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Adult care homes - vitamin D supplementation guidance: business and regulatory impact assessment

Published: 3 April 2024
Directorate: Social Care and National Care Service Development
Topic: Health and social care
ISBN: 9781835217979

This business and regulatory impact assessment (BRIA) considers the potential effects of the use of guidance to support the adoption of existing recommendations on Vitamin D supplementation for eligible people living in adult care homes.

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Footnotes

1 SACN_Vitamin_D_and_Health_report.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk)

2 Vitamin D | Food Standards Scotland

³ Holick, M., 1994. McCollum Award Lecture, 1994: vitamin D - new horizons for 21st century. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 60(4) pp. 619-630

⁴ Campbell, P., 2022. Pilot of vitamin D supplements in care homes in NHS Ayrshire & Arran. NHS Ayrshire and Arran

SACN_Vitamin_D_and_Health_report.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk)

5 Care home census for adults in Scotland - Statistics for 2012 – 2022 - Care home census for adults in Scotland - Publications - Public Health Scotland

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