For more Covid information and help, or if you’d like to know more about how we calculate risk, please contact BuDS and we will be happy to help.

If you’d like to get our weekly Covid risk assessments direct to your email inbox, completely free of charge, you can subscribe here: budscovidinfo.substack.com

We have decided to mark our 250th Covid risk assessment next week by relaunching our appeal for funding for our Covid Information, Advice, and Guidance (IAG) project. Watch out for more news next week.

This is BuDS’ 249th Covid risk assessment since the beginning of the pandemic, and we are still the only organisation publishing free risk data for disabled and clinically vulnerable people. We will update you on the situation again next week.

Covid is not just dangerous for clinically vulnerable people. The virus has been proven to have an adverse health impact on most people who catch Covid. No-one should be relaxed about catching Covid.

We continue to not recommend Covid precautions outdoors, unless you are in a dense crowd of people. If you would like to know the likely number of infected people you would encounter in different types of building, please check the table on our website or Substack. (2/2)

BuDS strongly recommends that everyone takes precautions against catching Covid. These precautions should be taken in all indoor places, unless you are sure that the space is very well ventilated or has HEPA filtration in place. (1/2)

If you have a condition which makes you extremely clinically vulnerable to Covid, you are entitled to free NHS lateral flow test kits and, if you test positive, you may be eligible for antiviral treatments to help you survive the infection. More information is available on the NHS website. (3/3)

If you can’t isolate, wear a tight-fitting non-valved PPE respiratory mask (FFP2/FFP3) whenever you are in contact with other people indoors. You can buy these masks at pharmacies or online. They both protect you against viruses in the air and protect others if you are infected. (2/3)

If you or someone you have met does have symptoms of Covid (or of a respiratory virus which might be Covid), please do the decent, patriotic, thing and keep it to yourself. Unless you are unable to do so, please isolate until your symptoms have been gone for a couple of days. (1/3)

We continue to advise avoiding NHS and healthcare buildings as much as possible, and using a PPE respiratory mask (FFP2/FFP3) when visiting. (2/2)

Although flu levels are still going up rapidly, Covid and the common cold (rhinovirus) are now falling. It remains to be seen how seriously the NHS is being affected, as data about this will not be available for some weeks. (1/2)

The influenza vaccine is much more widely available than the Covid vaccine, and we recommend everyone entitled to a flu vaccine gets one as quickly as possible. (2/2)

Influenza (flu) continues to be a huge problem in England, with infection levels rising 38% in the last week of data (to 2 November). Remember, while influenza is not as infectious or dangerous as Covid, it is still a nasty virus to catch, and can have long-term health impacts too. (1/2)

This is a part-time role. BuDS is committed to fully flexible working, and the post holder will have considerable discretion as to their working hours when working remotely from home.

This role involves some work in a Buckinghamshire school, and the post holder must therefore be able to travel into the selected school as required. They must also be an appropriate person to work in a SEND school environment.

We are looking for someone who can "hit the ground running" (or wheeling!) and start designing the new service through close liaison with school staff and students.

For more Covid information and help, or if you’d like to know more about how we calculate risk, please contact BuDS and we will be happy to help.

If you’d like to get our weekly Covid risk assessments direct to your email inbox, completely free of charge, you can subscribe here: budscovidinfo.substack.com