Shadow Health Secretary Donald Cameron is taking action to force the Scottish Government to begin an inquiry into why Covid patients were sent to care homes.

Mr Cameron, a Highlands and Islands MSP,  has submitted a parliamentary question following a Sunday Post investigation that found dozens of patients who had already tested positive for Covid were sent from hospitals into care homes.

Mr Cameron, said: “Frankly, it is very disappointing that it takes an investigation from a newspaper to bring this matter to light in the first case.

“And today, we have found out that 17,000 care home staff are still not being tested on a regular basis, which flies in the face of Jeane Freeman’s claim that testing is a weekly occurrence.

“Families of victims, here in the Highlands and across Scotland, have been left in the dark about how their loved ones died – and they still don’t know the full picture.

“I have submitted a question to Parliament so we can finally get the answers and full transparency that victims and their families deserve.”