Robert Kilgour, chairman of Renaissance Care, was quoted in the Financial Times regarding the struggle for care homes in coping with the coronavirus crisis.
Robert Kilgour, the CEO of Renaissance Care, said his firm had already informed staff they would be raising pay by 3.3% more than a week before the announcement was made by Health Secretary Jeane Freeman.
Robert Kilgour, chairman of Scottish care home operator Renaissance Care, said care home staff were feeling like “second-class carers” amid the continuing shortage.
Robert Kilgour, founder of Renaissance Care has said that care home staff are being treated as “cannon-fodder” because they are not getting protective masks and conoravirus tests.
Robert Kilgour, founder of Renaissance Care, which runs 15 care homes housing 700 elderly residents in Scotland, was quoted in the FT today saying that about 12 per cent of its 1,100 staff were at present off sick.