BAPIO has written to Ms. Amanda Pritchard, the Chief Executive Officer, NHS England about the sustained and immense pressure on all healthcare staff working in the NHS, and particularly those who are in the frontline.
BAPIO has suggested that at the basic minimum instructions must go out to support the following: an increase in test and trace, the availability of appropriate PPE readily available in all clinical areas, including FFP3 masks which appear to be in short supply in some areas, an emphasis again on remote working wherever that is possible, instructions on self-isolation/quarantine so that those who are not required to do so can be facilitated to return to work more speedily than has been the case, and finally risk assessments to ensure those who are vulnerable such as BAME staff do not run the risk of being exposed to the virus at their workplace.
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