INSPECTORS have condemned a series of failings in elderly care at a major hospital which included a woman with learning difficulties being left partially naked in a mixed-sex ward.
INSPECTORS have condemned a series of failings in elderly care at a major hospital which included a woman with learning difficulties being left partially naked in a mixed-sex ward.
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Helen McArdle
Healthcare Improvement Scotland, which sent inspectors into Edinburgh Royal Infirmary unannounced, also raised concerns that mealtimes "seemed poorly organised" with patients who had difficulty feeding themselves frequently left alone while staff attended to other tasks.
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