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Table 1 PEG in overview

From: Principles for pandemics: COVID-19 and professional ethical guidance in England and Wales

Issuing organisation(s)

PEG title

Original publication date

BMA

COVID-19—ethical issues. A guidance note

1 April 2020

BMA, Care Provider Alliance, Care Quality Commission, Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP)

Joint statement on advance care planning

30 March 2020

DHSC

COVID-19: ethical framework for adult social care

19 March 2020

DHSC

Guidance: Coronavirus (COVID-19): looking after people who lack mental capacity

9 April 2020

Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Position statement on the management of suspected COVID-19 cases in police custody

16 March 2020

Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine

Decision making for critical care in the context of COVID-19 background to the NICE guidance

25 March 2020

The Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine, Intensive Care Society, Association of Anaesthetists and Royal College of Anaesthetists

Clinical guide for the management of critical care for adults with COVID-19 during the coronavirus pandemic

8 April 2020

GMC

Ethical guidance: coronavirus: your frequently asked questions

(2020)

GMC

Remote consultations

(2020)

General Chiropractic Council, General Dental Council, GMC, General Optical Council, General Osteopathic Council, General Pharmaceutical Council, Health and Care Professions Council, Nursing and Midwifery Council, Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland, Scottish Social Services Council, Social Work England

Joint statement from chief executives of statutory regulators of health and care professionals: How we will continue to regulate in light of novel coronavirus (COVID-19)

3 March 2020

GMC Joint Statement: Chief Medical Officers for Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and England, National Medical Director NHS England and NHS Improvement, Medical Director and Director of Education and Standards GMC

Joint statement: supporting doctors in the event of a COVID-19 epidemic in the UK

11 March 2020

HCPC

Applying our standards

(2020)

Intensive Care Society (ICS)

Clinical guidance: assessing whether COVID-19 patients will benefit from critical care, and an objective approach to capacity challenges

(2020)

NHS employers

Indemnity and Litigation: the current position around continued indemnity arrangements and assurances during the COVID-19 pandemic

22 April 2020

NICE

COVID-19 rapid guideline: critical care in adults: NICE guideline [NG159]

20 March 2020

NMC and GMC

Statement on advance care planning during the COVID-19 pandemic, including do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DNACPR)

15 April 2020

RCGP

Ethical guidance on COVID-19 and primary care

5 May 2020

Royal College of Nursing (RCN)

COVID-19 guidance on DNACPR and verification of death

(2020)

RCN

Personal protective equipment (PPE) and COVID-19

(2020)

RCN

Clinical guidance for managing COVID-19: “Ethical guidance/rationing health and care support” section

(2020)

RCN

Guidance for members: refusal to treat due to lack of adequate PPE during the pandemic

9 April 2020

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH)

Ethics framework for use in acute paediatric settings during COVID-19 pandemic

16 April 2020

Royal College of Physicians of London (RCP)

Ethical dimensions of COVID-19 for frontline staff

31 March 2020

Royal College of Psychiatrists

COVID-19: ethical considerations

(2020)

Royal Pharmaceutical Society

RPS guidance on ethical, professional decision making in the COVID-19 pandemic

8 April 2020

UK Clinical Ethics Network (UKCEN)

Principles to consider in decision-making

31 March 2020

Unison

COVID-19 advice for those working in critical care

(2020)

Wales Disability Reference Group

Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the rights of disabled people in Wales

8 April 2020

Welsh Government

Coronavirus: ethical values and principles for healthcare delivery framework

12 April 2020