The number of people who died in every care home across Scotland has been revealed, showing for the first time the extent to which some of the most vulnerable in our society were affected by the virus.
The data was released by the Crown Office and is available to view via an interactive dashboard.
It shows the care homes and operators that were hardest hit by the novel coronavirus and is part of an investigation to determine if the deaths should be the subject of a fatal accident inquiry or prosecution, with many questioning the way that hospitalised patients were discharged into care homes at the beginning of the pandemic.
It shows that of the 351 COVID deaths recorded in North Ayrshire since the beginning of the pandemic, 24.9 per cent occurred in care homes.
The breakdown for each care home in North Ayrshire is as follows:
- Fullarton Care Home – 20 deaths – 5.7 per cent
- Arran View Care Home – 18 deaths – 5.1 per cent
- Spiers Care Home – 13 deaths – 3.7 per cent
- Buckreddan care Centre – 9 deaths – 2.6 per cent
- Caledonia Care Home – 8 deaths – 2.3 per cent
- Shalom Nursing Home – 7 deaths – 2 per cent
- Abbeyfield House Care Home – 6 deaths – 1.7 per cent
- South Beach House - <5 deaths – 0.3 per cent
- Haylie House Residential Home - <5 deaths – 0.3 per cent
- Glenburnie House - <5 deaths – 0.3 per cent
- Cumbrae Lodge Care Home - <5 – 0.3 per cent
- Anam Cara - <5 – 0.3 per cent
- Abbotsford Nursing Home - <5 deaths – 0.3 per cent
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