PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - David Hettle AU - Katherine Sutherland AU - Edward Miles AU - Lucy Allanby AU - Zöe Bakewell AU - Danielle Davies AU - Yasin Dhonye AU - Victoria Handford AU - Rebecca Upton AU - Victoria Vilenchik AU - Rebecca Wood TI - Cross-skilling training to support medical redeployment in the COVID-19 pandemic AID - 10.7861/fhj.2020-0049 DP - 2020 May 22 TA - Future Healthcare Journal PG - fhj.2020-0049 4099 - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/early/2020/05/22/fhj.2020-0049.short 4100 - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/early/2020/05/22/fhj.2020-0049.full AB - During the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors will be redeployed into roles with which they are unfamiliar. Adequate training must be provided to reacquaint doctors with medical ward practice, supporting psychological wellbeing and patient safety. Here we describe a cross-skilling programme in North Bristol NHS Trust designed to address colleague anxiety and support wellbeing during redeployment.