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Care home capacity in South Ayrshire has increased, says new report

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Care home capacity in South Ayrshire has increased. Figures from Public Health Scotland show that the area has 1214 registered places — 16 per cent more than it did in 2011 (1043).And that’s despite the region having one less care home.

In 2011 South Ayrshire had 32 care homes, now it has 31. In East Ayrshire, the number of care homes has gone down from 28 (in 2011) to 25 this year.

And capacity has gone down from 1003 in 2011 to 954, representing a five per cent reduction.South Scotland Regional Labour MSP, Colin Smyth, is concerned over capacity at care homes in the south west and called on the SNP to improve standards and ensure social care staff are paid at least £15 per hour.He said: “Our care homes really have been at the epicentre

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