FOI/202000067854 · FOI · unclear
Care Home actions relating to COVID: FOI release
Information requested
Details on all advice provided and published each day relating to care home actions relating to Covid including each article added and removed and the dates that changes happened.
Response
Most of the information you have requested is available at https://www.gov.scot/collections/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance/#health,careandsocialwork Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you. If, however, you do not have internet access to obtain this information from the website listed, then please contact me again and I will send you a paper copy. The following is a timeline of various revisions:
Clinical Guidance for Nursing Home and Residential Care Residents and COVID-19 First published 13 March 2020 26 March 2020: updated to include: HPS advice on care home admissions, shielding advice, visiting; 15 May 2020: updated to include updated advice on:advice on PPE; admissions and testing; strengthening advice on infection control; health care support for residents; caring for someone depending on their COVID-19 status; workforce; staff and resident wellbeing; mutual support for care homes; executive summary COVID-19 Palliative Care Toolkit First published 27 April 2020 30 April 2020 updated appendix N title Coronavirus (COVID-19): social care staff support fund guidance First published 24 June 2020 30 June 2020: Changes made to eligible workers and fund criteria pages to reference ILF Scotland Adult care homes visiting guidance: Cabinet Secretary for Health letter First published 25 June 2020 Replaced by later versions on 23 July and 8 Aug 2020 Visiting Guidance for Adult Care Homes in Scotland First published 25 June 2020 Updated on dated 7 August 2020 (published 8 August 2020) to include: Updated advice on moving to stages three and four; Indicative dates for progression through the visiting pathway; Advice on changing the designated visitor between and within stages; Inclusion of a checklist to support development of visiting protocol in line with mitigating measures required to protect people; Importance of participation in testing programmes; Additional information on essential visitors Advice on indoor communal activity for stage four; Advice on external audit / monitoring to ensure that all the mitigating measures are in place and adherence is high; General improvements based on feedback Updated on 3 September 2020 (published 3 September 2020) to include: Updated advice on changing the designated visitor. Content to reaffirm / clarify locus of guidance. Proofing edits in line with house style. Update to Stage 3 visiting text (table on pages 8-9). Update to clarify family visiting in residents’ rooms. Future focus of both visitors’ protocols updated (Appendices). Title updated to include ‘Family and Friends’. Essential visits updated to include care home discretion. Flexibility emphasised in end of life care situations. Review arrangements added for any temporary local restrictions to visiting. Care Homes Information Leaflet for visitors First published 25 June 2020 8 August 2020: updated to reflect new guidance. 3 September 2020: Title updated to Care Homes Information Leaflet for visitors (family and friends)
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Response Most of the information you have requested is available at https://www.gov.scot/collections/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance/#health,careandsocialwork Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you.
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