Government guidance for the public
Welsh government Coronavirus guidance homepage.
Public Health Wales - Coronavirus (COVID-19): What you need to do
Statement on COVID vaccine deployment in Wales
Whole area testing in Methyr Tydfil
Information on travelling into Wales from England and vice versa.
Visit Wales guidance
Guidance on face coverings, updated 17 November 2020.
How to make a 3-layer face covering
Guidance on shielding and protecting people defined on medical grounds as extremely vulnerable from coronavirus (COVID-19), updated 18 November 2020. FAQs; Text message alert service; Chief Medical Officers letter 22 October 2020.
A framework and seven key questions to help lead Wales out of the coronavirus pandemic, published 24 April 2020.
Coronavirus regulations: frequently asked questions, updated 17 November 2020.
Coronavirus legislation and guidance on the law, collection, updated frequently.
Government guidance for health and social care professionals
Social Care Wales coronavirus guidance page.
Welsh Government: Health and Social Care Professionals: coronavirus, guidance and services
Public Health Wales: Guidance for Health Care Professionals in Wales
Care Inspectorate Wales: Statements on Coronavirus
Guidance on CIW notification See ‘What COVID-19 notifications are required by CIW?’.
Supported Living guidance
PPE and infection control
Updated guidance on the use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for care homes and domiciliary support services, including:
PHW Advisory Note - Use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in Social Care Settings (Care Homes and Domiciliary Care), updated 2 November.
Vaughan Gething MS, Minister for Health and Social Services has issued a written Statement on the use of medical masks in health and social care.
Flu vaccine information
Testing and tracing
Self isolation support payment
Statutory sick pay enhancement scheme
Test, trace, protect: coronavirus, collection.
Guidance on test bookings and process
Key (critical) workers testing policy: coronavirus (COVID-19), updated 18 May 2020.
The Test Trace Protect document, updated on 4 June 2020, sets out the Welsh Government's strategy.
Guidance on contact tracing:
Guidance on NHS App
Contact tracing: if you have tested positive
What to do if you are a confirmed contact
Your questions on contact tracing
Contact tracing: stay alert to scams
Workforce and training
Guidance - Social care workforce special payment scheme, published 28 August 2020. This has details of the Welsh Government's scheme to give a £500 bonus to frontline social care workers.
The Welsh Government has agreed to a death in service payment for the families of all NHS and social care staff in Wales. This scheme will provide eligible beneficiaries with a one-off sum of £60,000. Press release dated 27 April 2020.
A social care worker card has been sent to those on the Register of Social Care Workers, managed by Social Care Wales. A digital version is downloadable and a hard copy posted later. FAQs updated 17 July 2020.
Public Health Wales has an online resource on staying well at home, which provides mental health support.
Information for businesses
UK Government, Guidance on Coronavirus (COVID-19): Information for individuals and businesses in Wales, updated 20 October 2020.
Welsh Government page on support for businesses and employers.
Funding
The Welsh Government has allocated an extra £40m to help adult social care services, updated 14 April 2020, allocated to local government through the COVID-19 'hardship fund' and used to meet increased costs of PPE, food, staffing costs and ICT. The announcement says local authorities will work with providers to draw down funding based on need.
The Welsh Government is to supply an additional £10 million funding, through Regional Partnership Boards, to support new and enhanced homecare packages to support patients to leave hospital for their ongoing assessment and recovery. Press release 29 April 2020
An additional £22.7m was allocated to social care in Wales in August