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Please find information on our services and visiting restrictions in our COVID-19 section.
Patients and visitors must wear a face covering in our hospitals.
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If your question is not answered below, and you are a member of staff, please speak to your line manager or email covidquestions@ouh.nhs.uk
If your question is about an OUH HR matter that isn't addressed here, please discuss this initially with your line manager who can then raise it with the HR consultant for your Division.
Some links are to documents on the OUH internal staff intranet: if you are a staff member and cannot access the intranet, please email covidquestions@ouh.nhs.uk and we will send you the document you need.
Please remember guidance is likely to change rapidly, so check back to see if you have the most up-to-date version of a document.
All staff with an OUH email address and computer login can access the Trust intranet from home on their PC or tablet via a virtual desktop.
You will need to download some software to access this which is available for Windows, MacOS and iOS devices, including iPads, and Android devices. Please contact OUH IM&T Service Desk for details.
You need formal approval from your line manager to work at home and this approval may be reviewed over time, depending on how things change.
An Interim Home Working Policy to support staff who may need to work remotely during the COVID-19 (coronavirus) health emergency has been approved by the Trust Management Executive (TME).
The Interim Home Working Policy and related documents can be found in the Human Resources Document Library on the staff intranet.
Please do refer to the Policy when having conversations about working at home. Both line managers and individual members of staff will find this useful.
When deciding if working at home is appropriate, managers should consider a range of factors which are outlined in the policy.
Sophos Home Premium Security. Sophos is one of the Trust's key cybersecurity providers. In order to express their gratitude to everyone working at OUH, Sophos has kindly made their Sophos Home Premium Security anti-virus software available free of charge to all OUH employees until February 2025.
It can be installed on 10 different personal devices. For more details please see the guide at the link below.
How to Access Sophos Home Premium (pdf, 2.8 MB)