A MSP has urged the Care Inspectorate to launch an investigation into an East Kilbride care home where 23 residents have died from coronavirus.
Labour’s health spokesperson Monica Lennon has branded the high number of COVID-related deaths at Whitehills Care Home – operated by Thistle Healthcare Ltd – as “truly devastating” and has reported the home to the regulatory body.Twenty-seven staff have also tested positive with 24 absences linked to the virus.Figures released by the National Records of Scotland reveal that as of May 20, in total 252 people in South Lanarkshire have died from coronavirus, of which 110 were in care homes – a staggering 43 per cent.The Care Inspectorate has already intervened at a home in Skye, run by a different