Scottish Government COVID-19 phased approach to easing down lockdown measures

Use public outdoor spaces for recreational purposes:

• To sit in a public space.
• One household to meet up with another household outdoors, in small numbers, including in gardens.
• Physical distancing required.

• Meet outside with larger groups including family and friends.
• Meet people from another household indoors.
• With physical distancing and hygiene measures.

• Meet with people from more than one household indoors
• Physical distancing and hygiene measures.

• Further relaxation on restrictions on gatherings
• Hygiene and public health will be emphasized.

Reopening of workplaces: Where home working is not possible.

• Manage travel demand through staggered start times and flexible working patterns.
• Permitted to travel short distances for outdoor leisure and exercise · Stay within a short distance of your local community and · Travel by walk, wheel and cycle where possible. · International border health measures are set to be introduced.

Default position is for people to work from home where possible. Where that is not possible:

• Manage travel demand through staggered start times and flexible working patterns.
• Drive locally for leisure and exercise purposes.
• Public transport operating increased services with significantly limited to allow for physical distancing.
• Travel at peak times would remain discouraged as far as possible.

There may be geographical differences in approaches to transport depending on circumstances

• Drive beyond local area for leisure and exercise purposes.
• Public transport will be operating full services with significantly limited to allow for physical distancing.
• Travel at peak times will be discouraged as far as possible.

There may be geographical differences in arrangements depending on local circumstances

• Public transport would be operating a full service.
• Physical distancing may remain in place, subject to scientific advice.

Staff returning to schools and for an increased number of children to access critical childcare provision:

• Re-opening of child minding services and fully outdoor nursery provision.
• Make support available to pupils at key transition points, e.g. those due to start P1 or S1 where possible.

• Campus university lab research to restart subject to physical distancing.

• Children to return to school under a blended model of part-time in-school teaching and part-time in-home learning.
• Public health measures including physical distancing will be in place. Subject to the evidence and progress of the epidemic we expect schools to open on August 11.
• All childcare providers to reopen subject to public health measures, with available capacity prioritised to support key worker childcare, early learning and childcare (ELC) entitlement and children in need.
• Universities and colleges with a blended model of remote learning and limited on campus learning where prioritised.
• Public health measures including physical distancing.

• Schools and child care provision operating with any necessary precautions.
• College and university campuses fully open – including key student services – with any necessary precaution

Remote working to remain the default position for those who can.

• Employers should encourage staggered start times and flexible working.
• Outdoor workplaces to resume with physical distancing.
• Construction sector to implement the first two phases in its restart plan.
• Safe reopening of the housing market.
• Workplaces undertake preparatory work on physical distancing and hygiene measures.

Remote working should remain the default position for those who can.

• Non-essential, indoor non-office-based workplaces can resume.
• Construction sector to implement remaining stages of phased return.
• Relaxation of restrictions on housing moves.

Remote working remains the default position for those who can.

• Indoor office workplaces including contact centres can reopen, once relevant guidance has been agreed and with physical distancing.

Remote and flexible working remains encouraged.

• Workplaces would be open in line with public health advice.

• Opening of drive through food outlets.
• Re-opening of garden centres and plant nurseries with physical distancing.

Remote working should remain the default position for those who can.

• Non-essential, indoor non-office-based workplaces can resume,
• Construction sector to implement remaining stages of phased return.
• Further relaxation of restrictions on housing moves.

Appropriate distancing and physical hygiene measures:

• Larger retail to reopen.
• Pubs and restaurants can open indoor spaces.
• Personal retail services including hairdressers can open

• All types of outlets would be open in line with public health advice.
• Shop local still encouraged.

• Unrestricted outdoors exercise adhering to distancing measures and non-contact outdoor activities in the local area:- golf, hiking, canoeing, outdoor swimming and angling.

• Reopening of playgrounds and sports courts with physical distancing.
• Resumption of professional sport.

Subject to physical distancing and hygiene measures.

• Museums, galleries, cinemas, and libraries will open ·
• Gyms will open
• Relaxation of restrictions on accommodation providers (including hotels, B&Bs and holiday homes).
• Live events permitted with restricted numbers and physical distancing restrictions

• Further relaxation of restrictions on live events.

Key support services in the community.

• Restart face-to-face Children’s Hearings
• Greater direct contact for social work and support services with at risk groups and families.
• Access to respite/day care to support unpaid carers and for families with a disabled family member.
• Opening of Household Waste Recycling Centres.
• Opening Court and tribunal buildings open, with limited business and public access.

All of these would involve appropriate physical distancing and hygiene measures.

• Scaling up of public services from phase 1

• Further resumption of justice system processes and services.

• Public services would be operating fully – with changes to service design, including increasing use of digital services where appropriate.

• No public gatherings
• Except for meetings of two households and then only outdoors and with physical distance.

• Registration offices to open for high priority tasks.
• Places of worship would be able to open for private prayer with physical distancing and hygiene safeguards.
• Allow marriages, civil partnerships and other types of ceremonies to take place with a limited number of attendees.

• Meet in extended groups subject to physical distancing.
• Places of worship can open to extended groups subject to physical distancing and hygiene safeguards.
• Relax restrictions on funeral attendance, marriages, civil partnership and other services to beyond close family.

• Mass gatherings could resume in line with public health advice.
• All ceremonies could now take place with any necessary precautions.

Restart of NHS services:

• Covering primary, and community services including mental health.
• Retaining COVID-free GP services and planning a Scale up of digital consultations.
• Roll out the NHS Pharmacy First Scotland service in community pharmacies
• Increased care offered at emergency dental hubs as practices prepare to open.
• Restart, where possible, urgent electives previously paused.
• Resumption of IVF treatment following the approval of Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.
• Increase provision of emergency eye care in the community.
• Consider the introduction of designated visitors to care homes.
• The Test and Protect system will be available across the country.

Remobilisation plans will be implemented by Health Boards and Integrated Joint Boards to:

• Increase the provision for the backlog of demand, urgent referrals and the triage of routine services.
• Reintroduction of some chronic disease management, which could include pain and diabetic services.
• The resumption of prioritised referrals to secondary care.
• Expand the range of GP services, optometry and ophthalmology services
• Increase in availability of dental services.
• Increased number of home visits to shielded patients.

Continue to plan with COSLA and Scottish Care and other national and local partners to support and, where needed, review social care and care home services.

• Expansion of screening services and adult flu vaccinations in care homes and at home.
• All dental practices will begin to see registered patients.
• All community optometry will reopen with social distancing safeguards.
• Phased resumption of visiting to care homes by family members in a managed way.

• Full range of health and social care services will be provided with greater use of technology to provide improved services to citizens.