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More than 150 care home workers are testing positive for Covid every day, plunging the system into chaos.

A radical plan to pay family to take care of a loved one to ease the crisis in the NHS is being considered across Scotland.

care homes.Professor Jason Leitch was speaking on a live radio interview today about the rising number of positive tests for coronavirus north of the border and the potential impact on the social care sector.Appearing on BBC Good Morning Scotland, the national clinical director was asked if he was concerned by the situation in Scotland's care homes."Concerned in the sense I want to protect them as much as I can from this virus," he said."We've learned both in Scotland and around the world, the vulnerable, who we tend to put in institutions such as care homes - remember, most older people live in their own homes - but we do corral older people in care homes."Donald Macaskill (CEO of Scottish Care) and many others have helped us with what

A Scots MP is calling for clarity amid claims vital PPE is not being sent to carers in Scotland.

New guidance on treating patients with Covid-19 has sparked concerns from a care official that decisions will be made based solely on age.