Care homes - RCN briefing for debate in Scottish Parliament

RCN briefing on Scotland's care home for Labour Party motion for debate in the Scottish Parliament.

Care homes have been at the centre of the COVID-19 crisis, despite the commitment of staff to try to keep residents as safe as possible. It became clear at the start of the pandemic that previous resilience planning, both nationally and locally, did not adequately incorporate the community and care home sectors. The problems care homes have faced are symptoms of how the sector, and the people that live and work in it, have been undervalued for too long. The RCN reacted to this crisis within care homes in every area of our activity over the last six months and we are determined that the problems that have been highlighted by the crisis do not fade back into the background.