Not enough hours for home care staff to carry out work

Added on Thursday 18 Feb 2010

Rushed carers going back to finish duties in own time – Edinburgh - Underpressure carers have claimed they are being forced to go back to patients' homes in their own time because they no longer have enough time during the day. Unions and care workers today said that the allocated time slots given to them were too short to carry out all the duties required in elderly people's homes – including administering medication.

Source:  The Evening News