Covid-19 advice for pregnant employees
Covid-19 advice for pregnant employees.
Self Care and Wellbeing: A Practical Guide for Health and Social Care
the University of Edinburgh and the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh has launched a open access course on self care and wellbeing for health and social care staff.
Points-based Immigration System for Social Care Webinars
The Home Office’s Engagement and Policy teams are hosting two short webinars with an overview of the points-based immigration system for the Social Care sector.
Care Inspectorate Board Member Opportunity
Scottish Minsters are looking to make three new appointments to the Board of the Care Inspectorate.
Scottish Government – Induction Framework Engagement Sessions
The Scottish Government are seeking social care staff to take part in their engagement sessions to help develop a new induction framework for people coming into the adult social care sector.
CEO Review of the week to 8th January 2022
Happy New Year to you all. Mind you as I have said to quite a few people this week happiness is the last emotion many of us are feeling at […]
Update on self-isolation for health & social care staff
Updated Policy Framework to the self-isolation guidance for Health and Social Care Staff, as a result of changes to the Covid-19 self-isolation guidance for the general population.
New Year message to all health and social care staff
New Year message to all health and social care staff by Caroline Lamb, Chief Executive NHSScotland and Director General Health and Social Care.
Social care workforce priority Covid testing booking
Please see message sent on behalf of Christine McLaughlin, Director of Test & Protect. Dear Colleagues As demand for COVID testing reaches new levels, we continue to adapt the Test […]
Temporary changes to Statutory Sick Pay
A major change has been announced by the UK Government which also applies to Scotland. This will be of significance to providers who have employees absent due to sickness and […]
Updated advice on care home visiting – 22 December 2021
Letter from Deputy Chief Nursing Officer and Deputy Chief Medical Officer, setting out updated guidance on visits in and out of adult care homes. This guidance follows the First Minister’s Parliamentary COVID-19 statement relating to further population based guidance and measures to take effect from midnight on Friday (17 December) to stem the flow of transmission of the Omicron variant.
COVID-19 Vaccine Update – New assets
Assets and copies to help promote the Covid-19 vaccine.
CEO Review of the week to 18th December
There are some weeks which defy expectation and planning and the last couple have felt just like that. I did not write the last update – thanks to Karen – […]
Updated guidance advice for supported housing – 16 December 2021
Updated guidance on visiting and social activities within supported housing settings.
Testing hubs & workday LFD testing
Communication from the Scottish Government on testing hubs and work day LFD testing.
Updated advice on care home visiting – 15 December 2021
Letter from Deputy Chief Nursing Officer and Deputy Chief Medical Officer, setting out updated guidance on visits in and out of adult care homes. This guidance follows the First Minister’s Parliamentary COVID-19 statement relating to further population based guidance and measures to take effect from midnight on Friday (17 December) to stem the flow of transmission of the Omicron variant.
Winter Bulletin 2021
Scottish Care’s Winter Bulletin for 2021 is now available.
Care Inspectorate Annual Returns – Deadline Extended
the deadline for submitting annual returns for the Care Inspectorate has been put back from 20 February to 20 March 2022
DHSC Urgent Briefing: Critical Cyber Vulnerability
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is issuing an urgent note setting out the current situation and advice on a critical cyber vulnerability, CVE-2021-44228, also known as Log4Shell or LogJam.