NHS Lanarkshire accused of 'secrecy' over Covid-positive patients released to care homes

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Leaders from the NHS and the respective Health and Social Care Partnerships in Lanarkshire have issued a reminder that any form of violence and aggression towards staff will not be tolerated.Although the majority of the public continue to show consideration and support in the collective effort to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic, the joint statement has followed an increase of reports from concerned frontline

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterClaremont care home in Ayr is battling Covid-19 infections.A number of people in the Dalmilling pensioner accommodation have contracted the virus it is understood.Last week another Ayr OAP residence - Creggan Bahn - confirmed four members of staff caught Covid-19 in the community.But residents in Seafield's Creggan Bahn are still clear of the virus and have been since the beginning of the

Lanarkshire Mind Matters includes computerised cognitive behavioural therapy and four self-referral modules, focusing on resilience, sleep, stress and the pressures of Covid-19.

Cheadle, and a 32-year-old man from Great Harwood, Lancs, on suspicion of human trafficking and supplying Class B drugs, the Mirror reports.

Daily Record of the horrors she witnessed during her career as a carer, which began at the age of 18 in 2004 and lasted until 2016 when she began a new chapter as a teacher.Residents left sitting in their own urine, going hungry for hours and violent physical assaults were commonplace occurrences during Fiona’s time in the industry.She described private homes as running like “factories” and said “skeleton” staff numbers amounted to widespread neglect.Fiona believes a national care service is

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she didn’t know positive Covid-19 patients were moved to care homes until August -  despite us publishing the fact in June.The local democracy reporting service revealed how 11 patients with coronavirus were discharged from Ayrshire hospitals to the care homes between March 10 and May 19. Cabinet secretary for health Jeane Freeman, who represents Carrick, Cumnock

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Fresh Covid-19 cases have emerged among residents in Renfrewshire care homes, the Express can reveal.The deadly virus, which has already claimed the lives of 113 residents in care homes across the region, has returned to a number of facilities.Currently, 96 care homes in Scotland are actively dealing with outbreaks of the virus.Yesterday, the area’s Health and Social Care Partnership confirmed that some of

coronavirus outbreak in Scotland without being Covid tested.And the Public Health Scotland Report into Discharges from NHS Scotland Hospitals into Care Homes published today also showed at least 123 cases who did test positive were sent to care homes.Between March 1 and May 31 this year there were 5,204 discharges to care homes but of this number 3,061 were untested.Of that number 2,949 were discharged between March and April 21.On April 21 Health Secretary Jeane Freeman announced patients

Reformer revealed how scores of locals were left furious over the mix-up.

coronavirus at a nursing home is planning legal action after a shock report on hospital admissions.Caroline Grattan was ­heartbroken when Margaret ­Johnston, 88, died days after contracting Covid-19 at the Orchard Care Centre in Tullibody, Clackmannanshire, where at least 14 virus deaths were confirmed.Caroline said her mum was put at risk because old people were discharged to care homes from hospitals during the crisis.On Wednesday, a report revealed that thousands of elderly patients were

Scroll down for the latest updates.The number of positive coronavirus cases in Scotland has passed 60,000, Nicola Sturgeon has announced.She said 28 coronavirus deaths and 1,202 positive tests have been recorded in the past 24 hours.The First Minster gave the latest Covid-19 figures as the Scottish Government prepares to reveal how a new tiered system of restrictions to tackle the virus will apply across the country.Decisions on which levels will apply to each region will be announced on

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.The infant feeding team at NHS Lanarkshire is inviting new mums to join an online community to receive professional advice – and support from other mothers.With the suspension of local breastfeeding and mother and baby groups and a reduction in face to face support due to social distancing, the team is ensuring new mums can continue to have access to professional feeding support.Women can join the online

link.“We are appealing for your patience and understanding and we would like to reassure everyone that staff are working hard to make sure everyone gets their vaccination as soon and as safely as safely as possible.”This year, more than 300,000 people across Lanarkshire are eligible for the flu vaccine.