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Care home boss blasts Nicola Sturgeon for "inaccurate and misleading" comments on Coronavirus testing

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A boss of a care home that has lost 9 residents to coronavirus has blasted the Scottish government on the lack of testing for covid-19.Jack Ryan, chief executive of Newark Care, revealed he had repeatedly asked for testing of staff and residents.In a scathing letter to the First Minister, he accused Nicola Sturgeon of “inaccurate and misleading” statements on the issue.It was revealed this week that around one quarter of the 962 covid-19 related deaths occurred in care homes.Industry insiders believe vulnerable people are at huge risk and they have been critical of the lack of personal protective equipment.Thistle Healthcare, which runs ten homes in Scotland, disclosed that 127 staff are off work over Coronavirus issues.In his letter to

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