We encourage you to familiarise yourself with this new guidance and to print off and display the posters included.
Health protection guidance for children and young people settings
Public Health Scotland (PHS) has just published health protection guidance for children and young people settings, including education.
This new guidance covers a broad range of health protection issues and replaces the COVID-19 specific education settings guidance produced and maintained by Scottish Government during the pandemic.
This guidance has been produced through the Scottish Health Protection Network (SHPN) and is adapted from the United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA) guidance.
The SHPN health protection guidance for children and young people settings provides advice on:
- Infections: transmission and those at higher risk
- Preventing and controlling infections
- Supporting immunisation programmes
- Managing specific infectious diseases (A to Z)
- Responding to outbreaks and incidents
- Additional health protection considerations for specific settings and population
- Posters for display in settings
The guidance was produced with input from a wide range of partners. This included health protection professionals, education colleagues representing early years, primary and secondary, trade unions and Scottish Government. It was also issued for consultation to seek feedback from a wider audience to further improve the guidance.
If you have any queries about specific health protection issues then please contact your local Health Protection Team (HPT). Contact details are available here: Health protection team contacts.
If you have any feedback on the presentation or content of the guidance then please contact PHS using phs.shpn-admin@phs.scot.