Tynwald committee to scrutinise Abbotswood

Health minister and senior officials to give evidence

Abbotswood will be the subject of a Tynwald committee hearing on Monday.

Of the 24 people who have died with coronavirus in the Isle of Man, 20 were residents of the nursing home in Ballasalla.

The social affairs policy review committee will hear from Health and Social Care Minister David Ashford, his department's interim chief executive, Kathryn Magson, and Catriona Bradley, who's the head of DESC's Registration and Inspection Unit.

The committee is scheduled to sit at 10am on Monday next week (1 June).

Following that, it is due to hear evidence on another matter - grandparents' rights - at 11.15am.

Chief Inspector Cathryn Bradley will be appearing before its members; MHKs Julie Edge and Martyn Perkins and Peter Greenhill MLC. 

The sessions are being conducted remotely and can be listened to via the Tynwald website.