3 d. ago ‘Precious little’ to suggest change at infections row health board, inquiry told

The Scottish Hospitals Inquiry also heard NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s delayed acceptance of issues had made the inquiry’s work more difficult.

Science

3 d. ago ‘Molly never got to hear it’: fury as denials finally end on Glasgow hospital infections

Families accuse health board of ‘deceit and cowardice’ after years-long battle to prove contaminated water was linkedAll Molly Cuddihy wanted was recognition of what she had gone through. That was what she told the Scottish hospitals inquiry in 2021, where she described the “frightening” fits and rigors she had suffered after contracting a bacterial infection at Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth university hospital while undergoing chemotherapy. “I was made sicker by the environment,” the 19-year-old said in her evidence.Molly had been 15 and revising for her National 5 exams when she was diagnosed with a rare bone cancer. She was treated at the Royal hospital for children and the adjacent QEUH, which are both part of a six-year public inquiry that reached its final stages and heard devastating new admissions this week. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Family caused ‘indescribable distress’ by health board’s admission, inquiry told

Molly Cuddihy died aged 23 in August last year, having been treated at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow since 2018.

Society

4 d. ago Hospital infections scandal whistleblowers still waiting for ‘genuine’ apology

Three doctors who raised concerns about deadly infections at Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital were treated in a “wholly unacceptable way” a lawyer told a public inquiry.

Science

4 d. ago Hospital infections whistleblowers still owed ‘genuine’ apology, inquiry told

The three experts are still concerned about risks at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, their lawyer said.

Science

4 d. ago John Swinney denies Nicola Sturgeon put pressure on Queen Elizabeth University Hospital to open early

NHS bosses told a public inquiry they had faced "pressure" to ensure the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital opened in April 2015.

Politics

5 d. ago Queen Elizabeth University Hospital project managers 'should be held to account' inquiry told

The inquiry was told blame should not be put on staff working at the hospital.

Politics

1 week ago Producer concerned for safety of ‘human swan’ expedition cameraman, inquiry told

Dan Burton, 54, died in a mid-air paramotor collision with climate activist Sacha Dench in the Highlands in 2021.

Politics