Council-run care home where staff didn’t wear face masks ‘for months’ and a resident was found injured put in special measures

Sign up to the MySalford newsletter and don't miss a thing happening in and around the cityA 68-year-old woman is in hospital with serious burns to her back and legs following a fire at a residential care home.Firefighters, police and paramedics were called to Kenyon Lodge, off Manchester Road West in Little Hulton, just after 10am this morning.Residents reported seeing two fire engines as well as a number of police cars outside the home, with crime scene investigators arriving

direct to your inboxThis is the heartwarming moment Jason Manford turned up outside a care home in Greater Manchester to sing Christmas songs to residents.The Salford-born comedian sang a series of Christmas classics from outside the window of the home, thought to be in south Manchester.He posted the video on Facebook, saying he'd wanted to surprise his friend's dad at the care home.Residents can be seen inside the home cheering, dancing along from their chairs, and singing along.Jason gave them

Probe at Perth care home after a number of people die following COVID outbreak The company said in a statement put out after First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced the latest coronavirus lockdown last Saturday: “Balhousie Care Group has taken the difficult decision to suspend all visits to its care homes until further notice, following the news of a new strain of coronavirus in the UK and the consequent tightening of restrictions.“While we understand how deeply upsetting this is for relatives

Perth care home has led to deaths after close to 30 residents and staff tested positive. The incident at the 40-bed Strathtay House Care Home in Harley Place, in the North Muirton area of Perth, has triggered an investigation.

East Kilbride. New guidance has been released by the Scottish Government which states: " Gabe Docherty, NHS Lanarkshire’s director of public health has now written to all care homes in Lanarkshire to advise them on changes to visiting.

Covid-19. The action was taken at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Tuesday against Thornlea Nursing Home, a residential care home in Loanhead, Midlothian, after 15 residents died as a result of coronavirus.

Willie Rennie at a session of FMQs at Holyrood in September. But the Office for Statistics Regulation has now written to the Government to rebuke the SNP leader over her use of figures on care home visiting, which the agency described as "a very loose approximation based on incomplete data".

direct to your inboxChristmas bubbles will give some people the chance to see their loved ones for the first time in months. The government is allowing up to three households to form a bubble on Christmas Day so that they can celebrate together. But what if your loved ones are in a care home? Care homes are full of vulnerable elderly people, so it is important to think carefully about whether you should spend time with them this Christmas. In England, the government advises that only care home

care home has combated Covid restrictions by building an outdoor visitor hub for residents to see their families. Abbeyfield House, in Irvine, has created a safe space for the old folk to meet their families in a garden setting - while managing to be undercover and warm in the winter.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterA Kilwinning father and son have recorded an ‘advent calendar of song’ to bring Christmas cheer to people across Scotland living in care homes.Ron and Ronald Swanson, who have been recording a variety of musical videos in their home and sharing on social media throughout the pandemic, are currently posting their advent calendar of song on Facebook every day will continue until Christmas Eve.But

direct to your inboxCare home bosses say as many as '60 per cent' of their staff have warned they will refuse the Covid vaccine when it is rolled out.Managers in care homes in Greater Manchester have been canvassing their colleagues ahead of the Pfizer vaccine being administered.Both staff and residents are among the first in the queue on the Government roll-out agenda, which was subject to reports of delays on Tuesday.And these plans could hit further stumbling blocks as care home bosses have

direct to your inboxResidents of a Manchester care home were put ‘at risk of avoidable harm’ by staff during a Covid-19 outbreak, a report has found.Three workers at The Royal Elms Care in Newton Heath were found wearing their face masks under their nose during a visit by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in October.Inspectors said the spread of infection was increased by personal protective equipment (PPE) being left out in areas frequently touched by staff and people living in the

East Kilbride after both their parents survived COVID.

Coronation Street star has shared heartbreaking footage of care home staff shutting blinds in her face as she visited her isolated grandmother. Leandra Ashton was visiting her dementia -stricken grandmother, Tina Thornborough, when the meeting turned sour.