First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has rejected a claim at virtual FMQs that care home residents and staff have been treated like “second-class citizens”. Scottish Tory leader Jackson Carlaw made the claim after asking if all new care home residents would be tested. Sturgeon said that it was unreliable to test people who are not displaying symptoms and could give care homes “false assurance” about a person being clear of the virus. (The National)
FM: care homes not treated as “second-class citizens”
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has rejected a claim at virtual FMQs that care home residents and staff have been treated like “second-class citizens”. Scottish Tory leader Jackson Carlaw made the claim after asking if all new care home residents would be tested. Sturgeon said that it was unreliable to test people who are not displaying symptoms […]