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COVID-19 compendium Guidance and resources Publication date: 25 August 2021
About the COVID-19 compendium
The COVID-19 Compendium contains links to current national and international policy,
guidance and resources on COVID-19 from key organisations.
• Current Scottish COVID-19 guidance and supporting materials (Public Health
Scotland)
• Coronavirus in Scotland (Scottish Government)
• Pathogen specific guidance (ARHAI, National Infection Prevention and Control Manual)
• IPC COVID-19 outbreak checklist for the control of incidents and outbreak in healthcare
settings within a COVID ward or when there is an individual case or multiple cases
(Public Health Scotland)
• IRIC safety alert relating to COVID-19 (Health Facilities Scotland)
• Management of Public Health Incidents: Guidance on the roles and responsibilities
of NHS led incident management teams (Public Health Scotland)
• COVID-19: the green book, chapter 14a
• Scottish Terms and Conditions committee COVID-19 page is a one reference point
with links to all the information on workforce issues on pay, terms and conditions, which is
being published or disseminated in response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
Disclaimer
No responsibility will be taken for any omissions to or the content of the compendium.
Any questions regarding any of the guidance documents should be directed to the
appropriate organisation.
2List of guidance and resources
Date Policy/guidance Summary Author
19/08/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance for businesses and SG
returning to offices workplaces on reducing the risk of
COVID-19 and supporting staff
and customers
19/08/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance for businesses and SG
safer businesses and workplaces on reducing the risk of
workplaces COVID-19 and supporting staff
and customers
19/08/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Quarantine rules and information SG
international travel and on the process for people entering
managed isolation the UK.
(quarantine)
19/08/2021 COVID-19: how to work A resource for those working in PHE
safely in domiciliary care in domiciliary care providing
England information on the use of personal
protective equipment (PPE).
18/08/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance on coronavirus testing, SG
getting tested in Scotland including who is eligible for a test,
how to get tested and the different
types of test available.
17/08/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance on coronavirus testing SG
adult care at home testing for the care at home sector.
guidance
17/08/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Information and support for SG
Test and Protect people who are asked to self-
isolate because of COVID-19.
17/08/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance and materials to SG
adult care home lateral flow support care homes to implement
device testing lateral flow device (LFD) testing.
17/08/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance on the personal use of SG
public use of face coverings face coverings during the
coronavirus (COVID-19)
pandemic.
17/08/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance for those who provide SG
advice for unpaid carers unpaid care to friends or family.
3Date Policy/guidance Summary Author
17/08/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): How to protect care home DH
Admission and care of residents and staff during the
people in care homes coronavirus outbreak.
17/08/2021 COVID-19: arranging or Guidance for arranging or PHE
attending a funeral or attending a funeral or
commemorative event commemorative event during the
coronavirus (COVID-19)
pandemic.
17/08/2021 Supported living services Guidance for providers of PHE
during coronavirus supported living settings
(COVID-19)
17/08/2021 Arrangements for visiting Sets out how care homes can PHE
out of the care home support residents on visits outside
of the care home.
16/08/2021 COVID-19: how to work Information for those working in PHE
safely in care homes care homes on how to work safely
during this period of sustained
transmission of coronavirus
(COVID-19).
16/08/2021 Preventing and controlling Information for prisons and other PHE
outbreaks of COVID-19: prescribed places of detention on
prisons and other places of coronavirus (COVID-19).
detention
16/08/2021 COVID-19: guidance for Advice to assist people required PHE
care of the deceased to manage bodies of deceased
persons infected with coronavirus
(COVID-19).
16/08/2021 Visiting arrangements in Sets out how care homes can DH
care homes support families and visitors to
visit residents.
16/08/2021 COVID-19: guidance for first Advice for first responders (as PHE
responders defined by the Civil Contingencies
Act) and others who may have
close contact with symptomatic
people who may have COVID-19.
4Date Policy/guidance Summary Author
16/08/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Overviews show testing SG
social care and community arrangements for social care and
based testing overview community based COVID-19
testing.
16/08/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance on coronavirus testing, SG
getting tested in Scotland including who is eligible for a test,
how to get tested and the different
types of test available.
16/8/2021 UPDATED GUIDANCE ON This letter notifies staff and SG
TWICE WEEKLY managers on a change to the
ASYMPTOMATIC TESTING twice weekly Lateral Flow Device
OF HEALTHCARE (LFD) testing kit for testing
WORKERS healthcare workers. Provides
DL (2021) 26 updated ‘Kind to remind’
campaign materials
13/8/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): How to stay safe and help prevent SG
staying safe and protecting the spread of COVID-19.
others
13/08/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance on the routine SG
asymptomatic staff testing asymptomatic testing of NHS
in NHS Scotland. Scotland staff, to reduce the
potential spread of COVID-19.
13/08/2021 Guidance for contacts of Guidance for contacts of a person PHE
people with confirmed with a positive test result for
coronavirus (COVID-19) coronavirus (COVID-19) who do
infection who do not live not live with that person.
with the person
13/08/2021 COVID-19: guidance for Stay at home guidance for PHE
households with possible households with possible
coronavirus infection coronavirus (COVID-19) infection.
12/08/2021 COVID-19: management of Guidance on the management of PHE
staff and exposed patients staff, patients and residents who
in healthcare settings have been exposed to COVID-19.
11/08/2021 COVID-19: guidance on Information for protecting people PHE
protecting people defined defined on medical grounds as
on medical grounds as extremely vulnerable from
extremely vulnerable COVID-19.
5Date Policy/guidance Summary Author
10/08/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance to support the mixing of SG
ventilation guidance - individuals safely in indoor
November 2020 domestic and commercial
properties.
10/08/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Letters including translations and SG
letters to the high risk alternative formats which were
groups sent out to people in the highest
risk group on (previously known
as the shielding list).
10/08/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Advice to help people in the SG
advice for people at highest COVID-19 highest risk group
risk make informed decisions and
access support services..
10/08/2021 COVID-19 rapid guideline: This guideline covers the NICE
managing COVID-19 management of COVID-19 for
children, young people and adults
in all care settings.
09/08/2021 GENERAL OPHTHALMIC Update includes physical SG
SERVICES: distancing and updated guidance
for environmental cleaning and
waste.
09/08/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance on opening of public SG
opening public and and customer toilets.
customer toilets
09/08/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Leaflet providing information on SG
Test and Protect the Test and Protect service from
information leaflet NHS Scotland, a new way to
tackle coronavirus.
09/08/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance for local authorities, SG
clinical guidance for the Health and Social Care
management of clients Partnerships (HSCPs) and
accessing care at home, registered providers, who deliver
housing support and care and support to people in their
sheltered housing own homes or provide supported
accommodation including
sheltered housing, extra care
housing and supported living
during the pandemic.
6Date Policy/guidance Summary Author
09/08/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance on visiting during the SG
adult care homes guidance pandemic plus tools and
resources on visiting, and
supporting residents in homes
with COVID-19.
09/08/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance on travel rules and SG
guidance on travel and restrictions and protection levels,
transport including information on essential
travel.
6/8/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance on how to support safer SG
supporting safer capacity in capacities within a public setting
public settings and events including the remaining limits on
capacities in events.
6/8/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Tool to assess the effectiveness SG
compliance self- of COVID-19 control measures
assessment tool within your workplace.
5/08/2021 Containing and managing Guidance for local authorities and DH
local coronavirus (COVID- local decision-makers on
19) outbreaks containing and managing COVID-
19 outbreaks at a local level.
3/8/2021 Requirement for NHS Informs of additional requirement SG
Boards to undertake for Boards to undertake a local
structured risk risk assessment, specifically
assessments in high risk aimed at areas designated for
(red) pathways care of patients in high risk (red)
DL(2021)23 pathways.
30/7/2021 COVID-19: providing unpaid Guidance for people who are DH
care to adults with learning providing unpaid care to adults
disabilities and autistic with learning disabilities and
adults autistic adults during the
coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
30/07/2021 Technical Specifications for The documents attached define DH/ HSE/
Personal Protective the technical and regulatory MHRA
Equipment (PPE) standards for Personal Protective
Equipment
30/07/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Risk assessment guidance and SG
guidance on occupational tool for staff across all industries
individual risk assessment which should be used by
7Date Policy/guidance Summary Author
employers to support staff and
line managers to understand and
carry out effective risk
assessments.
26/7/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19) – Information about the removal of SG
exemption of fully the need for fully vaccinated
vaccinated social care staff social care staff to self-isolate in
from isolation: information exceptional circumstances.
for providers
23/7/2021 FRAMEWORK FOR THE Provides a Policy Framework and SG
IMPLEMENTATION OF accompanying staff fact sheet.
ISOLATION EXEMPTIONS
FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL
CARE STAFF
DL(2021)22
23/7/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Information for people who are DH
providing unpaid care caring, unpaid, for friends or
family during the coronavirus
outbreak.
22/7/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance on supporting people to SG
living with dementia in care remain safe during periods of
homes isolation.
21/7/2021 Enhanced Surveillance Of Letter regarding extension of the SG
Covid-19 In Scotland – Community surveillance with
Continuation Of The funding committed until 29 August
Community Surveillance 2021
Programme
15/7/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Supplementary information SG
Open with Care: advice on including answers to practical
practicalities questions and concerns resulting
from Open with Care: supporting
meaningful contact and activities
in and away from care homes.
8/7/2021 Infection Control - Dentistry Update on recent and potential SG
changes in relation to infection
prevention and control guidance.
6/7/2021 General ophthalmic Letter advising on IPC guidance, SG
services including the use of gloves and
8Date Policy/guidance Summary Author
aprons in the medium risk
pathway;
6/07/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance for social care workers SG
social care staff support and employers about the Social
fund guidance Care Staff Support Fund, that
aims to ensure social care
workers do not experience
financial hardship if they are ill or
self-isolating due to coronavirus.
5/7/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance for staff within acute SG
guidance on the extended hospitals, community hospitals,
use of face masks and face primary care and wider
coverings in hospitals, community care, together with
primary care and wider advice for visitors, including those
community care attending for an appointment.
25/6/2021 Open with Care – This report summarises progress SG
supporting people in adult with the implementation of Open
care homes to have with Care - supporting meaningful
meaningful contact with contact in care homes guidance
others: progress report since publication. The report
recognises the excellent progress
and identifies key actions where
care homes and partners can
improve and embed good quality,
meaningful contact as the norm.
23/6/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance for staff on use of face SG
use of face coverings in coverings in these settings.
social care settings
including adult care homes
23/6/2021 COVID-19 Use of Face Letter from CNO regarding SG
Masks in Social Care updated guidance on use of face
Settings including Adult masks
Care Homes Guidance
Update
11/6/2021 How to stop the spread of Guidance on measures you can PHE
COVID-19 use to stop spread of COVID-19
04/06/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Advice on temporary changes to SG
adults with incapacity adults with incapacity
arrangements.
9Date Policy/guidance Summary Author
3/06/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Information about ways of offering SG
guidance on offering support to help tackle the
support coronavirus (COVID-19)
emergency for individuals,
businesses, volunteers and
vaccinators.
26/05/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): This workbook brings into one SG
Scottish workbook 2020 place advice on how local and
national public health agencies
will provide support that helps to
put in place the action needed to
prevent coronavirus spread,
together with advice on
management of outbreaks.
13/05/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance for hospitals on safely SG
hospital visiting guidance phasing in the reintroduction of
visitors.
28/04/2021 COVID-19: ethical A framework to support the DH
framework for adult social planning and organisation of adult
care social care during the coronavirus
(COVID-19) outbreak.
23/04/2021 COVID-19: ventilation of Guidance on the ventilation of PHE
indoor spaces to stop the indoor spaces to stop the spread
spread of coronavirus of coronavirus (COVID-19).
09/03/2021 Regulatory status of Provides guidance on the MHRA
equipment being used to standards for antimicrobial hand
help prevent coronavirus gels and sanitisers, face masks
(COVID-19) and face coverings and gloves.
31/3/2021 COVID-19: guidance for Information on coronavirus PHE
those leading a nomadic (COVID-19) for those leading a
way of life nomadic way of life.
22/03/2021 COVID-19: guidance for Advice on appropriate infection PHE
stepdown of infection prevention and control (IPC)
control precautions within precautions for stepdown in
hospitals and discharging hospital or discharge to home or
COVID-19 patients from residential settings
hospital to home settings
10Date Policy/guidance Summary Author
22/03/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): The FACTS information poster SG
FACTS poster including gives advice on how to stay safe
translations and accessible during the COVID-19 pandemic.
formats
15/03/2021 COVID-19: investigation and Steps for investigating and PHE
management of suspected managing individuals who are
SARS-CoV-2 reinfections suspected to be reinfected with
SARS-CoV-2.
15/03/2021 SARS-CoV-2 VOC and VUI: Advice on the investigation and PHE
investigating and managing management of patients who may
individuals with a possible be infected with a new SARS-
or confirmed case CoV-2 Variant of Concern.
10/03/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Scottish Government advice to SG
guidance for health boards health boards in Scotland to avoid
to avoid wasting the wasting the vaccine
vaccine unnecessarily.
01/03/2021 COVID-19 position The purpose of this guideline is to SIGN/HIS
statement: Presentations provide NHSScotland with advice
and management of COVID- on presentations and
19 in older people in acute management of COVID-19 in
care older patients in acute care.
24/2/2021 Open with Care - supporting New guidance supports SG
meaningful contact in care meaningful contact to resume
homes: guidance between adult care home
residents and their loved ones,
beginning with visiting up to twice
a week.
22/02/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19) - This guidance sets out advice and SG
employee testing expectations for employers
programmes: guidance for running COVID-19 private
employers asymptomatic employee testing
programmes among their staff.
19/02/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Deputy Chief Medical Officer SG
vaccination - priority group provides detailed information to
6: letter from Interim Deputy NHS Health Boards and GPs
Chief Medical Officer around identifying those in the
priority group 6.
11Date Policy/guidance Summary Author
17/02/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance and materials to SG
adult care home testing support professionals who visit
guidance for visiting care homes and residential
professionals settings to carry out lateral flow
device (LFD) testing.
12/02/2021 COVID-19 vaccination: Guidance for healthcare PHE
information for healthcare practitioners about the
practitioners coronavirus (COVID-19)
vaccination programme
10/02/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): These conditions include: cancer, SG
advice for people with diabetes, heart disease, IBD;
specific medical conditions chronic kidney and liver disease;
dermatological, neurological,
(specific) ophthalmic, respiratory
and rheumatic conditions, chronic
pain, and rare diseases.
05/02/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Letter to NHS boards with the SG
duty of candour procedure Scottish Government views on the
obligation on NHS boards application of organisational duty
during the pandemic of candour procedure during the
COVID-19 pandemic.
03/02/2021 Evidence review: The purpose of this rapid review is SIGN
Assessment of COVID-19 in to provide NHSScotland with
primary care: the advice on assessment of patients
identification of symptoms, with COVID-19 in primary care.
signs, characteristics,
comorbidities and clinical This guidance is for: general
signs in adults which may practitioners and primary care
indicate a higher risk of teams involved in the assessment
progression to severe of patients presenting with
disease potential COVID-19.
28/01/2021 National Rollout of the Details of the COVID-19 remote SG
COVID-19 Remote monitoring service for high-risk
Monitoring Service patients currently being tested
CMO(2021)2 within NHS Lanarkshire.
28/01/2021 SARS-CoV-2 VOC: Advice on the investigation and PHE
investigating and managing management of patients who may
individuals with a possible be infected with a new SARS-
or confirmed case CoV-2 Variant of Concern.
12Date Policy/guidance Summary Author
27/01/2021 COVID-19 vaccination: Information for frontline healthcare PHE
guide for healthcare workers on COVID-19
workers vaccination.
27/01/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Advice for social care personal SG
Personal Protective assistants on how to source and
Equipment (PPE) for use PPE.
personal assistants
25/01/2021 COVID-19 vaccination: a Information for frontline social PHE
guide for social care staff care workers on COVID-19
vaccination.
25/01/2021 COVID-19 vaccination: Information for eligible adults on PHE
guide for older adults COVID-19 vaccination.
25/01/2021 COVID-19 vaccination: what Information for people who have PHE
to expect after vaccination had their first COVID-19
vaccination.
21/01/2021 COVID-19: infection Guidance on infection prevention PHE
prevention and control (IPC) and control for COVID-19.
Sustained community
transmission is occurring across
the UK.
20/01/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Booklet providing advice on how SG
Right Care, Right Place – a to access NHS Scotland services
guide to NHS Scotland safely during the coronavirus
services pandemic.
20/01/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Information on when and how to SG
Self-isolation factsheet. self-isolate if you or someone in
your household have coronavirus
symptoms.
18/01/2021 COVID 19: Community This circular sets out the SG
Pharmacy: NHS Medicines arrangements for a new time-
Delivery Service limited medicines delivery service
to be deployed by the Community
Pharmacy Network to support
winter pressures, NHS
remobilisation and our National
Strategic Framework during the
COVID-19 outbreak.
13Date Policy/guidance Summary Author
15/01/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance for social workers on SG
safe and ethical social work home visits and direct contact
practice interviews with service users.
15/01/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Letter addressed to the health and SG
day services for adults - social care sector to clarify that
letter from the Cabinet essential day service support can
Secretary for Health and continue throughout the current
Sport - 15 January 2021 lockdown and adult day centres
can continue to operate.
15/01/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Care home vaccination guidance SG
guidance for use of Pfizer for Pfizer BioNTech BNT162b
BioNTech vaccine in care vaccine.
homes
14/01/2021 COVID-19: supporting Guidance for care staff who are DH
adults with learning supporting adults with learning
disabilities and autistic disabilities and autistic adults
adults during the coronavirus (COVID-
19) outbreak
13/01/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Frequently Asked Questions SG
vaccination guidance for (FAQs) on COVID-19
health and social care vaccinations for health and social
professionals care professionals.
12/01/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance for health and social DH
looking after people who care staff who are caring for, or
lack mental capacity treating, a person who lacks the
relevant mental capacity.
08/01/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19) Letter from Chief Medical Officer SG
vaccine: letter from Chief to Presiding Officer and MSPs on
Medical Officer on advice advice from Joint Committee on
on AstraZeneca and Pfizer Vaccination and Immunisation
BioNTech vaccines (JCVI).
5/1/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Correspondence and guidance on SG
update on vaccinations the latest situation with the
coronavirus vaccine in Scotland.
01/01/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19) Letter from the Chief Medical SG
vaccine: letter from the Officer, Dr Gregor Smith, on the
Chief Medical Officer arrangements for the COVID-19
14Date Policy/guidance Summary Author
updating on the vaccination vaccination programme, following
programme - 1 January authorisation for supply and use
2021 of the AstraZeneca COVID-19
vaccine and changes to advice on
the use of the Pfizer BioNTech
vaccine by both the Medicines
and Healthcare products
Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and
the Joint Committee on
Vaccination and Immunisation
(JCVI).
31/12/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19) This is a letter sent from the SG
vaccine: letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and
Cabinet Secretary for Health Sport, Ms Freeman to the
and Sport on the approval Presiding Officer and MSPs
of the AstraZeneca Vaccine providing them with an update on
the approval of the AstraZeneca
Covid Vaccine for use in the
United Kingdom.
24/12/2020 Additional preventative Letter advising of urgent review of SG
measures due to new care home strategy in light of
COVID variant – Testing of further restrictions announced by
Care Home Staff, Visiting the First Minister on Saturday 18
Professionals and Outbreak This letter should be used in
Management addition to 22 December letter in
relation to care home visiting and
visitor testing, from 26 December
23/12/2020 Information to dental Update to dental practices on SG
practices following introduction of level 4 restrictions.
introduction of level 4
COVID-19 restrictions
23/12/2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Using PPE to help prevent the SG
unpaid carers providing spread of the virus for people who
personal care visit or live with a friend/family and
provide help with washing or
dressing.
18/12/2020 Long COVID This booklet is for people who SIGN/ HIS/
have had a COVID-19 infection NICE
and have ongoing signs and
symptoms.
15Date Policy/guidance Summary Author
18/12/2020 Publication of Interim This letter provides guidance to SG
guidance on expansion of staff and managers on the
twice weekly testing for introduction of twice weekly LFD
patient facing staff within Device (LFD) testing.
hospitals, the Scottish Supplements letter sent out to
Ambulance Service, COVID- Chief Executives on 27 November
19 assessment centres and regarding expansion of testing
COVID-19 vaccinators
17/12/2020 General Ophthalmic Letter providing information on the SG
Services (GOS) – COVID-19 COVID-19 recovery.
recovery
14/12/2021 Coronavirus (COVID-19): A framework to help local SG
framework to support authorities and their partners,
gypsy/traveller including the NHS and the third
communities sector, in decision-making in their
local response to COVID-19 in
relation to Gypsy/Travellers
08/12/2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19) Sets out how care homes and DH
lateral flow testing of visitors can prepare for visitor
visitors in care homes testing with lateral flow devices
(LFDs).
08/12/2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Information for those providing DH
providing home care personal care to people living in
their own home during the
coronavirus outbreak.
04/12/2020 COVID-19 Vaccination This letter sets out the SG
Programme CMO(2020)33 arrangements for the initial stages
of the Covid-19 vaccination
programme.
02/12/2020 Community Optometry - Letter providing update on SG
COVID-19 vaccination vaccination programme and
programme and PPE advanced notice of moving PPE
to pull model
02/12/2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Clinical guidance for NHS SG
clinical guidance - using Scotland: using physical restraint
physical restraint for for patients with confirmed or
patients suspected
COVID-19.
16Date Policy/guidance Summary Author
30/11/2020 Dental - COVID Vaccination This circular advises NHS Boards SG
Programme 2020/21 of the opportunity to involve NHS
dental contractors in the Covid-19
vaccination programme.
27/11/2020 General Ophthalmic Letter provides update for COVID- SG
Services (GOS) – COVID-19 19 recovery
Recovery
25/11/2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Information for social care SG
PPE access for social care providers, personal assistants,
providers and unpaid carers and unpaid/family carers on how
to access personal protective
equipment (PPE).
20/11/2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19) Sets out how homecare agencies DH
testing for homecare in England can order regular tests
workers for their homecare (domiciliary
care) staff
20/11/2020 How tests and testing kits The different types of tests and MHRA
for coronavirus (COVID-19) testing kits for COVID-19, and the
work specifications for manufacturers.
16/11/2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance is designed to support SG
Guidance on adult social safe re-opening and delivery of
care building-based day building-based day services for
services adults.
19/11/2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance on coronavirus testing, DH
getting tested including who is eligible
12/11/2020 Testing for coronavirus at How to use your coronavirus DH
home (COVID-19) home test kit.
11/11/2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Sets out how to self-isolate when DH
how to self-isolate when you arrive in the UK. You will not
you travel to the UK be allowed to leave the place
you’re staying for the first 14 days
you’re in the UK.
02/11/2020 General Ophthalmic Provides information on SG
Services (GOS) COVID-19 remobilisation of face to face
recovery: Remobilisation of peripatetic eye care and provision
face to face peripatetic eye of PPE
care, financial support
arrangements for
17Date Policy/guidance Summary Author
peripatetic providers
ongoing provision of PPE
29/10/2010 General Ophthalmic Updated on COVID-19 Scotlands SG
Services (GOS) COVID-19 strategic framework and PPE
recovery supply and usage.
27/10/2020 Publication of COVID-19 This letter provides additional SG
asymptomatic weekly guidance to NHS and care home
testing guidance - for employers on the importance of
employers and staff on the eligible staff undergoing weekly
importance of weekly asymptomatic routine COVID-19
asymptomatic testing testing, and what to do, should
staff choose not to be tested. This
supplements the guidance that
was issued to NHS Chief
Executives on 3 July 2020.
23/10/2020 NHS test and trace in the Guidance on the NHS test and DH
workplace trace service for employers,
businesses and workers.
22/10/2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19): General principles for outpatient SG
outpatient and primary care and primary care consultations
consultations - principles during community circulation of
COVID-19.
20/10/2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance for central and local SG
guidance for stakeholders government and public bodies in
on the Coronavirus Scotland on key measures
(Scotland) Act 2020 contained within the Coronavirus
(Scotland) Act 2020.
16/10/2020 COVID-19: Cleaning of This guidance covers the cleaning PHE
non-healthcare settings of environments outside the
outside the home home.
14/10/2020 COVID-19: reducing Advice on how you can help PHE
transmission - what you can reduce the transmission of
do to help coronavirus (COVID-19).
08/10/2020 Care homes winter planning Care
letter Inspectorate
18Date Policy/guidance Summary Author
08/10/2020 NHS test and trace: how it An overview of the NHS test and DH
works trace service, including what
happens if you test positive for
coronavirus (COVID-19) or have
had close contact with someone
who has tested positive.
07/10/2020 Enhanced surveillance of Update on the extension of the SG
COVID-19 in Scotland: COVID-19 community
continuation and extension surveillance programme.
of the community
surveillance programme
07/10/2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance for healthcare SG
guidance on critical care practitioners working in critical
management of adult care environments and staff
patients involved in the planning and
delivery of critical care services.
02/10/2020 COVID-19: investigation and Information on case definitions, PHE
initial clinical management and the initial assessment and
of possible cases investigation of possible cases of
COVID-19 infection.
01/10/2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Information about the DH
antibody tests government’s coronavirus
antibody testing programme.
Antibody tests are to check
whether a person has had the
virus.
28/09/2020 Surveillance of acute Details proposed extension and SG
respiratory illness - changes to epidemiological
extension of the winter surveillance programmes that
SARI surveillance for collect data for hospitalised
COVID and extension of Severe Acute Respiratory Illness
CO-CIN (ISARIC Tier 0) (SARI)
covid surveillance funding
17/09/2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Advice for those who provide SG
guidance for those guide support for people with sight
providing guide support loss or mobility or other
impairments
19Date Policy/guidance Summary Author
09/09/2020 COVID-19 position The purpose of this document is SIGN
statement: CPAP for to provide NHSScotland with
COVID-19-related advice on the appropriate use of
respiratory failure continuous positive airway
pressure (CPAP) for patients with
COVID-19.
07/09/2020 COVID-19: long-term health Information and guidance on PHE
effects persistent health problems
reported following acute COVID-
19 disease.
04/09/2020 General Ophthalmic Service Provides update regarding SG
(GOS) - COVID-19 recovery: COVID-19 recovery
31/08/2020 Common cold and COVID- Guidance on how COVID-19 SG
19 symptoms: advice for symptoms differ from those of
parents and carers other infections circulating at this
time of year, from Scotland's
National Clinical Director.
28/08/2020 Reporting outbreaks of Guidance for businesses and DH
coronavirus (COVID-19) organisations on how to
recognise, contain and report
incidents of coronavirus (COVID-
19).
27/08/2020 Face coverings: when to Explains when to wear a face DH
wear one, exemptions and covering and how to make one.
how to make your own
26/08/2020 Overview of adult social Information for adult social care DH
care guidance on providers on COVID-19 guidance
coronavirus and support.
(COVID-19)
21/08/2020 COVID-19: personal Guidance on the use of personal PHE
protective equipment use protective equipment (PPE) for
for non-aerosol generating non-aerosol generating
procedures procedures (APGs).
21/08/2020 COVID-19: personal Guidance on the use of personal PHE
protective equipment use protective equipment (PPE) for
for aerosol generating non-aerosol generating
procedures procedures (APGs).
20Date Policy/guidance Summary Author
21/08/2020 UK IPC guidance for the Letter from Fiona McQueen SG
remobilisation of health advising that this guidance was
and care services now available
17/08/2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19): The Scottish Government's SG
Scotland's Testing Strategy updated Testing Strategy, setting
- Adapting to The Pandemic out the role testing continues to
play in tackling coronavirus
(COVID-19).
14/08/2020 Meeting people from How you can see people that you DH
outside your household do not live with while protecting
yourself and others from
coronavirus (COVID-19)
07/08/2020 Remobilisation of NHS Update advising on the SG
Dental Services: Aerosol arrangements for the inclusion of
Generating Procedures the provision of certain AGPs in
(AGPs) NHS dental practice as part of the
remobilisation of NHS dental
services.
07/08/2020 Enhanced surveillance of Update advising that the SG
COVID-19 in Scotland - surveillance will continue until 9
Continuation of the October 2020.
community surveillance
programme
06/08/2020 COVID-19: mouth care for Guidance on mouth care for PHE
patients with a confirmed or patients with confirmed or
suspected case suspected COVID-19 who are
non-ventilated, ventilated and
those having step down or end of
life care.
03/08/2020 Considerations for the The purpose of this document is WHO
provision of essential oral to address specific needs and
health services in the considerations for essential oral
context of COVID-19 health services in the context of
COVID-19 in accordance with
WHO operational guidance on
maintaining essential health
services.
21Date Policy/guidance Summary Author
03/08/2020 Types and uses of Guidance on the different types of DH
coronavirus (COVID-19) coronavirus test available.
tests
03/08/2020 Letter to Health and Social Provides an update on national SG
Care partnerships about the actions to support local re-
reopening of respite and establishment of respite and day
day care services. care services and sets out next
steps in the wider reopening of
adult day centres and residential
respite for both children and
adults.
31/07/2020 Local lockdown guidance How you can see people you do DH
for social distancing not live with if there's a local
lockdown during the coronavirus
(COVID-19) outbreak.
30/07/2020 General Ophthalmic Service Updated information on routine SG
(GOS) - COVID-19 recovery: eye care within practices and
patients own homes.
30/07/2020 Statement from the UK Statement regarding the DH/SG
Chief Medical Officers on extension of the self-isolation
extension of self-isolation period to 10 days for those in the
period: 30 July 2020 community who have coronavirus
(COVID-19) symptoms or a
positive test result.
29/07/2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance from the CMO on SG
ethical advice and support treating patients with COVID-19.
framework
29/07/2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance from the Chief Medical SG
clinical guidance for Officer (CMO) on treating patients
managing patients with COVID-19.
28/07/2020 GP Practices: additional Updated information on the SG
Funding – COVID-19 update additional funding for GP
practices.
27/07/2020 COVID-19 rapid guideline: To help healthcare professionals NICE
arranging planned care in deliver efficient planned care
hospitals and diagnostic while minimising the risk of
services COVID-19 in the context of
increasing or decreasing local
22Date Policy/guidance Summary Author
prevalence. It also aims to help
patients make decisions about
their planned care
27/07/2020 Examinations - Phase 3 Advice regarding using the 3 in 1 SG
Remobilisation syringe during dental
examinations.
27/07/2020 Publication of COVID-19 Provides information on the single SG
occupational risk national guidance document on
assessment guidance occupational risk assessments for
the new risks posed to health and
social care staff by COVID-19.
24/07/2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance to assist health boards SG
remobilisation guidance for with local remobilisation planning
maternity and neonatal of paused aspects of maternity
services and neonatal care.
23/07/2020 Regulatory status of There are different regulations MHRA
equipment being used to which apply to devices and
help prevent coronavirus equipment including hand gels
(COVID-19) and PPE (personal protective
equipment)
23/07/2020 Weekly staff testing for Guidance developed to ensure SG
agency staff who are that all staff deployed to care
deployed to care homes for homes for adults and older
adults and older people people from staffing agencies are
tested for COVID-19 prior to
deployment.
23/07/2020 Visiting in Adult Care Letter from Jeanne Freeman SG
Homes updating on process for Stage 3
of the visiting plan.
15/07/2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Letter to the national carer SG
letter to national carer organisations and Oxfam in
organisations response to their Life Leaving
Lockdown paper for unpaid carers
from the Minister for Public
Health, Sport and Wellbeing Joe
FitzPatrick MSP.
14/07/2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19) Guidance to support customer SG
Test and Protect: multi- and visitor data gathering for
23Date Policy/guidance Summary Author
sector guidance on businesses and other
collection of customer and establishments to assist contact
visitor contact details – July tracing as part of NHS Scotland's
2020 Test and Protect system.
13/07/2020 Advice on reusable (yellow) To ensure Laundry staff are HFS
gowns: aware of the process for ordering,
Poster distribution and laundering of the
Standard Operating reusable (Yellow) Gown.
Procedure
10/07/2020 REMOBILISATION OF NHS This letter advises NHS Boards SG
DENTAL SERVICES: PHASE and Practitioner Services of the
3 arrangements for phase 3 of the
remobilisation of NHS dental
services.
09/07/2020 General Ophthalmic Service This letter advises on details for SG
(GOS) - COVID-19 recovery community optometry in relation
planning: Phase 3 details to Phase 3 of the Scottish
Government’s COVID-19 recovery
Route Map;
09/07/2020 NHS Dental Services – Details arrangements for phase 3 SG
Phase 3 Remobilisation of the dental remobilisation plan
for NHS dental services from 13
July 2020.
03/07/2020 COVID-19 Testing for care Guidance giving instructions on Care
home staff in Scotland the COVID-19 test. Inspectorate
03/07/2020 Use of the UK Government This provides a 2-page summary SG
Social Care Testing Portal of the updated UK Government
by Scottish Care Homes: Portal guidance, as well as a
Summary guidance and Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked document on the Portal process.
Questions
03/07/2020 Coronavirus (Scotland) (No. Practical detail on the use of SG
2) Act 2020: advisory note powers in the Coronavirus
on emergency directions (Scotland) (No. 2) Act 2020
and intervention orders etc regarding directions to care home
providers, emergency intervention
orders, and powers to voluntarily
24Date Policy/guidance Summary Author
purchase a care home or care at
home service
03/07/2020 COVID-19 therapeutic alert - Letter attached about interim SG
publication of an interim clinical commissioning policy put
clinical commisioning in place to define routine access
policy: Remdesivir for to Remdesivir for treatment of
patients hospitalised with COVID-19 in the UK.
COVID-19 (adults and
children aged 12 years and
older)
03/07/2020 Young carers and young Guidance and information for DH
adult carers: providing care people under the age of 25 who
during coronavirus are providing care for someone
during the coronavirus (COVID-
19) outbreak.
02/07/2020 COVID-19: guidance for Videos and instructions for how to PHE
taking swab samples take swab samples for COVID-19
testing
02/07/2020 COVID-19 Advisory Group: Advice commissioned by the First SG
physical distancing advice Minister and Chief Medical Officer
on 2 metre distancing.
02/07/2020 COVID-19 Advisory Group: Advice commissioned by the First SG
superspreading advice Minister and Chief Medical Officer
on ‘superspreader’ events.
01/07/2020 COVID-19 Aviation Health The European Union Aviation ECDC
Safety Protocol: Guidance Safety Agency (EASA) and the
for the management of European Centre for Disease
airline passengers in Prevention and Control (ECDC)
relation to the COVID-19 have developed the following
pandemic guidelines. Their purpose is to
serve as an aviation health safety
protocol and to provide a source
of best practice
30/06/2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Four nations statement on allied SG
allied health professionals’ health professionals’ role in
role in rehabilitation rehabilitation during and after
COVID-19.
25Date Policy/guidance Summary Author
June 2020 Coronavirus: A short Guide This information guide has been Age
prepared by Age Scotland and Concern
contains general advice only; it
should not be relied on as a basis
for any decision or action and
cannot be used as a substitute for
professional advice.
26/06/2020 COVID-19: guidance for Advice for food businesses in PHE
food businesses response to the coronavirus
(COVID-19) outbreak in the UK.
25/06/2020 Publications of plans to Letter from Jeanne Freeman to SG
support phased return to care home providers providing an
visiting in adult care home update on the plans to phase
services visiting into care homes.
24/06/2020 NHS Dental Services Phase Update regarding Phase 3 starting SG
3 – Remobilisation from Monday 13 July, with NHS
dental contractors able to see
patients for non-aerosol routine
care.
24/06/2020 COVID-19 Therapeutic alert: Update to the letter issued on 16 SG
Dexamethasone in the June which includes an update to
treatment of COVID-19 - the clinical guidance section on
implementation and the interaction between remdesivir
management of supply for and dexamethasone
treatement in hospitals.
Update to letter issued 16
June - interaction between
Remdesivir and
Dexamethasone
24/06/2020 Letter from SG and COSLA Provides information on the SG/COSLA
to care home managers weekly testing of care home staff
regarding testing and the Social Care Staff Support
Fund
24/06/2020 Letter from SG and COSLA Provides information on the SG/COSLA
to care home staff weekly testing of care home staff
regarding testing and the Social Care Staff Support
Fund
23/06/2020 Use of serology testing for Update on Scotland’s approach to SG
COVID-19 in Scotland COVID-19 antibody testing
26Date Policy/guidance Summary Author
19/06/2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19): A framework for how adult social DH
reducing risk in adult social care employers should assess
care and reduce risk to their workforce
during the coronavirus pandemic.
18/06/2020 NHS Dental Services Phase Advises that NHS dental services SG
2 – Remobilisation remobilisation can commence
from Monday 22 June, under
Amendment No. 144 of the
Statement of Dental
Remuneration (SDR).
17/06/2020 Criteria for releasing This scientific brief provides the WHO
COVID-19 patients from rationale for the changes made to
isolation. Scientific Brief the clinical management of
COVID-19 guidance, based on
recent scientific evidence.
17/06/2020 General Ophthalmic Advises on the supply of and SG
Services (GOS): COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment
recovery planning - pre- (PPE) that a practice premises
requirements and supply must have before it can resume
providing face-to-face NHS
emergency and essential eye
care, and PPE waste disposal
arrangements;
17/06/2020 Monitoring and evaluation The framework presents ECDC
framework for COVID-19 indicators for a variety of key
response activities in the pillars of COVID-19
EU/EEA and the UK preparedness, prevention and
control activities and provides
guidance to countries on how to
collect and analyse data for the
suggested indicators
16/06/2020 COVID-19 Therapeutic alert: Letter which sets out the SG
Dexamethasone in the approach to utilisation of
treatment of COVID-19 - dexamethasone in COVID-19
implementation and informed by the extensive
management of supply for experience of its use in other
treatment in hospitals indications and information from
the RECOVERY trial in the groups
of patients where a clinical benefit
was demonstrated.
27Date Policy/guidance Summary Author
15/06/2020 Remobilisation of NHS This letter advises NHS Boards SG
Dental Services and Practitioner Services of the
arrangements for the
remobilisation of NHS dental
services.
15/06/2020 Remobilisation of NHS Explains the plans to remobilise SG
Ophthalmic Services in our NHS ophthalmic services in
Scotland Scotland.
11/06/2020 Use of chest imaging in This rapid advice guide examines WHO
COVID-19: Rapid advice the evidence and makes
note recommendations for the use of
chest imaging in acute care of
adult patients with suspected,
probable or confirmed COVID-19.
10/06/2020 Medicines collection Advises community pharmacy SG
service for shielding contractors and NHS Boards on
individuals updates to the existing
arrangements for the Local
Authority resilience hubs
medicines collection service for
shielding individuals
09/06/2020 COVID-19 infection This document provides guidance ECDC
prevention and control for on infection prevention and
primary care, including control to healthcare providers in
general practitioner the EU/EEA in order to prevent
practices, dental clinics and COVID-19 infection.
pharmacy settings
09/06/2020 COVID-19 therapeutic alert Update to letters issued on 26 SG
– Update to letter issued 26 May and 3 June regarding the
May and 3 June – restrictive access criteria for
implementation of early Remdesivir in the treatment of
access to medicines COVID-19.
scheme for Remdesivir in
the treatment of COVID-19
08/06/2020 Remobilisation of NHS Provides you additional SG
Dental Services in Scotland: information about the steps that
- Preparations to Step Up we are taking to prepare dental
into Phase 2 practices to open.
28Date Policy/guidance Summary Author
08/06/2020 Results from laboratory- This covers issues with both MHRA
based tests for COVID-19 laboratory based tests for COVID-
antibodies using capillary 19 antibodies (unvalidated sample
blood sample collection kits type) and capillary blood sample
may not be reliable collection kits (unvalidated for
(MDA/2020/015) home use)
08/06/2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19): An update on the future direction SG
Shielding - A Way Forward of shielding policy in Scotland.
for Scotland
05/06/2020 COVID 19 rapid evidence This review aims to establish the NICE
summary: Remdesivir for clinical effectiveness, safety and
treating hospitalised cost effectiveness of remdesivir in
patients with suspected or adults, young people and children
confirmed COVID-19 hospitalised with suspected or
confirmed COVID-19.
05/06/2020 Implementation of NHS This circular informs NHS Boards SG
Near Me in community and community pharmacy
pharmacy contractors of NHS Near Me and
provides important information in
preparation for the roll out of NHS
Near Me to community pharmacy
in the near future.
05/06/2020 Practical considerations This document and risk WHO
and recommendations for assessment tool provides
religious leaders and faith- practical guidance and
based communities in the recommendations to support the
context of COVID-19 special role of religious leaders,
faith-based organizations, and
faith communities in COVID-19
education, preparedness, and
response.
05/06/2020 Advice on the use of masks This updated version includes a WHO
in the context of COVID-19 – section on Advice to decision
Interim advice makers on the use of masks for
healthy people in community
settings.
04/06/2020 Recognising deterioration A guide for social care workers NES/SSSC
and supporting people with supporting people in care homes
29Date Policy/guidance Summary Author
acute care needs during or their own home to be used
COVID-19 alongside local policies and
procedures
04/06/2020 Conducting in-action and This document aims to support ECDC
after-action reviews of the the implementation of after-action
public health response to reviews (AARs) and in-action
COVID-19 reviews (IARs) focused on the
public health response to COVID-
19.
04/06/2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Framework agreed by the SG
framework for the recovery National Cancer Treatment
of cancer surgery Response Group for patients
recovering from cancer surgery
during the coronavirus pandemic
04/06/2020 How to wear and make a Instructions on how to wear and PHE
cloth face covering make a cloth face covering.
03/06/2020 COVID-19 therapeutic alert Please see the attached update to SG
– update to letter issued on the letter issued on 26 May. To
26 May – implementation of note the access criteria for the
early access medicines remdesivir EAMS have been
scheme for Remdesivir in amended to reflect developing
the treatment of COVID-19 clinical experience and knowledge
of demand and changes in
medicine supply.
01/06/2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Letter from CNO providing details SG
care home safety huddle, a number of resources which will
staffing and escalation support care homes to identify
resources factors that may impact on the
health, safety and wellbeing of
residents as a result of the Covid-
19 pandemic.
01/06/2020 Maintaining essential health This document expands on the WHO
services: operational content of the essential health
guidance for the COVID-19 services and systems pillar of the
context COVID-19 strategic preparedness
and response plan:
30Date Policy/guidance Summary Author
31/05/2020 Re-mobilise, Recover, Re- Sets out how health boards will SG
design: the framework for safely and incrementally prioritise
NHS Scotland the resumption of some paused
services, while maintaining
COVID-19 capacity and
resilience.
30/05/2020 Key planning The purpose of this document is WHO
recommendations for Mass to provide guidance to host
Gatherings in the context of governments, health authorities
the current COVID-19 and national or international
outbreak organizers of mass gatherings on
containing risks of COVID-19
transmission associated with
mass gathering events.
28/05/2020 Guidance for Medical Guidance for medical practitioners SG
Practitioners during the on the electronic transfer of
COVID-19 Pandemic – medical certificates of cause of
Electronic Transfer of death (MCCD) from health
Medical Certificates of services to registrars and next of
Cause of Death (MCCD) kin during the COVID-19
from Health Services to pandemic.
Registrars and Next of Kin
28/05/2020 Surveillance protocol for This is a surveillance protocol WHO
SARS-CoV-2 infection targeting health workers who are
among health workers found positive to COVID-19. This
represents a technical tool and
service that WHO is providing to
countries who want to better
understand the characteristics
and exposure of health workers
infected with COVID-19.
27/05/2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance for medical practitioners SG
transfer of medical on the electronic transfer of
certificates of cause of medical certificates of cause of
death - guidance for death (MCCD) from health
doctors services to registrars and next of
kin during the COVID-19
pandemic.
31Date Policy/guidance Summary Author
27/05/2020 Clinical management of This guidance document is WHO
COVID-19 intended for clinicians caring for
COVID-19 patients during all
phases of their disease (i.e.
screening to discharge).
27/52020 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance to support management PHE
guidance on isolation for of children and young people in
residential educational residential educational settings,
settings including boarding schools,
residential special schools and
specialist colleges and children’s
homes.
26/05/2020 Projected baselines of This report aims to provide a ECDC
COVID-19 in the EU/EEA short-term 30-day forecast of the
and the UK for assessing expected number of COVID-19
the impact of de-escalation cases, deaths and hospitalised
of measures. Technical cases (including general hospital
report ward and intensive care unit)
under a set of assumptions.
26/05/2020 Considerations for travel- This document outlines principles ECDC
related measures to reduce for developing more individualised
spread of COVID-19 in the guidance or operating procedures
EU/EEA. Technical report related to travel in European
countries
26/05/2020 Assessment of risk factors Nested case-control study of WHO
for coronavirus disease health workers exposed to
2019 confirmed
COVID-19 patients
26/05/2020 COVID-19: guidance for Information for clinical diagnostic PHE
sampling and for diagnostic laboratories regarding safety,
laboratories sampling and packaging
specimens associated with
COVID-19.
26/05/2020 COVID-19 Therapeutic alert: Letter regarding the SG
implementation of early implementation of the early
access to medicines access to medicines scheme for
scheme for Remdesivir in remdesivir in the treatment of
the treatment of COVID-19 COVID-19.
32Date Policy/guidance Summary Author
22/05/2020 Operational planning This document was developed by WHO
guidance to support WHO to provide a practical guide
country preparedness and that may be used by national
response authorities to develop and update
their COVID‑19 national plans
across the major pillars of
COVID‑19 preparedness and
response.
22/05/2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance and advice about PHE
guidance for schools and coronavirus (COVID-19) in
other educational settings educational settings for staff,
parents and carers, pupils and
students.
22/05/2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Sets out the support package to DH
support for care homes keep care homes safe during the
coronavirus pandemic.
22/05/2020 Dementia care during the Information for care services to Care
coronavirus (COVID-19) support them during COVID-19 Inspectorate
pandemic pandemic when caring for people
living with dementia.
21/05/2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Reporting to the new site will MHRA
new dedicated Yellow Card enable the MHRA to rapidly
reporting site for medicines identify new and emerging side
and medical devices effects and medical device
incidents in COVID-19 treatment,
including side effects for
medicines taken by patients to
manage long-term or pre-existing
conditions.
21/05/2020 General Ophthalmic Provides details of a number of SG
Services (GOS): COVID-19: important COVID-19 updates for
Further important community eye care providers in
information for community Scotland,
eye care providers
21/05/2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19): The route map gives an indication SG
framework for decision of the order in which we will
making - Scotland's route carefully and gradually seek to
map through and out of the change current restrictions. It
crisis provides practical examples of
33Date Policy/guidance Summary Author
what people, organisations and
businesses can expect to see
change over time. The phasing
table will continue to be updated.
20/05/2020 GP Practices – Additional Update to PCMA (2020)06 SG
Funding – COVID-19 – regarding extra costs relating to
update and clarification COVID-19.
20/05/2020 COVID-19 Aviation Health Operational guidelines for the ECDC
Safety Protocol: Guidance management of airline
for the management of passengers and aviation
airline passengers in personnel.
relation to the COVID-19
pandemic
20/05/2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Changes to the Care Act 2014 to DH
changes to the Care Act help local authorities prioritise
2014 care and support during the
coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
20/05/2020 Guidance on the Details arrangements designed to SG
employment of bank guarantee a regular income for
workers during the COVID- bank workers where demand
19 panidemic fluctuates as a consequence of
COVID-19:
20/05/2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Joint Chief Nursing Officer (CNO), SG
letter on Aerosol Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and
Generating Procedures National Clinical Director (NCD)
(AGP) letter providing a position
statement on guidance for
personal protective equipment
(PPE) and aerosol generating
procedures (AGP).
20/05/2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance for schools and other PHE
guidance for educational educational settings about the
settings novel coronavirus, COVID-19.
20/05/2020 Surveillance of COVID-19 at Technical report aims to provide ECDC
long-term care facilities in guidance to Member States for
the EU/EEA the development of COVID-19
surveillance at LTCFs.
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