A poor state of health

The lessons of Leas Cross have still not been learnt by nursing homes, says Juno McEnroe

NURSING homes are continuing to breach healthcare standards by having inadequate staff numbers and dilapidated buildings, and ignoring inspectors’ repeated demands, to the detriment of the elderly woman or man trying to live out the last days of their lives peacefully and with some degree of dignity.

It is now nearly eight months since the man responsible for the country’s primary care met distraught and angry relatives of former Leas Cross residents face to face at a press conference.