 - Letter to All Health and Social Care Workers Encouraging Everyone to Obtain the Flu Vaccination is available HERE

  • HSS(MD) 67/2020 - 17.09.2020 - Minimising Risks of COVID-19 Outbreaks in Healthcare Settings is available HERE

  • HSS(MD) 59/2020 - 18.08.2020 - Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Programme 2020/21 is available HERE

  • HSS(MD) 58/2020 - 11.08.2020 - Use of Face Masks / Face Coverings in all Health & Social Care Facilities is available HERE

  • HSS(MD) 54/2020 - 29.07.2020 - Personal Protective Equipment and Heat: Risk of Heat Stress is available HERE

  • HSS(MD) 52/2020 - 21.07.2020 - Cannabis Oil Disguised as Confectionary is available HERE

  • HSS(MD) 46/2020 - 15.06.2020 - Re-Scheduling of Epidiolex (Cannabis Based Medicine) and Insertion of a New Definition under the Misuse of Drugs Regulations (NI) 2002 is available HERE

  • HSS(MD) 45/2020 - 13.06.2020 - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), as an Aerosol Generating Procedure (AGP) is available HERE

  • HSS(MD) 44/2020 - 10.06.2020 - Regional Ethics Advice and Support Framework letter is available HERE and the framework is available HERE

  • HSS(MD) 42/2020 - 09.06.2020 - SARS - CoV2 Antibody Testing - Programme Rollout is available HERE

  • HSS(MD) 38/2020 - 29.05.2020 - COVID-19 Contact Tracing Strategy and Programme in Northern Ireland is available HERE

  • HSS(MD) 35/2020 - 18.05.2020 - COVID-19 Case Definition Change Letter from CMO is available HERE and 4 UK CMOs Letter is available HERE

  • Letter from Dr Michael McBride and Professor Charlotte McArdle RE: Repurposing of ACAH/ECAH Services - 15.05.2020 is available. HERE

  • HSS(MD) 32/2020 - 05.05.2020 - Yellow Card Reporting Site for Healthcare Products Used in Coronavirus (COVID-19) is available HERE

  • Letter from Dr Michael McBride enclosing 4 UK CMOs Letter - 04.05.2020 is available HERE and UK CMOs Letter is available HERE

  • HSS(MD) 30/2020 - 02.05.2020 - Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Guidance is available HERE

  • HSS(MD) 26/2020 - 19.04.2020 - COVID-19 PPE Guidance Update is available HERE

  • HSS(MD) 23/2020 - 15.04.2020 - Ibuprofen and Coronavirus Guidance is available HERE

  • HSS(MD) 20/2020 - 03.04.2020 - Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Guidance Update is available HERE

  • HSS(MD) 19/2020 - 28.03.2020 - Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) - Update to Service is available HERE

  • HSS(MD) 17/2020 - 27.03.2020 - COVID-19 Chloroquine & Hydroxychloroquine not licensed for COVID-19 Treatment is available HERE

  • HSS(MD) 14/2020 - 13.03.2020 - Novel Coronavirus: Advice for HSC in Northern Ireland is available HERE 

  • HSS(MD) 15/2020 – 19.03.2020 - Letter from CMO RE: Novel Coronavirus - Anti-Inflammatory Medications is available HERE

  • HSS(MD)12/2020 – 06.03.2020 - Message for all Clinical Staff encountering patients with Respiratory Infections arrived from Overseas is available HERE

  • HSS(MD)13/2020 – 12.03.2020 - COVID-19: Maintaining the Supply of Medicines to Patients is available HERE

  • HSS(MD) 09/2020 – 28.02.2020 - COVID-19 Becomes a Notifiable Disease in Northern Ireland is available HERE

  • HSS(MD) 05/2020 – 31.01.2020 - CMO Updated Advice - Novel Coronavirus (2019-n-Cov) is available HERE

  • HSS(MD) 04/2020 – 24.01.2020 - CMO Advice - Novel Coronavirus (2019-n-Cov) is available HERE

 

Other HSCB Letters

  • Preparation for the Re-establishment of the General Dental Services - Operational Guidance v3 (22.06.2020) is available HERE

  • Preparation for the Re-establishment of the General Dental Services - Operational Guidance v2 (19.06.2020) is available HERE

  • Preparation for the Re-establishment of the General Dental Services - Operational Guidance v1 (04.06.2020) is available HERE

  • A HSCB guidance document for practitioners working in both General Dental Practice and the Urgent Care Centres (released 01.05.2020 and updated 13.05.2020) is available HERE

  • Letter from HSCB to BDA - RE: Prescribing Collection and Remote Options (29.04.2020) is available HERE

  • Letter from DoH to HSCB - RE: COVID-19 Clinical Negligence Indemnity for General Dental Practitioners (20.04.2020) is available HERE

  • Example HSCB Letter for GDPs volunteering to the Urgent Dental Centres is available HERE

  • HSCB Letter to all GDPs RE: Handling & Management of Complaints (26.03.2020) is available HERE and enclosed letter from NI Public Services Ombudsman to Trust Chief Executives (24.03.2020) is available HERE

  • HSCB COVID-19 Patient Flow Chart (23.03.2020) is available HERE

 

Other PHA Letters

  • Letter from PHA Infection, Prevention and Control Cell, RE: Early Alert RE: Mask shortage (07.08.2020) is available HERE

 

Miscellaneous

  • Letter from Dan West, Chief Digital Information Officer, RE: New Northern Ireland Contact tracing smartphone app STOPCOVIDNI - Proximity App (29.07.2020) is available HERE and DHCNI StopCOVID NI Briefing Pack is available HERE 

  • COVID-19 Interim protocol for testing (version 6.1) is available HERE  

  • Urgent Dental Care Flow Diagram (July 2020) is available HERE

  • Letter from Roz McMullan, Chair, Probing Stress in Dentistry Group (06.05.2020) is available HERE and details in relation to Stress Control Courses is available HERE. Healthcare Apps Library is available HERE

  • A series of information leaflets for patients who have been referred to one of the Urgent Dental Care Centres are available below:

  • LINK to the UDC Centres General Patient Guidance

  • LINK to the Ballymena UDC - Patient Guidance

  • LINK to the Brownlow UDC - Patient Guidance

  • LINK to the Carlisle UDC - Patient Guidance

  • LINK to the Lisburn UDC - Patient Guidance

  • LINK to the Omagh UDC - Patient Guidance

  • COVID-19 Dental Practice Poster (23.03.2020) is available HERE

  • Advice poster is available HERE

  • Inspire Workplaces Advice Card: Looking After Your Mental Health During COVID-19 (23.03.2020) is available HERE

  • COVID-19 Approved Lines for Helplines (PDF) is available HERE

  • HSC Organisations Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for Coronavirus is available HERE