Alex Drinkall, 20 April 2020
HEE elearning for healthcare’s (elfh) COVID-19 elearning programme is free to access, with no requirement to log in, for the entire UK health and care workforce, including the NHS, independent sector and social care.
The HEE elfh COVID-19 elearning programme continues to be well used by health and care professionals responding to the pandemic. The programme has been live for one month and it has now been launched 671,451 times.
The COVID-19 programme now includes:
- Essential Guidance from the NHS, UK Government, WHO and BMJ
- Public Health England – Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Infection Prevention and Control
- Resources for Staff Working in Critical Care Setting
- Resources for Staff Working in Acute Hospital Setting
- Resources for Staff Working in Primary Care and Community Setting
- Resources for Staff Working in a Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Setting
- Resources for Nurses, Midwives and AHPs Returning to work, being Redeployed or Up-Skilled
- Resources for other Healthcare Staff Returning to Work
- Resources for End of Life Care COVID-19
- Resources for Specific Professions
- Resources for Volunteers supporting Health and Social Care
- Critical Care and Ward-Based Equipment Guides
- Staff Wellbeing and Resilience during COVID-19
Daily content updates
14 April: The HEE elfh COVID-19 programme has been launched 596,872 times.
To date 1300 elfh accounts have been created for the next intake of foundation doctors who have been fast tracked to support the workforce in responding to the pandemic. This means they have access to the full elfh catalogue including the “Foundation Fast Track” programme and the COVID-19 programme.
More content has been added to the ICU Remotelearning course in the Resources for Staff Working in Critical Care Setting folder of the COVID-19 elearning programme.
The MindEd Covid-19 Resilience Hub is now available. The Hub is for the health and care workforce to help them manage their own mental health and wellbeing while supporting others during the pandemic. To access the MindEd Resilience Hub select here.
15 April: The HEE elfh COVID-19 programme has passed its next milestone and has now been launched 623,613 times.
A new learning path called “Resources for Volunteers supporting Health and Social Care” has been added to the elearning programme. This learning path contains sessions from the Volunteer Learning Passport and other relevant resources.
16 April: Information on different ventilators being used to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic have recently been added to the Critical Care and Ward-Based Equipment Guides folder.
A document called Guidance for Employers of NHS Staff on Statutory and Mandatory training during the Covid-19 Outbreak has been added to the Resources for other Healthcare Staff Returning to Work folder. This document helps employers to understand the minimum requirements for their employees on statutory and mandatory training. View the document here.
The HEE elfh COVID-19 programme has been launched 648,053 times.
Education and training framework
As part of the wider NHS response to COVID-19, HEE’s TEL team has been working with NHS England and NHS Improvement to develop an education and training framework. The framework will support organisations to assess the skills their clinicians require to perform new roles, depending on the care setting, then access online or locally delivered training based on any skills gap or refresher training where required.
These resources, which include elfh content, will enable members of the workforce to develop the right skills to care for their patients’ needs and feel more confident performing their care roles, while protecting themselves and their families.
The education and training framework is now available here to support organisations to assess the skills their clinicians require to perform new roles.
If you have any questions about the framework please email: nhsi.covideducationaltraining@nhs.net.
17 April: A set of resources to support Returning Midwives has been added to the folder called “Resources for Nurses, Midwives and AHPs Returning to work, being Redeployed or Up-Skilled”. We have created resources to support AHPs working in critical care and primary and community care.
We have also added resources to support radiologists working with COVID-19 patients. The content is in the folder called “Resources for Staff Working in Acute Hospital Setting” and can be found here.
HEE update
HEE is producing a weekly bulletin with updates about its work as part of the COVID-19 response. This week’s issue can be accessed here.
For more information and to access the HEE elfh COVID-19 programme visit https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/coronavirus/.
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