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My child has been sent home from school due to Covid-19 and I don’t have childcare. Can I stay at home and look after my child?
The Trust will try to be flexible and supportive. We would ask that you work with the Trust to resolve your childcare to enable you to continue to work and maintain our service delivery. In the first instance you should try to put alternative childcare …
A member of staff has contacted me to say that while they or their family do not have symptoms and they are not part of the shielded group they are anxious and will not attend work to protect their family.
This situation needs to be handled sensitively, exploring with the member of staff any concerns they may have about returning to work. All possible options should first be explored and the individual may be asked to speak to the infection prevention and control team or …
I do not want to work during this period. Can I take unpaid leave?
The Trust is not in a position to grant unpaid leave for staff at this time as NHS staff are classed as key workers. Please talk to your manager about your anxieties or difficulties in attending work and they will try to resolve them wherever …
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Are patients at more of a risk than staff?
The fact that our inpatient service users are mainly static, not going in and out or mixing with others outside the ward area means that staff are likely to be more of a risk to them than they are to staff. Some patients will have …
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How should we clean/isolate patients’ own medications which are brought in from home?
Follow the Covid-19 guidance on handling and use of service users’ own medication (PODS) brought from home into hospital available on the Trust coronavirus intranet pages.