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Publication #8150
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CMO(2024)06
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Advance notice of changes to the Scottish Government’s COVID-19 testing guidance
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Scottish Government
CMO Letters
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Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates
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NHS
Scotland
Health Boards
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Health and Social Care Settings
COVID-19
Coronavirus
Testing
Description
This letter serves to inform of changes to Scottish Government’s COVID-19 testing guidance. This guidance affects health and social care settings.
Following a clinical review, the Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care, the Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport, and the Minister for Public Health and Women’s Health have agreed to end routine asymptomatic COVID-19 testing before discharge from Scottish hospitals to care homes and hospices.
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2024-05-21 13:28:46
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