Registration and variation guidance for our staff
To support flexibility and responsiveness to the health emergency, we have produced contingency registration and variation guidance for our staff to follow. You can download it here.
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Update on the closure of schools and early learning and childcare settings
The Deputy First Minister has issued a letter with an update on the closure of schools and early learning and childcare settings. You can read the letter here.
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New guidance on supporting people with eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties
It's #SwallowingAwarenessDay and the Care Inspectorate, Scottish Care and the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists have just published new guidance on supporting people with eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties. You can download the guidance here.
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Revised notifications guidance for care service providers
As of 19 March, we have further revised our notifications guidance as follows.
Services must notify us within 24 hours if someone using the service has:
- a suspected case of Covid-19
- a confirmed case of Covid-19
- died due to Covid-19.
We do not require to be notified about staff or self-isolation.
We may share the notification information with third parties as required to assist with emergency and contingency planning, and to monitor the virus spread in care services.
You should inform your health and social care partnership or local authority.
You can download our revised guidance below:
- records that all registered care services (except childminding) must keep and guidance on notification reporting
- records childminding services must keep and notification reporting guidance
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A message from our chief executive
Today, our chief executive Peter Macleod has issued a message. You can read it here. We have also updated our website to include information about staffing, and registration and variations. Please remember to bookmark this page so you can easily find our information for services about Covid-19 and how we are responding to it.
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