Social care

This is the first publication of an overview of the range of poverty and equality impacts evidenced in relation to the complex range of measures that will be taken as we follow the route map out of the crisis and focus on the mission of making Scotland a greener, fairer and more prosperous country.

Phased reintroduction of family visiting and communal activities for residents.

Guidance for social care workers and employers about the Social 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.

Guidance on the extended use of medical face masks by staff within residential healthcare settings such as acute adult (inc. mental health) and community hospitals and care homes.

Carers Week launched with additional support.

Templates that can be used by care homes to identify factors that may impact on the health, safety and wellbeing of residents.

Eligible carers to get an additional £230.10.

Easy-read version of the implementation plan, a guide for the local planning and delivery of social care support services.

Plans for death in service cover and enhancements to statutory sick pay.

New arrangements to help care providers deal with pandemic pressures.

New ‘safety net’ proposed for care sector due to COVID-19.

National clinical and practice guidance (updated 15 May 2020) to support those working in adult care homes in Scotland during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Joint Scottish Government and CoSLA guidance on self-directed support options 1 and 2 for local authority and Health and Social Care Partnership staff for use during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Funding to help with additional COVID-19 costs.

Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport, Jeane Freeman MSP, to Carers Scotland on the Scottish Government’s main actions to improve support and advice for unpaid carers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Information about furloughing adult social care staff required to shield during the COVID-19 emergency.

Investment of £19.2 million to support 83,000 carers

Additional national adult support and protection guidance for chief officers and adult protection committees relating to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Letter from the Cabinet Secretary Jeane Freeman MSP and Councillor Stuart Currie, COSLA spokesperson for Health and Social Care, on fair work and the living wage in adult social care.

Supplies to be given to unpaid and family carers and personal assistants.

Guidance for those who provide unpaid care to friends or family.

140,000 children and young people provided with free school meals.

PPE to be delivered direct to more than one thousand locations.

Letter from the Cabinet Secretary Jeane Freeman MSP and Cllr Stuart Currie, COSLA Spokesperson for Health and Social Care, to all the Integration Joint Boards and local authorities about the definition and status of key workers including links to useful information and guidance.

Emergency Scottish legislation in response to coronavirus.

Guidance aimed at local authorities, Health and Social Care Partnerships (HSCPs) and registered providers, who support and deliver care and support to people in their own homes to support measures to prevent and prepare for infection in people receiving care at home or housing support.

Scottish Government to meet increased costs.

Independent research on the influence of national and local labour markets on the social care sector.

Extra funding will reduce hospital stays.

Recipients of Carer’s Allowance in Scotland at August 2019 and recipients of the Carer's Allowance Supplement (CAS) to the October eligibility date 2019.

Increased funding for frontline NHS boards.

Most vulnerable young people now eligible.

Low income families provided with more than £3 million in one quarter to cover emergencies.

Guidance for local authorities about their statutory duties relating to the provision of Appropriate Adult services.

Guidance on managing self-directed support for adults with incapacity.

UK’s first integrated workforce plan published.

Next Carer’s Allowance Supplement to be paid mid-December

Resource booklet for NHSScotland non-executive board members with an interest in person-centred care.

Progress report on the actions from the health and social care delivery plan, published in December 2016.

Framework to support a consistent approach to conducting adult protection significant case reviews and improve the dissemination and application of learning both locally and nationally. This framework is for all partners.

Scottish Welfare Fund provides grants to those most in need.

16-18 year-olds to get cash support from next week.

New action plan for vulnerable people.

Plan to complement and strengthen local adult support and protection improvement activity, provide assurance and identify future areas for improvement so that adults at risk of harm in Scotland are supported and protected.

New benefit for eligible teenagers to launch this autumn.

Our shared vision for adult social care support, including support for carers.

Joint report with COSLA published.

This booklet is to help unpaid carers to understand and use the new health and social care standards.

Delivery plan to set out the framework and actions needed to ensure that our health and social care services are fit to meet requirements.

Guidance on the planning and delivery principles which describe how integrated care should be planned and delivered and how the principles will work in tandem with the National Health and Wellbeing Outcomes.

Map of integration joint boards in Scotland by NHS Board.

Guidance for health boards, local authorities and integration joint boards on a process of assurance to help ensure the success of integrating health and social care.