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Publication - Strategy/plan

Coronavirus (COVID-19): shielding - a way forward for Scotland

Published
8 June 2020
From
Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Gaelic
Directorate
Healthcare Quality and Improvement Directorate
Topic
Health and social care
ISBN
9781839608100

An update on the future direction of shielding policy in Scotland.

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Footnotes

1. Scottish Health Survey 2018

2. Holt-Lunstad, Julianne & Smith, Timothy & Layton, J Bradley. (2010). Social Relationships and Mortality Risk: A Meta-analytic Review. PLoS medicine. 7. e1000316. 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000316.

3. Scottish Health Survey 2015-2018

4. Source: NHS Education for Scotland

5. https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/healthandwellbeing/bulletins/coronavirusandthesocialimpactsongreatbritain/29may2020#related-links

6. https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/statistics/2020/01/scottish-house-condition-survey-2018-key-findings/documents/scottish-house-condition-survey-2018-key-findings/scottish-house-condition-survey-2018-key-findings/govscot%3Adocument/scottish-house-condition-survey-2018-key-findings.pdf

7. Scottish Household Survey 2019

8. https://www.gov.scot/publications/covid-19-modelling-epidemic-scotland/

9. https://www.gov.scot/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-modelling-epidemic-scotland-issue-no-2/

10. https://www.gov.scot/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-modelling-epidemic-scotland-issue-no-3/

Contact

Email: shielding@gov.scot

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