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Dear Argyll and Bute Council,

Please find my Freedom of Information request below:
Please break up each answer to Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4, Q5, Q6 according to each local authority care home under your control including:

Tigh-a-Rudha
Struan Lodge
Gortanvogie Home
Ardfenaig
Eadar Glinn
Thomson Court

Q1. How many patients were administered medication which was concealed in their food in 2017 at each of the care homes stated above?

Q2. How many patients were administered medication which was concealed in their drink in 2017 at each of the care homes stated above?

Q3. For each case as stipulated in the answers to Q1 and Q2, what medication was prescribed and in what dosage?

Q4. For each case as stipulated in the answers to Q1 and Q2, what percentage consented to receiving the medication?

Q5. How many patients were given medication as a form of chemical restraint at each of the care homes stated above?

Q6. What were the reasons given for chemical restraint in each case?

Yours faithfully,

Georgia Edkins

Administrator, Argyll and Bute Council

Dear Georgia Edkins

Request for information: How many patients were administered medication
which was concealed in their food in 2017

Thank you for your information request which we have logged as reference
argyllbuteir:7536.

It has been passed to the relevant service(s) for attention and you should
receive a response under either the Freedom of Information (Scot) Act 2002
or the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 by 2017-10-18
00:00:00.

Please quote the reference number above in any correspondence you may have
with the Council in regard to this request.

Regards

FOI Officer

Sinclair, David (Risk Management Assistant), Argyll and Bute Council

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Dear Ms Edkins

 

Request for information: How many patients were administered medication
which was concealed in their food in 2017

Reference: argyllbuteir:7536.

 

I refer to your request for information which was dealt with in terms of
the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA).

 

I have attached the following information in fulfilment of your request:

 

·        A Word document with the response to your request.

 

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Lochgilphead, Argyll PA31 8RT, or by email to [1][Argyll and Bute Council request email].

 

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Yours sincerely

 

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