Nhs Care Homes Edinburgh

Analysis of testing cases and deaths using linked care home testing and mortality data for 189 care homes with 5843 beds in a large scottish health board up to 15 06 20.
Nhs care homes edinburgh. There are 2 main types of care home. News opinion scotland s covid care home death toll is a scandal a bbc documentary about the appalling number of deaths in scottish care homes from covid 19 was hard to watch and a full inquiry. Lothian nhs board waverleygate 2 4 waterloo place edinburgh eh1 3eg main switchboard. The relationship between hospitals and care homes must be an equal cooperative one.
The queen s nursing institute qni. The latest annual care home census data as at 2017 03 31 were provided in july 2017 to isd scotland from the care inspectorate. Care homes census health social care team public health scotland gyle square 1 south gyle crescent edinburgh eh12 9eb. To do this care homes must have been free of covid 19 for 28 days and should be participating in the care home staff testing programme.
Time frame of data and timeliness. Tue 18 aug 2020. Some care homes offer both residential and nursing care places. The relationship between hospitals and care homes must be built up after revelations about covid patients being discharged into the care sector revealed a lack of progress on the integration of health.
We are aware that nhs tayside and nhs lanarkshire have. Lothian nhs board waverleygate 2 4 waterloo place edinburgh eh1 3eg main switchboard. 05 aug 2020 cancer trials report on bbc reporting scotland if you missed our cancer trials feature on bbc reporting scotland in the western general hospital here. Understanding the different types of care home.
Nhs managers informed care homes to impose do not resuscitate orders on all of their residents during the peak of the pandemic a report has revealed. If you decide a care home is the best place to meet your health and care needs you ll need to choose which type of care home is right for you. When these two sectors become separate silos there is a very human cost alison johnstone.