BBC NEWS: "Poor standards of care could be persisting in Scottish nursing homes due to a loophole in the way they are monitored, BBC Scotland has learned.
The Care Commission, which regulates the industry, is not obliged to tell local authorities when it upholds any complaint against individual homes.
However, it said it does notify councils in cases of abuse or neglect.
The loophole has been highlighted by the case of a woman who had complaints about her mother's care upheld...
Scottish Socialist Party MSP Carolyn Leckie found that not only was NHS Lanarkshire unaware of the problem but that the contract with the healthcare company Bupa did not penalise it if the care fell below standard.
She said: 'I think the contracts are totally inadequate and the whole question of accountability and responsibility is a morass.'
She raised concerns about plans by NHS Lanarkshire to contract out more care."
