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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 (COVID-19) in Scotland, Health and social care

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

This document is part of a collection

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Additional costs that can be reimbursed - annex A

Scottish Government has committed to provide funding to continue the costs listed in the table below.

Before providers purchase or arrange for any items not itemised in this Annex, they should discuss with the commissioning Authority.

Cost

End date

Social Care Staff Support Fund

31 March 2023

PPE Hubs

30 September 2022

Costs associated with testing, including;

  • additional staff due to staff testing (both PCR and LFD testing), such as ordering, stocktaking, preparation, distribution of kits, and recording data from testing. Any such reasonable administrative costs will fall within the scope of this additional funding being provided to the sector 
  • visitor testing (checking they have tested, distributing tests etc)
  • reasonable additional costs for backfill where it is supporting services from fixed sites to allow staff to test at work

31 March 2023

Costs associated with vaccinations including;

  • where providers incur additional costs as a result of enabling staff to be vaccinated in working time, e.g. backfill, these are reasonable additional costs and within the scope of the additional funding for the sector.
  • additional staff transport costs for vaccinations

31 March 2023

Supporting evidence for additional costs associated with testing and vaccination

In terms of evidence to support payment from HSCPs to providers for these additional costs, relevant extracts from ledger details or management accounts to evidence expenditure should be regarded as sufficient evidence, alongside the provider completing any relevant forms from the commissioning authority to detail the additional costs and signing the declaration form.

Other support available

Where a provider has questions or concerns about financial support,  they should seek advice from their commissioning authority.

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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