Nursing home closes following the death of resident

AN EDINBURGH private nursing home was forced to close down yesterday after the death of one its residents.

A police investigation is underway into the death of a 59-year-old woman who died after being taken to the city's Royal Infirmary.

She survived for just two days after removed from the Elsie Inglis Nursing Home, which is owned by Peacock Medicare.

Yesterday, the owners volunteered to de-register the business after being unable to meet a deadline of last night to improve standards at the home in Abbeyhill.

Since the woman's death, care inspectors have insisted on "urgent and immediate improvements" to its standards of care or it would face closure.

Edinburgh City Council said this week that residents had been moved to other nursing homes.