11 h. ago Nicola Sturgeon and John Swinney 'avoiding' giving evidence on Queen Elizabeth University Hospital scandal

Scotland's largest health board caused a political storm after claiming it faced unspecified "pressure" to start admitting patients to the QEUH just days before the 2015 general election.

Politics

12 h. ago Sarwar urges hospitals inquiry to call Swinney and Sturgeon to give evidence

The inquiry ended its evidence sessions last week.

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52 h. ago Pressure to open flagship hospital ‘came from within’, health board says

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde sought to clarify comments made during its closing submissions to the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry.

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3 d. ago Findlay: Swinney is grasping at straws over documents detailing Sturgeon probe

The Scottish Tory leader accused the Scottish Government of being ‘addicted to secrecy’.

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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.

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3 d. ago Health board denials ‘severely impacted’ work of hospitals inquiry, counsel says

Fred Mackintosh KC also said NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde bosses had shown ‘wilful blindness’ to issues with the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.

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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 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.

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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.

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4 d. ago ‘Huge amount of documentation’ given to hospitals inquiry, says John Swinney

The Scottish Government has faced calls to release documentation relating to the opening of the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.

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4 d. ago Infections concern hospital ‘killed and poisoned’ our loved ones, families say

The Scottish Hospitals Inquiry has been examining issues at Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) and Royal Hospital for Children.

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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.

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5 d. ago Project managers of flagship hospital should be held to account, inquiry hears

The Scottish Hospitals Inquiry is hearing closing submissions.

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5 d. ago Nicola Sturgeon and John Swinney urged to reveal what they knew about botched opening of £1bn super hospital

Sturgeon and Swinney led the SNP Government at a time health bosses claimed they were under "pressure" to open the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.

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6 d. ago Hospital at centre of fatal water contamination scandal 'opened too early'

Just days after hospital bosses admitted a link between infections and contaminated water, the hospitals inquiry had heard that Scotland’s super-hospital opened too early.

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9 d. ago Health board accepts probable link between infections and hospital water system

The Scottish Hospitals Inquiry has been examining issues at Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) and Royal Hospital for Children.

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2 w. ago Swinney launches court bid to stop release of secret Sturgeon inquiry evidence

The First Minister is appealing a ruling by the information watchdog

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