Nearly half of coronavirus deaths in South Lanarkshire are in care homes shocking new figures have revealed.
Secrecy row over details of suspected coronavirus cases in Scottish care homes
12.04.2020 - 15:17 / dailyrecord.co.uk
The Scottish Government is under pressure to reveal details of suspected coronavirus cases across care homes in a row over “secrecy”.
The Care Inspectorate has an official count of cases but the government agency is using public access rules to keep them being published for up to three months, the BBC reported.
It comes after freedom of information laws were tightened as part of emergency legislation passed at Holyrood to address the pandemic.
The Care Inspectorate said there are concerns with the
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