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Marie Sharp

East Lothian care home staff 'missed opportunities' to give pain relief to residents

Staff at a care home 'missed opportunities' to treat residents in pain due to a lack of records and training, a care inspectors report has revealed.

Some staff at Tyneholm Stables Care Home, in Pencaitland, East Lothian, were described as "impersonal" and "abrupt" by inspectors.

And they graded the home's ability to support their residents well-being as "weak" after saying their skin integrity was at risk because of a lack of pressure relieving mattresses and training.

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