He said that while he accepts closing schools was done as a precaution during the first lockdown, the UK government should have acted on evidence from around the world and taken a similar approach to Denmark, which reopened schools in May 2020. The inquiry also heard from the prof...
The Scottish government did not heed warnings before the pandemic that improvements were needed to the supply of personal protective equipment (PPE), and it was not best prepared to respond to covid-19, Audit Scotland has reported. The report called for better long term planning to secure ...
John Swinney gives evidence to UK Covid inquiry, which hears that alternatives to closing Scottish school buildings in March 2020 were not considered
This joint response builds on work to support town centres during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the Scottish Government’s Town Centre First approach, developed following the National Review of Town Centres in 2013. This approach aims to ensure the economic, social and environmental healt...
Highlands and Islands Airports (HIAL), an organization operated by the Scottish government responsible for running airports serving the country’s islands, has published its 2021-2026 strategic plan with a focus on recovery from Covid-19 and decarbonization. ...
With two pilot schemes for Covid testing in schools underway in Scotland, Tes looks at what plans may be put in place
The Scottish government is being urged to provide financial support already being given in England and Wales. English UK Scotland has written to the government's Directorate for Covid Business Resilience and Support (SECBS) asking for its members to receive a share of a new fund provided by We...
SCOT recognises the significant local challenges and their roots in the Scottish, UK and global context. Health systems across the globe continue to attempt to recovery from a once in a century event. SCOT welcomes the openness of the Scottish Government in its engagement with the Scottish Orthopa...
local authorities or businesses who in turn have fully applied related Scottish Government and sportscotland guidance. All organised activity should be overseen by a Covid Officer with documented risk assessments undertaken and mitigating actions put in place to ensure the health, safety and welfare ...
Chief executive, Alasdair Smith, said: “Scottish Bakers welcomes the initiation of an open and transparent conversation by the Scottish Government over the reopening of business and society in response to the COVID-19 crisis. “Scottish Bakers welcom...