Find information about community support and our services during the coronavirus pandemic, on our information for residents pages, our information for businesses pages, and our community support hub page which has guidance to help coordinate community organisations.
Coronavirus: Health Advice
Typical symptoms of coronavirus include a cough, a high temperature, and shortness of breath. Symptoms may also include anosmia (loss or change of smell and taste).
Similar to the seasonal flu, coronavirus can cause more severe symptoms in people with weakened immune systems, older people, and those with long-term conditions like diabetes, cancer and chronic lung disease.
Read the latest health advice from the NHS.
Gov.uk - Coronavirus: stay at home, protect the NHS, save lives.
Primary Care Response Hub
GPs, working with Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) officials, have set up a Primary Care Response Hub at the east entrance of Newbury Racecourse. This is not a testing facility and access is by appointment only. Patients will be referred for an assessment at the hub by their GP if they have known coronavirus or coronavirus symptoms, and need a face to face assessment to plan their care, or if they have known coronavirus/coronavirus symptoms and another urgent health need that would usually be managed by their GP. Clinicians are keeping contact with patients to a minimum so most patients will be assessed while they are in their cars. Only if necessary will a patient be assessed in a clinical room. Patients should continue to use NHS 111 online service and follow self-isolation guidance where applicable.