Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information
The COVID-19 outbreak has been a difficult time for us all, including local health, care, wellbeing and community support services.
These services have had to adapt to help protect the public, their staff, clients and visitors, with many introducing a ‘digital’ way for you to use their service. This may have involved using technology such as computers, tablets or smartphones to use the service via the internet.
Digital Health Devon offers free digital guidance showing people how they can use the internet to access local health, social care and wellbeing resources such as appointment-booking, prescription-ordering and online consultation services.
We have fantastic volunteer Digital ‘trainers’ who donate their time to helping local people with their digital queries. This could be via regular weekly online ‘virtual drop in sessions’ using Zoom, social media or even 1-to-1 advice and guidance either over the phone, via email or webchat.
Click here to contact us and find out more about our Digital trainers’ availability.
Advice and Guidance
We are working closely with all our national and local partners in the voluntary and statutory sector to ensure we share the latest trusted advice and guidance.
The government is removing remaining domestic restrictions in England. There are still steps you can take to reduce the risk of catching and spreading COVID-19:
- Get vaccinated
- Let fresh air in if meeting indoors, or meet outside
- Consider wearing a face covering in crowded, enclosed spaces
- Get tested if you have COVID-19 symptoms, and stay at home if positive
This page will be updated once further guidance is available. To check the latest Government guidance, please visit: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus
Please consult the local restrictions page to see if any restrictions are in place in your area.
To download the contact-tracing app NHS COVID-19, please click here.
Further Information
Please click the button below to view some of the useful latest information, advice and guidance related to COVID 19 from our partners and the local independent healthcare consumer champion in Devon, Plymouth & Torbay – Healthwatch.
