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COVID-19: Community Support Contact Details
Please follow the link below to a validated spread sheet that details the current position of all clinical services at the RD&E. This information is being provided by the RD&E and will be updated regularly.
RD&E Clinical Services Restoration update
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Telephone: 01392 411611
Community Support Line: advice line to support GPs, community teams, to include DPT colleagues, and care home staff in the care of adults, with or without multiple co-morbidities, long term conditions and frailty, regardless of COVID status
- 01392 411611 and request 'Community Support Line'
- staffed by a consultant of a general medical specialty
- 9am-5pm Mon-Fri
- Aim is to support pragmatic decision making and to avoid unnecessary admission to hospital
- Requests for admission continue through the RDE Admissions Coordinator, as usual
- 01392 404060
- 01392 408365
- 01392 402319/402303
- 01392 404729
Early pregnancy unit
- 01392 406503
Acute Care of Elderly Geriatrician line·
- 07702 528762
- For urgent advice regarding frailolder people, regarding admission avoidance or admission (COVID ornon-COVID)
Healthcare for Older People Advice &Guidance via email
- rde-tr.geriatricianledadvice@nhs.net
- Consultant geriatrician delivered
- Response time within 48-hours
- For non-urgent queries
- West of England Eye Unit (WEEU) 01392 402399, 09:00 - 18:00.
Patient Access Diabetes Advice Line
- NHS Diabetes Advice via Diabetes UK's support line on 0345 123 2399 Monday-Friday from 09:00 - 18:00
Publication Date: June 2020
Date updated: September 2020
