A “total cultural shift” is needed in the care home sector to make it a more decent place to work, according to a new report. The University of the West
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Scotland’s care watchdog has launched legal action which could force a care home to close over safety concerns. The Care Inspectorate said an inspection at Thornlea Nursing Home in Loanhead,
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Families should restrict their Christmas celebrations to enable care home residents to have visits in a “safer environment”, experts have warned. At a panel organised by the National Care Forum
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More than one in 10 care home staff say they are not receiving regular coronavirus tests, five months after a Government pledge, a survey has found. Some 11% of staff
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One of Scotland’s largest independent care home operators is expanding following a £41 million backing from HSBC UK. Inverness-based, Meallmore Limited will use the funding to purchase two new sites
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Care home residents in Wales will begin to be vaccinated from Wednesday, the country’s health minister has announced. Vaughan Gething said the first care homes to receive the jab will
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The first care home resident in Scotland to be vaccinated against coronavirus has said it was “wonderful” to get the jab before Christmas. Annie Innes, 90, was one of dozens
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The Crown Office is investigating 16 deaths at two care homes in Aberdeenshire. Reports have been received by the procurator fiscal about seven fatalities at Inchmarlo House Care Home, near
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A number of residents have died amid a Covid-19 cluster at a care home, the local health board has said. NHS Fife said that 35 residents and 32 staff at
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A communications campaign is being developed to encourage care home staff to have the coronavirus vaccine when it is offered to them. Scottish Care, which represents the independent care home
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