Share you views with Lucy about the impact of COVID19 lockdowns, as a parent of carer of an adult with autism. Interviews to be held via telephone call or on Zoom. More details below or email roberta.mcmillan.2014@uni.strath.ac.uk (this is Lucy)
COVID19
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As of Monday 26th April, all of Scotland has moved to Protection Level 3. Up to six people from two households can meet indoors in a venue like a café, pub or restaurant with proper physical distancing and hygiene measures in place. Up to six people from six households can […]
On Tuesday the Scottish Government announced an ‘accelerated easing of restrictions‘ coming into force today, Friday 16th April. East Dunbartonshire remains in Protection Level 4, and the Stay Local guidance from last month remains in place; however from today travel across Scotland is allowed, and you are able to meet […]
The OPAL lines will be closed tomorrow on Good Friday, but open on Saturday between 10–12 and all day Easter Monday. Have a great long weekend when it arrives
Check out the latest update below from our friends at the Public, Service User and Carers group, supported by East Dunbartonshire Health & Social Care Partnership.
On Monday the Scottish Government announced new Covid 19: Stay At Home guidance, which comes into force today. As East Dunbartonshire is a Protection Level 4 area, the new guidance states that you can only leave your home or garden if you have an essential purpose. The rules for self-isolation […]
It looks like this is going to be a very unusual Christmas and New Year for everyone this year. Rather than ‘Dashing through the snow’, we’ll be Zooming through the iPad. In order to support the people of East Dunbartonshire throughout this unique festive period, OPAL will be maintaining a […]
From 6pm on Friday 20th November, East Dunbartonshire will be entering COVID Protection Level 4 for a minimum period of three weeks (ending 11th December). You can find the full details of the restrictions in the new level we are moving into here: COVID Protection Level 4. The Chief Medical […]
Since our last OPAL update at the end of August, we have seen a relaxation of restrictions, followed by another slight tightening of the rules. We remain at Phase 3 of the routemap for coming out of lockdown where we have been since July, although there are additional local restrictions […]
I am very pleased to be writing this story, as it should be the beginning of a really positive change in East Dunbartonshire. Back in late March / early April in the first days of COVID-19 lockdown, groups of volunteers started to assemble and organise to deliver shopping and prescriptions […]
The PSUC group have been busy during lockdown: see the latest Key Message & Summer Newsletter documents from the group below and the first in a series of films exploring the ‘new normal’ when attending GP/outpatient services in East Dunbartonshire. The Public, Service User and Carers group is ran in […]
It looks like we are approaching the end of the lockdown period, with the current plan being to relax Shielding and suspend Shielding support services on 1st August (subject to next week’s figures continuing to decrease). Due to a marked drop in demand, the OPAL service on a Sunday has […]