HEE is producing a weekly bulletin with updates about its work as part of the COVID-19 response. This latest issue can be accessed here.
HEE Update
27 April, 2020
Category: COVID-19
External resources directory
27 April, 2020
HEE’s Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) team has received offers of support from a range of organisations and commercial suppliers to support the workforce in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. The resources…
AHCS Equivalence processes: Open for Business
23 April, 2020
Thanks to our amazing equivalence assessors and their continued commitment to the Academy we have been able to keep our processes running. There might be some slight delay in the…
Student Support guidance for Scotland during COVID-19 Outbreak: Applied Biomedical Science Students
23 April, 2020
Karen Stewart, Interim Chief Healthcare Science Officer, has updated information regarding the employment of Biomedical Science students to help deal with the Covid-19 emergency, following on from the letter sent…
The Critical Care Scientist facing COVID-19.
23 April, 2020
Message from Dave Edwards, Lead Critical Care Scientist, Manchester NHS FT Prof Bodies Council member AHCS. Society of Critical Care Technologies To add to the everyday challenges of working on…
NHS Volunteer Responders: communications information for referrers
16 April, 2020
April 2020 Health and social care professionals in England are being encouraged to refer individuals highly vulnerable to coronavirus for support through the NHS Volunteer Responders scheme. Currently, 750,000 volunteers…
Webinar – The Royal College of Pathologists Learning Programme: COVID 19 Pandemic
14 April, 2020
The RCPath is putting on a series of webinars, The Royal College of Pathologists Learning Programme: COVID 19 Pandemic. These are free and although primarily aimed at members of the College,…
COVIDeo-conferencing: Healthcare scientists and working differently
14 April, 2020
Prof Brendan Cooper President, AHCS Consultant Clinical Scientist, UHBNHSFT COVID19 (SARS-CoV-2, Coronavirus, CV19, etc.) has been (knowingly) in the UK for over 6 weeks now, with the country in effective…
Jane Tovey, Chairman of the Institute of Medical Illustrators – Blog
9 April, 2020
It is in times like these we realise just how privileged we are to work for the NHS, be that directly or indirectly; to see, hear and join in with…
Leeds engineers and scientists develop quick fix to increase ventilator numbers
8 April, 2020
Engineers and scientists at Leeds University and Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust have developed a way to turn a sleep apnea machine into a ventilator. The modification is on a device known as…