This post was last updated on 24 April 2020.

System leadership

1. Public Health England main guidance for healthcare professionals and providers: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/wuhan-novel-coronavirus
2. Letter from Simon Stevens setting out the NHS position, 17 March 2020 - https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/publication/next-steps-on-nhs-response-to-covid-19-letter-from-simon-stevens-and-amanda-pritchard/
3. NHS England guidance for secondary care - https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/secondary-care
4. NHS England guidance for primary care - https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/primary-care/
5. Guidance for ambulance service trusts and community healthcare: https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/community-social-care-ambulance/ and https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-for-ambulance-trust
6. Hospital discharge guidance - https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/873876/COVID-19_Hospital_Discharge_Guidance.pdf

Clinical Guidance 

1. Academy of Medical Royal Colleges landing page - https://www.aomrc.org.uk/covid-19/
2.  Intensive Care Society position statement - https://www.ics.ac.uk/ICS/COVID-19/COVID19.aspx?hkey=d176e2cf-d3ba-4bc7-8435-49bc618c345a plus further ethical guidance from the ICS - https://www.ics.ac.uk/ICS/ICS/News_Statements/LEAG_Statement.aspx 
3. NICE guidance -https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/conditions-and-diseases/infections/covid-19
4. BMA ethics guidance - https://www.bma.org.uk/media/2226/bma-covid-19-ethics-guidance.pdf  
5. Guidance on completing MCCDs - https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/877302/guidance-for-doctors-completing-medical-certificates-of-cause-of-death-covid-19.pdf

Healthcare regulatory

1. GMC guidance for doctors: https://www.gmc-uk.org/news/news-archive/coronavirus-information-and-advice
2. GDC guidance for dentists, including links through to NHS England model guidance for primary care dentists: https://www.gdc-uk.org/information-standards-guidance/covid-19-latest-guidance
3. GPhC guidance: https://www.pharmacyregulation.org/regulate/article/latest-updates-coronavirus-covid-19 including links through to model guidance for community pharmacy from NHS England
4. Joint regulatory guidance: https://www.nmc.org.uk/news/news-and-updates/how-we-will-continue-to-regulate-in-light-of-novel-coronavirus/
5. CQC position statement on regulating during coronavirus outbreak: https://www.cqc.org.uk/news/stories/how-were-responding-outbreak-coronavirus
6. HSE guidance - https://www.hse.gov.uk/news/coronavirus.htm links through to guidance for general employers and other businesses from the government.

Information governance

1. ICO guidance on information law and coronavirus: GDPR https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/news-and-events/news-and-blogs/2020/03/data-protection-and-coronavirus/ and https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/data-protection-and-coronavirus/; FOIA: https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/news-and-events/icos-blog-on-its-information-rights-work
2. NHSX guidance on information governance: https://www.nhsx.nhs.uk/key-information-and-tools/information-governance-guidanc
3. Caldicott Guardian Council resources (including as regards s. 251 authorisations) - https://www.ukcgc.uk/covid

Coroners' Guidance

1. Chief Coroner's Guidance, 26 March - https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Chief-Coroner-Guidance-No.-34-COVID-19_26_March_2020-.pdf
2. Chief Coroner's Guidance on hearings - https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Chief-Coroner-Guidance-No.-35-hearings-during-the-pandemic.pdf
3. Chief Coroner's Guidance on the Coronavirus Act - https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Chief-Coroners-Office-Summary-of-the-Coronavirus-Act-2020-30.03.20.pdf

Commercial

1. Procurement Policy Note 01/20: Responding to Covid 19 - https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/873521/PPN_01-20_-_Responding_to_COVID19.v5__1_.pdf
2. Procurement Policy Note 02/20: Supplier relief due to COVID-19 -https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-policy-note-0220-supplier-relief-due-to-covid-19  

Legislation and Directions

1. Coronavirus Act - as enacted 26 March 2020  https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/7/contents/enacted 
2. Coronavirus Act - explanatory notes and impact assessments from bill stage - https://services.parliament.uk/bills/2019-21/coronavirus.html
3.  Initial Public Health Regulations - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/129/contents/made 
4. Public Health Regulations closing non-essential businesses open to the public and prohibiting gatherings, etc., 26 March 2020 -  https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/350/pdfs/uksi_20200350_en.pdf (n.b. these the earlier Regulations made under SI 2020/327 which closed pubs and restaurants)
5. Other legislation referencing coronavirus - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/all?title=coronavirus 
6.  Directions concerning the exercise of CCG functions by NHS England (spot/block-purchasing etc) - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-exercise-of-commissioning-functions-by-the-nhs-commissioning-board-coronavirus-directions-2020

Employment

1. Central HR/workforce guidance, 19-20 March - https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/publication/letter-to-hr-colleagues  including as regards accommodation -  https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2020/03/hotel-accommodation-for-nhs-staff-20-march-2020.pdf
2. ACAS guidance for employers and employees -http://www.acas.org.uk/coronavirus
3.  Government guidance on key workers - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/closure-of-educational-settings-information-for-parents-and-carers/closure-of-educational-settings-information-for-parents-and-carers 

Housing

1. CIH Resources for housing associations - https://www.housing.org.uk/news-and-blogs/news/responding-to-coronavirus--resources-for-housing-associations
2. RSH position statement - https://www.gov.uk/government/news/rsh-statement-on-coronavirus 

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