Mword Issue 48 - Dr Michelle Drage's latest update for GPs and practice teams on the covid-19 remote assessment of patients flow chart

23 March 2020

Dear Colleague

Covid-19 remote assessment of patients flow chart

This flow chart from Barnet CCG is to enable safe assessment of patients remotely during the covid-19 pandemic. Practices and PCNs should prevent unnecessary face-to-face contact, which is a risk to both patients and clinicians.

Please note, the flowchart is being constantly reviewed.

Practices in other areas of London may also wish to share the flow chart with their CCG to help them adopt a similar approach.

In performing the more advanced assessment you may wish to note that:

• Pulse – significant numbers of our patients have smart phones with heart rate monitors built in and they should be encouraged to use these.

• O2 saturation – We are exploring with smart phone companies to see if it is possible to utilise phones to measure O2 saturation.

Dr Michelle Drage MBBS FRCGP

CEO, Londonwide LMCs