Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Infirmary Square, Leicester, UK.
University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Clifford Bridge Road, Coventry, UK.
Eur J Ophthalmol. 2021 Sep;31(5):2268-2274. doi: 10.1177/1120672120953339. Epub 2020 Aug 27.
During the current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some ophthalmologists across the United Kingdom (UK) have been redeployed to areas of need across the National Health Service (NHS). This survey was performed to assess aspects of this process including training & education, tasks expected, availability of personal protection equipment (PPE) used and the overall anxiety of ophthalmologists around their redeployment.
Online anonymous survey around the existing guidance on safe redeployment of secondary care NHS staff and PPE use by NHS England and Public Health England respectively. The survey was open to all ophthalmologists across the UK irrespective of their redeployment status.
145 surveys were completed and returned during a 2-week period between 17th April 2020 and 1st May 2020, when 52% of ophthalmologists were redeployed. The majority of this group consisted of ophthalmologists in training (79%). 81% of those redeployed were assigned to areas of the hospital where patients with confirmed Coronavirus disease were being treated as inpatients. There was a statistically significant improvement in anxiety level following redeployment which was mainly attributed to the support received by staff within the redeployed area. 71% of the redeployed group were found to have sufficient PPE was provided for the area they worked in.
This is the first national survey performed on redeployment of ophthalmologists in the UK. The study showed that ophthalmologists across all grades were able to contribute in most aspects of patient care. Anxiety of redeployment was reduced by prior training and good support in the redeployment area.
在当前的冠状病毒（COVID-19）大流行期间，英国（UK）的一些眼科医生已被重新部署到国民保健服务（NHS）的需求领域。进行这项调查是为了评估此过程的各个方面，包括培训和教育、预期任务、个人防护设备（PPE）的使用情况以及眼科医生对重新部署的整体焦虑。
围绕国家卫生服务局（NHS）和英格兰公共卫生署（PHE）分别就二级保健 NHS 工作人员安全重新部署的现有指南和 PPE 使用情况进行在线匿名调查。该调查向英国各地的所有眼科医生开放，无论其重新部署状态如何。
在 2020 年 4 月 17 日至 2020 年 5 月 1 日的两周内，完成并返回了 145 份调查，当时有 52%的眼科医生被重新部署。这一组中的大多数是在接受培训的眼科医生（79%）。81%的被重新部署者被分配到医院的病房，在那里治疗患有确诊冠状病毒疾病的住院患者。重新部署后，焦虑水平有了统计学上的显著改善，这主要归因于重新部署区域内工作人员的支持。发现 71%的重新部署小组在其工作区域提供了足够的 PPE。
这是在英国进行的首次针对眼科医生重新部署的全国性调查。研究表明，各级眼科医生都能够在大多数患者护理方面做出贡献。通过预先培训和在重新部署区域内提供良好的支持，可以减轻重新部署的焦虑。
