Digital portal unavailable this evening
The digital portal will be unavailable this evening, Thursday 22 April from 18:30 – 21:45 to carry out regular maintenance and enhancements to the system.
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Care Inspectorate report on inspections, 15 April 2021
The Care Inspectorate has published a report of inspections carried out in care services in the past two weeks.
This report covers inspections we have completed since those detailed in our previous report of 31 March.
This report is routinely laid before the Scottish Parliament every fortnight but because of the current election period, it will not be formally laid until the next session of Parliament begins.
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Closed on Easter Monday
We are closed on Monday 5 April for Easter Monday. We will reopen at 9am on Tuesday 6 April. We hope you have a lovely Easter weekend.
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Visiting health, social care and other services in care homes and communal activity
The Scottish Government has provided updated advice for care homes on visiting professionals and communal activities.
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Our position on opening for visiting in care homes and supporting essential visiting
We recognise the complex and difficult circumstances that care homes in Scotland have been operating under during the Covid-19 pandemic, and we acknowledge and commend the continued commitment of care home providers and staff to care for people with compassion and dignity.
People must be able and supported to have meaningful contact with loved ones and, now that the vaccination programme in care homes is well underway, it is right that care homes open again to visitors. Some providers may have concerns about the opening of homes, but people’s rights and needs must be the focus of decision making.
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