Pandemic Planning for COVID-19 with Res Consortium.
16-Mar-2020: With coronavirus now a global pandemic, the Analytics Teams Res Consortium have analysed risk criteria for severe COVID-19 symptom across available practice-level population health data. The Res Team was involved in the pandemic planning response for Swine Flu in South London in 2009 and knows that evidence-based anticipation of need is an important early planning tool for protecting vulnerable neighbourhoods and population and targeting prevention, testing and treatment resources. To help decision-makers in their plans, Res Consortium has released its COVID-19 Pandemic Planning Tool into the public domain. This allows Public Health Professional, Commissioners, Consultants and General Practitioners to quick assess the risk to the populations they serve at neighbourhood-level so that they can plan and allocate frontline resources appropriately. To access the tool, click below: