(S6O-04017) The “Health and Social Care Winter Preparedness Plan 2024/25”, which was published on 24 September, sets out a number of actions that support health and social care services in their work to protect older people from heightened health risks in colder weather, including the roll-out of the vaccination programmes to prevent flu, Covid and other respiratory viruses for older adults; expanding the hospital-at-home older people service, which will enable people to be treated at home where appropriate; and signposting available resources such as the Scottish Government’s cost of living...