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Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Changes to the way we work due to COVID-19 and other related information.

Changes to the way we work

  • HSIB working through the coronavirus pandemic and looking ahead (20 July 2020).
  • Frequently asked COVID-19 questions for families and frequently asked COVID-19 questions for NHS trusts and staff about changes to the way we carry out maternity investigations during the pandemic (12 June 2020).
  • COVID-19 and your information - supplementary privacy note on COVID-19 for patients/families (20 April 2020).
  • Information for families involved in maternity investigations (9 April 2020).
  • HSIB changes maternity investigation procedure, and halts national investigations and report publication (6 April 2020).
  • HSIB investigators to stop visiting trusts to help reduce spread of coronavirus (16 March 2020).

Related reports

  • COVID-19 transmission in hospitals: Management of the risk - a prospective safety investigation (National intelligence report, 29 October 2020)
  • Personal protective equipment (PPE): care workers delivering homecare during COVID-19 response (National intelligence report, 27 August 2020)
  • Early warning scores to detect deterioration in COVID-19 inpatients (National intelligence report, 30 July 2020).

Related ongoing investigations and reports

  • Oxygen issues during COVID-19 pandemic
  • Maternal death: Learning from Maternal Death Investigations during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Intrapartum stillbirth during COVID-19

Useful information

  • Simulation helps NHS prepare during coronavirus pandemic.
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