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We are taking bold and ambitious action to reform and renew our health and care systems in line with our vision where people live longer, healthier and more fulfilling lives while recognising the financial pressures facing the health and social care sector now.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
29 January 2021
An exception is also made for all contact centres to be allowed to open for the purpose of handovers of a child to a person with whom they do not or will not live, and their return from a handover to a person with whom they do or will live.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the financial support available to people with blood cancer who live in areas with high COVID-19 rates and who cannot work from home, and whether it is considering any changes to this.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
2 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the further restrictions imposed on 23 September 2020, what plans it has to introduce testing for staff working in supported living accommodation that is regulated by the Care Inspectorate.
There are several strands of work that are currently underway to strengthen the information about people living and working in care homes and also others who receive social care support.
Statistics published this week by National Records of Scotland (NRS) show that people living in the most deprived areas of Scotland were 2.3 times more likely to die with COVID-19 than those living in the least deprived areas.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
19 November 2019
The Scottish Government fund Glasgow Centre for Inclusive Living to provide Homes2Fit , a national online database and self-help resource to assist disabled people to find suitable housing.