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Publication #7362
Reference
DL(2021)22
Name
Framework for the implementation of isolation exemptions for health and social care staff (superseded by CMO(2024)06)
Categories
Scottish Government
DL (CEL, HDL, MEL)
Organization
Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates
Keywords
NHS
SCOTLAND
COVID-19
CORONAVIRUS
HEALTH STAFF
SOCIAL CARE STAFF
COVID TEST
SELF-ISOLATION
Description
This letter provides a Policy Framework and accompanying staff fact sheet, designed with clinical leads within the Scottish Government to enable fully vaccinated and asymptomatic Health and Social Care staff who have been a contact of someone with a positive Covid test to be exempted from self-isolation requirements under specific circumstances. These circumstances are detailed within the framework which sets out a range of control measures to ensure that we continue to prioritise the safety of Health and Social Care staff and patients / service users. This article was superseded by CMO(2023)12, then CMO(2024)06
Contact Name
Contact Email
Contact Address
Scottish Government Directorate for Health Workforce St. Andrew’s House Regent Road Edinburgh EH1 3DG
Created
2021-07-23 00:00:00
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