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Care homes
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Two Scottish care workers struck off every week
Some 300 workers caring for Scotland’s most vulnerable people have been struck off for inappropriate, abusive and sometimes criminal behaviour in a three year period.
Care homes receive hundreds of complaints
Tax haven-owned care homes operating in Scotland have had hundreds of complaints upheld by inspectors in recent years, The Ferret can reveal.
Dramatic rise in deaths of those with home care prompts inquiry calls
The number of people receiving home care who have died over the last year has increased by 71 per cent, prompting calls for scrutiny.
Scottish care homes owned by the Chinese state in tax havens
Dozens of Scotland's care home buildings are owned by companies based in tax havens and controlled by global hedge funds, private equity and China
How has Scotland done on coronavirus testing?
Ferret Fact Service looks at how Scotland's testing programme has been delivered during the coronavirus pandemic.
MSPs urged to learn from Skye nursing home Covid-19 outbreak
Scotland's leaders urged to look at Home Farm on Skye as a tragic example of where things have gone wrong in the government's Covid-19 response.
Revealed: the care homes with the most complaints in Scotland
The Care Inspectorate has upheld more than 100 complaints against private sector care home provider, HC-One, in the last three years, the Ferret can reveal.
