Western Isles Council Fined £80k After Care Home Failures Led to 'Preventable' Death of Vulnerable Patient

​Comhairle fined £80k after death of care home resident

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar has been fined £80,000 after the death of a patient who went missing from a care home on Barra.

Western Isles Council fined after death of care home resident

The 69-year-old man, who had dementia, died after he went missing from the home in Barra.

Scots council fined £80k over 'preventable' death of dementia care home patient

Allan MacLeod, 69, died after disappeared from his bedroom at St Brendan's Care Home in Castlebay on the Isle of Barra on March 9 last year.

Western Isles Council fined over failures that led to death of care home resident

Western Isles Council has been fined £80,000 for failures that led to the death of a patient from a care home on the Isle of Barra.

Council fined £80,000 after 'preventable' death of care home dementia patient

A council has been fined following the “preventable” death of a dementia patient who went missing from a care home during the night.

Council fined after ‘preventable’ death of care home dementia patient

Allan MacLeod disappeared from his bedroom at St Brendan’s Care Home in Castlebay, Barra, and was found injured about four hours later.