Our service is currently responsible for supplying antiviral treatment for COVID-19 to eligible highest risk patients in West Berkshire. At present only a small number of conditions on the high risk register meet the criteria to allow a patient to receive a COVID treatment.
Eligibility criteria is set by NHSE and is regularly updated when new treatments are available and new eligibility criteria are added. In a few circumstances we can justify giving treatment to those outside of the criteria who are unwell and very high risk but this needs approval by our lead consultant and sometimes discussion with the specialist team.
PLEASE NOTE: All patients on the high risk register who have a positive PCR test or registered LFT should be automatically referred to our team to be triaged. We aim to call patients within 24-48 hours of receiving a referral. Currently, we are seeing very few patients become seriously unwell with COVID and many patients will start to improve after 72 hours without antivirals.
To see the latest treatments available and the eligibility criteria click on the link below:
Making a referral to CMDU
Please refer to the following referral document to see if your patient meets the criteria for referral. If they do, please complete the form. GP colleagues can return the form via e-RS and other clinicians please email it to cmdu.rbh@nhs.net
If you require any help with the referral or advice regarding patient eligibility please call 01183228104 to speak to the clinical team or email cmdu.rbh@nhs.net .