The widow of a cancer patient who died from Covid-19 at a scandal-hit superhospital said he was a “dead man walking” due to infection risks, an inquiry heard. Senior Scottish
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The medical director of a health board has told a public inquiry that “we did not get what we expected” with a flagship hospital at the centre of infection concerns.
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The opening of the UK’s first official drugs consumption room has been delayed. The facility, in Glasgow, was due to open on October 21 but Glasgow City Council said this
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A whistleblower who raised concerns about infection risks at a flagship hospital was not criticised in order to “deflect” attention from real issues, a former director at NHS Greater Glasgow
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Two pensioners are seeking to take the Scottish and UK governments to court over the cut to the winter fuel payment. Peter and Florence Fanning (pictured), of Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire,
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A microbiologist working at a hospital at the centre of infection concerns was told she was “head of nothing” when she tried to blow the whistle on patient safety issues,
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A hospital water system was filled “too early”, increasing the opportunity for contamination, a microbiologist has told the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry. The inquiry heard that the water system at the
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A judge has said “it is difficult to imagine a greater loss” ahead of a Fatal Accident Inquiry (FAI) into the death of a baby girl who died in hospital
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A fatal accident inquiry is expected to examine staffing levels at a children’s hospital where a toddler died and whether the fabric of the building contributed to his death. The
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Seven people convicted of being part of a child abuse ring which committed crimes of “extraordinary depravity” have had their sentencing postponed until June. The two women and five men
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