Nicola Sturgeon and a former SNP minister could face criminal charges over a decision to transfer elderly patients into care homes without them being tested for covid, a top lawyer has claimed.
At least 1,300 Scots were sent from hospital to residential care facilities around March and April last year as health bosses tried to free up beds in wards.
Both the First Minister and former health secretary Jeane Freeman have since admitted the decision to transfer them without being tested was a "mistake".Now a lawyer representing some families whose relatives died in care homes has said it is “entirely feasible” the pair could be charged over their role.