Bedsores have contributed to the deaths of more than 200 Scots in the past five years amid fears that staffing shortages are impacting on care of elderly patients.

An investigation by Scotland on Sunday found that at least 21 people died as a direct result of the painful sores between 2011 and 2015, although the true total is feared to be much higher as some figures were obscured to protect a patient’s identity.

Reported by The Scotsman. You can read the full story here. 

Matthew Burgess
http://www.mattburgess.co
I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.