Skip to footer NHSBSA Search Search Our response to coronavirus (COVID-19) We're working on a variety of projects and tools to support health and care as part of the government response to coronavirus (COVID-19). Supporting NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) convalescent plasma trial We developed a text messaging service to ask people who'd beaten COVID-19 to register to donate antibodies PHE and Department for Education COVID-19 Testing kit support helpline We've set up a helpline to help schools receive additional COVID-19 tests for symptomatic staff Informing at risk patients We've helped identify people who are at high risk from coronavirus and need extra shielding arrangements NHS 111 self-isolation texts We're helping to send daily texts from the NHS to patients who register their coronavirus symptoms with 111 Connecting the new Nightingale Hospital We provided technical expertise to connect the new Nightingale Hospital London with the NHS data network Keeping our essential workers safe We're helping to create a digital platform that is critical to the essential worker testing programme Coronavirus status checker We researched, designed and implemented the first version of the coronavirus status checker Using our at scale, multi-channel and multi-award winning contact centre capability Our contact centre gives coronavirus helpline support to callers ringing the 111 service National coronavirus (COVID-19) diagnostics challenge triage service We've set up a new contact centre service as part of the government's 5-pillar testing strategy Support for the launch of the NHS COVID-19 contact tracing app We're providing contact centre support for phase 1 of the NHS COVID-19 contact tracing app Electronic Staff Record (ESR) coding We've created a set of coronavirus (COVID-19) absence reporting codes in ESR Communicating with the social care workforce A new app has been developed to provide direct communications with the social care workforce Helping to staff our frontline A new COVID-19 indicator tool on the NHS Jobs platform helps users to find roles related to COVID-19 NHS Jobs partnering with LinkedIn, Azunda and Reed We’re working with LinkedIn, Azunda and Reed to prioritise COVID-19 related roles advertised through NHS Jobs Enhanced connectivity for NHS clinicians working remotely We're helping NHS staff to undertake clinical activities from home without extra mobile and broadband charges Supporting NHS returning to work during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak We’ve created a new team to look after former NHS clinicians who want to return to work during the outbreak Funding for community pharmacies We’ve made payments of £300million to community pharmacies to support their efforts during the outbreak Support for primary care through Electronic Repeat Dispensing (eRD) We're working at a national and local scale to help identify patients suitable for eRD Dental telephone triage reporting We've created a new reporting function in Compass to collate triage call data collected by dental practices Digital maternity exemption certificates We're encouraging midwives, practice nurses and health visitors to sign up to the digital service Advice service for universities and higher education provider COVID-19 leads We're helping to support universities by undertaking risk assessments to identify close contacts Social care recruitment We're supporting Care England to increase the number of people applying and working in social care Pharmacy, Opthalmic and General Practice Provider Assurance support We're supporting initiatives across Pharmacy, Opthalmic and General Practice to help the nation respond to COV Delivering high volume national payment services We're using our expertise to deliver high volume national payments services Help us improve our website We’re still developing our website based on your feedback, so please tell us what you think. Footer primary NHSBSA Home Sitemap Contact us Work with us Our response to coronavirus (COVID-19) Footer secondary Privacy Cookies Accessibility statement Terms and conditions Freedom of Information Close Cookies on our website We use cookies so that our website works properly. We’d also like to use cookies to collect information about how you use our website. This information helps us to improve our website and services. For more information about the cookies we use, visit our cookies page Cookie Control Link Icon Essential cookies These cookies are essential for our website to function. Our website does not work properly without them. Analytics cookies We use Google Analytics to measure how you use the website so we can improve it based on user needs. This information is anonymous and does not directly identify you. Off