Covid-19 were knowingly discharged from hospitals to care homes. Monica Lennon, the party's health spokeswoman, has written to the Lord Advocate to request confirmation a Crown Office unit tasked with investigating care home deaths will examine the impact of hospital discharges.
It comes as Nicola Sturgeon faces new demands to explain the transfer of hospital patients to care homes after it was revealed nearly 40 were moved following a positive Covid test.
The Scottish Conservatives have demanded a public inquiry into the scandal should begin this week, with party research suggesting that 17,000 care home staff are still not being tested regularly.The Scottish Government had confirmed 1431 untested patients were moved to care homes.
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