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Publication - Advice and guidance

Coronavirus (COVID-19): financial support arrangements for social care providers

Last updated 4 October 2022 - see all updates
Directorate
Social Care and National Care Service Development
Part of
Coronavirus in Scotland, Health and social care

Guidance on financial support for adult social care providers during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Introduction

This guidance sets out the current arrangements for providing financial support to adult social care providers for agreed costs relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. It covers support for sustained, significant impacts to service delivery, and the commitment to meet reasonable additional costs both incurred as a result of the pandemic. Any costs incurred prior to 30 June 2022 should be treated in line with the appropriate version of the guidance which can be found on the Scottish Government website. Moreover, any costs incurred prior to December 2020 should be treated in line with the appropriate version of the provider sustainability principles. 

First published
16 December 2020
Last updated
4 October 2022 - show all updates

  1. Extension of the Social Care Staff Support Fund until 31 March 2023.

  2. Updated to include submission deadlines for claims.

  3. Multiple sections updated.

  4. All sections revised to take account of latest guidance and extension of financial support until 30 June 2022.

  5. Minor update to additional costs and section on pregnancy added to more information page. Pdf updated.

  6. Updated various sections to update latest position.

  7. version history page updated from 31 March 2022 for the extension of the support fund for version 5.

  8. Extended the Social Care Staff Support Fund until 31 March 2021. Extended PPE element of additional until 31 March 2022. Extended payments for non-delivery of care in non-residential settings, and under-occupancy in care homes until 31 October 2021. New page for version history added. More information updated.

  9. Updated PDF added.

  10. Restriction of staff movement content (Annex B) moved to separate section and updated.

  11. Multiple changes made. Guidance made into html and chapterised. Main textual changes including: cease additional funding in relation to the restriction of staff movement from 30 June 2021, extended payments for non-delivery of care in non-residential settings, and under-occupancy in care homes until 30 September 2021. Extended the Social Care Staff Support Fund until 30 September 2021. Extended additional costs until 31 March 2022 and updated additional cost.

  12. Guidance replaced with updated version which reflects extension until June 2021.

  13. Answers to frequently asked questions document added.

  14. New version of document uploaded.

  15. New version of document uploaded.

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