All infected Skye care home staff to now get full sick pay
HC-One, the operator of Home Farm, confirmed the change of heart this week after a deal said to have been brokered by local MP, Ian Blackford.
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Bosses of virus-hit Skye care home defend sick pay rules for infected staff
The SNP’s Westminster Leader has also written to Chancellor Rishi Sunak to request immediate top up payments for careworkers elsewhere who are facing similar circumstances.
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Ten residents now dead due to coronavirus outbreak at Skye care home
The Highland Council has now put a range of measures in place to help those in the Portree community who have been affected by the coronavirus outbreak at Home Farm.
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Care Inspectorate seeks cancellation of virus-hit Skye home’s registration
This could mean new care arrangements will be put in place for residents at Home Farm Care Home.
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Skye MSP says NHS is now ‘essentially running’ coronavirus-hit care home
Seven residents have died due to the coronavirus outbreak at the independent Home Farm Care Home on Skye.
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Unannounced inspection of virus-ravaged Skye care home raised ‘serious concerns’
A seventh death has occurred at the care home due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Residents of two other Skye care homes all test negative for COVID-19
In a statement last night (Friday), NHS Highland said it recognised that the coronavirus outbreak which has seen the deaths of five residents at Home Farm care home in Portree, was causing concern in the local community and that the health board wanted to give an update on the actions being taken to address this.
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Skye MSP wants answers about island care home COVID-19 outbreak
Five residents of the Home Farm care home in Portree have now died as a result of the coronavirus outbreak
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Fifth death of a resident at Skye care home hit by COVID-19
The fifth death was confirmed today (Wednesday) by HC-One, operators of Home Farm independent care home in Portree, who said the resident had passed away overnight.