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Care home boss says
who were not. But the majority of those questioned said they were uncomfortable about returning to pubs and restaurants.
Just 29 per cent were comfortable with using public transport, while 54 per cent of more than 1000 people surveyed were comfortable with non-essential shopping trips.
The Scottish Government has been accused of giving more coronavirus support to nail bars than care homes while failing to distribute crucial emergency funding
from Westminster.
Robert Kilgour, whose firm Renaissance Care has 15 facilities and employs 1100 staff, described the pandemic as like being hit by a “tsunami”. He said: “Funding has been very slow, t he Scot t i sh Government has given more money to pubs, restaurants and nail bars that are closed than they have to date given to care homes that are open and fighting on the frontline against Covid.
“Three months into this crisis we have had just £5000 from one local authority – and that’s over 15 homes and 1100 staff. I have a friend with a nail bar who has had £ 25,000 f rom the Scottish Government.
“It has improved a little, more local authorities are engaging with us and I am hopeful some extra funding will come in but to date that is all we have had.
“I don’t know whether the problem is that the Scottish Government is failing to give the money to the local authorities or if it is the local authorities who are failing to distribute it but it is not being passed on.”
Tory Local Government Secretary Robert Jenrick had announced a £ 3.2billion relief package for councils in early April, with £ 600million later added specifically for care homes.
Scotland’s share was to be distributed by the Scottish Government to local authorities, and on to service providers.
Ki lgour accused Nicola Sturgeon’s Government of letting down care homes, its workers and residents. He said they had:
FAILED to implement testing for patients discharged from hospital into homes until six days after England.
PRESIDED over a postcode