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Covid-19 Primary Care Resources


What GPs need to know about Covid-19 symptom management



Our resources page on Covid-19 symptom management has a series of guides for you to explore, giving you a wealth of information to support your practice.

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Post AstraZeneca vaccination headache

This information, sourced from the MHRA, Pulsetoday.co.uk, the RCGP and the University of Cambridge, gives advice about treating post-vaccination headache, when to offer a face-to-face appointment, and red flags.

Management of Covid-19 anosmia

A guideline from the British Rhinological Society, sourced from ENT UK, to help GPs to manage patients who report loss of smell after Covid-19 infection.

Managing breathlessness

This guide links to GP guidelines from NICE and to prescribing guidance for EOLC. It also provides resources that GPs can signpost, like information for patients about post-Covid breathlessness.

Managing cough

A collection of information for patients on managing cough, as well as an at-a-glance summary of GP guidelines from NICE.

Managing fever

This page contains details on NICE’s rapid guideline for managing fever in Covid-19 patients, including at the end of life.

Fatigue

This page provides comprehensive and brief resources on post-viral fatigue and the boom-and-bust cycle. It is sourced from and links to several NHS Trusts and the Royal College of Occupational Therapists.

NSAIDs and Covid-19

Evidence and guidance from several resources on NSAIDs and their role in reducing acute symptoms (such as fever) and their effect on long-term Covid outcomes.

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