Crisis-hit Skye care home allowed to continue operating after 'making improvements'

hereHowever Labour leader Keir Starmer insisted this was ‘not an apology’ and Jennifer - who works at a care home in Stockport - takes the same view.She said: “He has no right to say that. He should be saying 'well done', not just to the NHS but to the carers.

coronavirus lockdown – and it involves some of music’s most iconic album covers.Robert Speker, the entertainment manager at Sydmar Lodge Care Home, encouraged the home’s residents to recreate some of the most classic album covers of all-time.Covers undertaken for the challenge include Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Born In The U.S.A’, Michael Jackson’s ‘Bad’, Madonna’s ‘True Blue’, and David Bowie’s 1973 album ‘Aladdin Sane’.Residents also recreated more recent album covers, such as Adele’s 21, Taylor

Police have arrested three women following an investigation into the alleged mistreatment of resident in a Scots care home. A probe was launched into the Springvale Care Home in Lennoxtown, East Dunbartonshire last month.

coronavirus outbreak. But the health secretary said that people will soon be able to start visiting relatives in care homes in England again.Mr Hancock said the government would be setting out details "in the next few days" of how Covid-secure visits can take place.In an interview with ITV News, Mr Hancock indicated changes will be made.

Covid-19 have apologised over the level of care – but families say it’s “too little, too late”.HC-One director John Kirk sent a letter to some relatives of residents at the Home Farm Care Home, in Portree, ahead of what is expected to be a damning Care Inspectorate report.The inspectorate sought to remove HC-One as the operator after an inspection found “serious and significant concerns” about the quality of care.An NHS Highland team was brought in to help run the facility but a court action to

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.Uddingston care home residents have been reunited with loved ones for the first time since before lockdownElderly residents at Renaissance Care’s Uddingston care homes were reunited with family members on Monday, with outdoor meetings allowing loved ones to reconnect in person for the first time since March.The sun was shining for the first day of emotional visits, giving relatives at Croftbank and Rosepark Care Homes

coronavirus pandemic. The Prime Minister has been slammed in the last 24 hours for trying to shift the blame for over 20,000 care home deaths during the pandemic to the care sector.

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.Leading trade union UNISON has urged care home bosses in Wishaw to “pay up now” to workers self-isolating with suspected Covid-19 who have been forced to survive on statutory sick pay of less than £96 a week.Many care homes and care-at-home service providers have failed to pay workers their full wages until they get the money up-front, despite the Scottish Government publicly stating funds would be available.Now the

More than 1,000 care home residents have died from Covid-19 since the pandemic began, new figures have revealed.A total of 1,115 people living at the region’s care homes have died from the virus between March 6 and June 12.Many of those deaths reported to the Care Quality Commission by care home bosses were recorded during the UK peak, in mid April.However the figures have been gradually slowing since the beginning of May with just 16 deaths recorded in the week of June 12 - the lowest figure

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.A care home death linked to Covid-19 was recorded in West Dunbartonshire in the latest National Records of Scotland figures.The death, which was registered between June 22 and June 28, became the 123rd to be linked to the virus locally since the pandemic began, with it being the first recorded in a care home during the month of June.Statistics now show that 59 care home residents have had the condition mentioned on their

died when the care home’s lift collapsed. Serendipity was last inspected by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) on February 19 2020, and was rated inadequate in every category.The CQC report stated: “People at risk of harm were not always adequately protected.