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RBFT COViD Operational Response Consolidating to Red Plans for week commencing 11 May 2020

In week commencing 11 May we propose to finalise the move from black to red escalation. This will free up staff and estate to support our urgent non COViD patients, conserve scarce PPE and enable periods of rest and leave. Move to Red Phase 1 Consolidation at Red • • ITU to move into Trueta ward to replace ITU de-escalate exit from Redlands theatre escalation capacity; Theatres ITU • Begin phased move from South Wing theatres into Trueta ward. • Bring Adelaide ward back to Hurley ward COViD • Close Trueta and Lister wards from Spire; • Close Caversham ward. wards • Cold Cancer ward set up on Redlands. • Close Hunter ward. • • Reduction in supernumerary ward Theatre and anaesthetic staff move back to Staffing staff; theatres from ICU • • Reduction in additional demands on Junior doctors start to return to surgical medical specialties as ward base specialties in a phased way; consolidates. • • Swabbing of elective admissions begins Cold Cancer theatre complex set up in Surgery Redlands Theatres. • Expansion of urgent elective work • through increased use of Independent Extended use of Independent Sector. Sector and increasing volumes of elective surgery.

Over the course of the next fortnight we will take further actions to move towards ‘amber’ escalation and increase non -COViD activity to both address ‘backlog’ need and the likely increases in demand if lockdown eases nationally. Parallel workstreams Further preparatory steps • • Engagement with wider Berkshire Plan to increase activity by Diagnostics West and Berkshire, Oxfordshire and c.30% given increased time Buckinghamshire partners around co- for procedure due to COViD. ordinated approach to recovery; • • Develop approach for socially Establishing remote working policy Outpatients distanced face to face and approach; outpatients • Consolidate outpatient transformation changes including virtual ways of working; • Independent Agree IS capacity needed for recovery beyond June when the Sector • Agree plans for essential estates national contract is due to end. work ahead of winter; Trauma/ • Agree approach to staff swabbing in • Increase capacity for trauma Minor line with national guidance and minor injuries in preparation Injuries for lockdown ‘easing’