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Edinburgh Live
National
Marie Sharp

'Serious concerns' over £8.5m Musselburgh care home as inspectors rate it 'weak'

An £8.5 million East Lothian nursing home which was at risk of being struck off the care register after complaints about staffing levels and a lack of healthcare were upheld has been given more time to improve - despite only meeting one of six requirements.

Care inspectors visited Harbour House Care Home, which opened in Musselburgh two years ago, to investigate three complaints about its service in January and upheld them all.

And in February a return visit to the home saw inspectors issue a letter of serious concern after they discovered residents did not have 'adequate access to fluids."

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