Everyone must stay at home to help stop the spread of coronavirus.
You should only leave the house for very limited purposes:
These reasons are exceptions – even when doing these activities, you should be minimising time spent outside of the home and ensuring you are 2 metres apart from anyone outside of your household and wash your hands as soon as you get home.
NHS guidance for people working in healthcare can be found here.
We will continue to update this page with the latest information regarding coronavirus. Please check back regularly for additional information. We’d like to take this opportunity to reassure our candidates and clients that we, at Pulse, are still operating as close to business as usual as possible; we are, therefore, still able to address any questions or concerns you may have during this time.
If you are worried about exposure to coronavirus, please contact our dedicated team.
On Monday 23 March 2020, the government announced Britain would be on lockdown for at least the next three weeks. As part of this announcement, the government is introducing tighter rules around how often and for what reasons we are able to leave our homes.
Government guidance states that we should only leave our houses for the few reasons listed below:
Further to the above, all non-essential businesses have been asked to close, effective immediately. Shops/services that remain open are:
We will continue to update this page with the latest information regarding coronavirus. Please check back regularly for additional information. We’d like to take this opportunity to reassure our candidates and clients that we, at Pulse, are still operating as close to business as usual as possible; we are, therefore, still able to address any questions or concerns you may have during this time.
If you are worried about exposure to coronavirus, please contact our dedicated team.
Stay at home for 7 days if you have either:
Do not go to a GP surgery, pharmacy or hospital.
Use the NHS 111 online service if:
If you are worried about exposure to coronavirus, please contact our dedicated team.
The news continues to report on the coronavirus outbreak (also being referred to as COVID-19), and the current status with Public Health England (PHE) is that it is moderate.
We are working with our NHS partners and private healthcare providers to ensure that you have timely and clear information about how any precautionary measures might affect your day to day role. The basic precautions are:
If you are worried about exposure to coronavirus and develop a cough, fever or shortness of breath, please contact your consultant or email us.
If you have returned to the UK from these specific areas since February 19th, you should call NHS 111, stay indoors and avoid contact with other people. Please ensure that you inform your consultant even if you do not have symptoms:
If you have returned from these areas since February 19th and develop symptoms, however mild, you should stay indoors at home, avoid contact with other people immediately and call NHS 111 and inform your consultant. You do not need to follow this advice if you have no symptoms.
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