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NHS Lothian has “sincerely apologised” to patients after the findings

Serious concerns over patient safety at 'overcrowded' A&E

UK theme parks and fairgrounds face major health and safety checks after high speed incidents - list of rides

Extra safety checks on 100 fairground and theme park rides across UK

The report found a lack of support for unpaid carers among significant failures

Calls for care chief to quit after damning report

Ruth Perry was the headteacher at Caversham Primary School (Photo: Brighter Futures for Children)

Headteacher blocks Ofsted inspection after death of fellow head

Food hygiene ratings in Edinburgh: the restaurants and cafe which passed inspections in December 2022

Edinburgh restaurants that passed hygiene inspections in December 2022

Food hygiene ratings in Edinburgh: the takeaways and sandwich shops which passed inspections in December 2022

Edinburgh takeaways that passed hygiene inspections in December 2022

Haddington Pear Tree Nursery: Inspectors had to step in to feed children during nursery visit in East Lothian

Inspectors forced step in to feed children during nursery visit

Stock photo.

Inspection of adult support and protection measures finds areas for improvements

North Edinburgh Childcare has been told to improve its standard of care after an unannounced inspection.

'Children's dignity was comprised' at Edinburgh nursery, care report finds

Thornlea Nursing Home in Loanhead will be turned into housing, after care chiefs suspended its licence. (Photo credit: Lisa Ferguson).

Loanhead nursing home where half of residents died to be turned into housing

Improvements are being made at Bo’ness Public School’s early learning centre following the inspection

Action plan for Bo'ness nursery

Highbank Intermediate Care facility in Dalkeith.

Positive care inspection for Highbank

The care home scored 'weak' on all but one category

Midlothian care home bosses apologise after watchdog report

OAPs were left in their rooms at the carehome

Watchdog blasts Midlothian care home over neglect and treating residents with la...

Drummond Grange care home in Lasswade.

Lasswade care home fan ban reversed

Drummond Grange Care Home in Lasswade

U-turn on Midlothian care home fan ban linked to Covid
A ban on fans in care homes has been reversed by public health officials after providers challenged an order to remove them from rooms during a heatwave.

Springfield Bank Care home is being investigated

'Abuse' probe at Midlothian care home hit Covid-19 deaths

Drummohr Care Home
pic: Carehome.co.uk

Wallyford Covid deaths nursing home rapped for 'dirty equipment'

Thornlea Nursing Home, Loanhead. Photo by Lisa Ferguson.

Inspectors discover nightmare scenes at Loanhead care home

Passed inspection: The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

Concerns over waste, PPE and handwashing at Edinburgh’s Royal Infirmary

Nazareth House care home, Bonnyrigg.

Bonnyrigg care home failed to provide social distancing and showed "significant ...

Criticised by watchdog: Nazareth House in Bonnyrigg

'Significant weaknesses' in Bonnyrigg care home uncovered by watchdog

In a report submitted to the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday, the inspectorate highlighted issues of infection prevention and control at Braid Hills nursing centre.

Care home watchdog finds 'serious concerns' at nursing centre in Liberton

Redmill Care Home in East Whitburn, West Lothian. Pic: Lisa Ferguson

Care home with 17 Covid-19 deaths still rated ‘weak’ by inspectors

Pic Greg Macvean - 19/10/2017 - Stock pic of staff at Highbank Care Home at Eskbank celebrating the home's 30th birthday

Care Inspectorate praise for Dalkeith care home

The latest round of inspections identified a number of concerns with infection prevention and control at various Scots care homes/ Professor Rowland Kao (right) warns of the ongoing risk with more social gatherings and the risk of a virus resurgence.

Future Covid-19 risk as issues still found in care homes

Rodger Laing died after testing positive for Covid-19 at Drummond Grange nursing home. These pictures show Mr Laing just hours before he died and in better times.

Pensioner 'needlessly' sent to nursing home where he died from Covid-19
A grieving Midlothian family claims their 80-year-old father was needlessly sent from a hospital to a nursing home where he picked up coronavirus and died - a day before care inspectors found "serious" issues there with PPE and infection control.

A short-term let operating in a flat bought through an affordable housing scheme has been told to stop operating by the counci

Edinburgh flat bought through affordable housing scheme told to stop operating a...

The property at 7 Lady Road

Edinburgh landlord set to lose HMO licence after falsifying electrical safety ce...

Midlothian Council HQ in Dalkeith.

Midlothian children’s homes: Serious incidents of harm reported

Springfield Bank care home in Cockpen Crescent, Bonnyrigg

Damning report for care home

Man gets pet ban as dog nearly dies