Chamber and committees

The government cannot designate whole workforces or entire groups of staff as key workers as the decisions on eligibility for key worker childcare are taken locally, in line with guidance published on the Scottish Government website.

Management information collected by the Chief Dental Officer indicates that as of 12 July 2020, 929 practices, from a total of 1024, had reopened. The majority of remaining practices have a confirmed date for reopening and practices are required to certify to their NHS Board that they are fully compliant with current guidance, which is delivered by NES through the ‘practice recovery toolkit’, before reopening. NHS Boards are working proactively with the small number of practices whose opening date is still outstanding.

I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-30134 on 20 July 2020. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx '.

The Prescribing and Medicines: Dispenser Payments and Prescription Costs Analysis 2019 annual report, published on 23 July 2019 provides general data on opioids prescribed in 2018-19. This can be accessed via https://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Prescribing-and-Medicines/Publications/2019-07-23/Prescription_Cost_Analysis_2019.xlsx .

On 10 July, the Scottish Government published guidance for close contact services which applies to hairdressers and other personal retail services.

This guidance is based on a risk assessment process which business owners should use to identify which treatments and activities can be offered safely. This includes a comprehensive checklist to be used to implement safe working practices.

I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-30128 on 7 July 2020. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx .

I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-30128 on 7 July 2020. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx .

I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-30128 on 7 July 2020. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx .

The information is not held centrally. Please refer to answer to question S5W-29384 on 16 July 2020 for further information about data on hospital admissions from care homes. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx

The phased resumption of visiting and communal activity in care homes was referred to in ‘Scotland’s route map through and out of the crisis’. On the 25 th June, the Scottish Government published the Coronavirus (COVID-19): adult care home visiting guidance. This guidance sets out a new 4 stage pathway on how care home visiting restrictions are to be gradually lifted.

Effective on the 3 rd July, care homes which have been COVID free for 28 days will, subject to the agreement of the local Health Protection and Care Home Clinical and Care Professional Oversight teams, be able to move to stage 2 of the pathway which allows for outdoor visits to care home residents by a designated visitor of their choice.

Stages 3 will subsequently allow indoor visits by the designated visitor and greater freedom for outdoor visits and communal activity, whilst stage 4 will see the introduction of indoor visits by visitors Progression along the pathway to stages 3 and 4 will be dependent on whether the scientific evidence indicates that is it safe to do so.

The phased resumption of visiting and communal activity in care homes was referred to in ‘Scotland’s route map through and out of the crisis’.On the 25 th June, the Scottish Government published the Coronavirus (COVID-19): adult care home visiting guidance. This guidance sets out a new 4 stage pathway on how care home visiting restrictions are to be gradually lifted.

Capacity fluctuates on a daily basis. We now have active weekday NHS lab capacity of around 10,000 tests a day and UKG (Glasgow Lighthouse laboratory) capacity of around 20,000, currently providing overall normal weekday capacity of around 30,000.

However, the Glasgow Lighthouse Laboratory may process tests taken from across the UK and other Lighthouse Labs may process Scottish tests.