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20 COMMENT
Covid-19 has m
a united front i
Nurses in Scotland
are well supported,
writes Rhona Aikman,
as healthcare
professionals work
at amazing speeds
to deal with the
coronavirus crisis
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practice I work in
a large older pop
in daily – sometimes the advice c
We spent a lot of time, along
appointments and trying to mak
our main tasks that fi rst week w
possible coronavirus patients. Im
screening patients for Covid-19.
rooms at the end of a corridor w
park. They were stocked with m
make cleaning between patients
were asked to arrive only at thei
we asked them to wait in their c
to come into the practice on the
We recently welcomed the op
assessment centre a few miles a
away. As a practice, we are taki
a week. If numbers increase, the
per day, so we need to keep the
may, in this situation, have to se
The Covid assessment centre o
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were frail, elderly, on disease reg
I phoned nearly 100 patients ag
as a welfare check but also to u
ensure they had, for example, a
I am amazed at how quickly t
normally have taken ages. We g
computers were fi tted with web
days. We have been fortunate n
practices locally have helped ea
The numbers calling triage are
seem to be self-managing their
this will continue after lockdown
normal, old habits will too. Pract
supported by NHS Education fo
have also been supported by ou
development team – and not lea
to see so much kindness and go
quickly people volunteered to he
health and social care, primary a
pharmacies. Long may this unity
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