Scots stars take parts in BBC film exposing care homes blunders that led to virus death surge
BBC film that exposes blunders in the country’s care homes during the pandemic.They have stepped into the shoes of real-life care workers, whose jobs would be on the line if they were identified.The documentary Disclosure: The Care Home Scandal calls for a probe into where Scotland went wrong. It features Kate Dickie, Jonathan Watson, Lorraine McIntosh, Jane McCarry, Adura Onashile and Karen Bartke.The actors reflect how real-life care workers watched as clients died, while workers were given derisory support.The show, researched by Mark Daly, examines how, in lockdown, there were 2400 more deaths than would normally be expected in care homes.