Only staff who are symptom-free or have completed the required isolation period or have had a negative test result will be able to work at our settings.
Staff will sign a ‘Health Declaration’ each morning to state that they have been symptom free since they last worked.
Temperatures may be self-monitored during the day, if staff start to feel unwell
We will consider the symptoms to be those published on the NHS website. No other symptoms count e.g. sore throats. As of 20th May these are : –
/https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/check-if-you-have-coronavirus-symptoms/

- a high temperature (over 37.8°C or over) – this means you feel hot to touch on your chest or back
- a new, continuous cough – this means coughing a lot for more than an hour, or 3 or more coughing episodes in 24 hours (if you usually have a cough, it may be worse than usual)
- loss or change to your sense of smell or taste – this means you’ve noticed you cannot smell or taste anything, or things smell or taste different to normal1
th
May 2020)
. No other
symptoms count e.g. sore throats
a high temperature
– this means you feel hot to touch on your chest or
back (you do not need to measure your temperature)
a new, continuous cough
– this means coughing a lot for more than an
hour, or 3 or more coughing episodes in 24 hours (if you usually have a
cough, it may be worse than usual)
The isolation period is as follows
If you have symptoms
If you have symptoms of coronavirus, self-isolate for 7 days.
After 7 days:
if you do not have a high temperature, you can stop self-isolating
if you still have a high temperature, keep self-isolating until your
temperature returns to normal
You do not need to keep self-isolating if you just have a cough after 7 days. A
cough can last for weeks after the infection has gone.
If you live with someone who has symptoms
If you live with someone who has symptoms, self-isolate for 14 days from the day
their symptoms started.
This is because it can take 14 days for symptoms to appear.
If more than 1 person at home has symptoms, self-isolate for 14 days from the
day the first person started having symptoms.
If you get symptoms while self-isolating
– you should self-isolate for 7
days from when your symptoms started, even if it means you’re self-
isolating for longer than 14 days.
If you do not get symptoms while self-isolating
– you can stop self-
isolating after 14 days.