Covid-19 Coordinating Group

The Covid-19 Coordinating Group is a society-wide initiative, chaired by David Murphy (past BPS President) and Professor Daryl O'Connor (Chair of the Research Board), whose purpose is to facilitate collaboration and joined-up working across the society in response to the pandemic.

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Rehabilitation Workstream

This group is developing guidance for professionals that considers the likely psychological needs of people who have been hospitalised with COVID-19 and the most effective ways to support their recovery.

The group brings together expertise on the psychological, functional and physical aspects of patients recovering from coronavirus and looks at the evidence and best practice to improve outcomes.

Contributors
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- David Murphy (Co-lead), President 2019–2020, British Psychological Society
- Dr Dorothy Wade (Co-lead), Principal Health Psychologist, Critical Care, UCLH NHS Trust
- Professor Martin Bunnage, Head of Neuropsychology, North Bristol NHS Trust
- Dr Anne-Marie Doyle, Consultant Clinical Psychologist Critical Care, Royal Brompton Hospital
- Dr Simon Dupont, Head of Clinical Health Psychology, Hillingdon Hospital
- Dr Jessica Fish, Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, University of Glasgow
- Penelope Firshman, Clinical Lead Critical Care Occupational Therapist, Kings College Hospital
- Dr Dorothy Frizelle, ACP-UK Director and Head of Psychology, Mid Yorkshire Hospital Trust
- Professor Valerie Morrison, Professor of Health Psychology, Bangor University
- Professor Rona Moss-Morris, Professor of Psychology as Applied to Medicine, Kings College London
- Dr Hannah Murray, Research Clinical Psychologist, Oxford Centre for Anxiety Disorders and Trauma
- Paul Twose, Critical Care Physiotherapist, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

Rehabilitation Workstream

Contributors