Ex-health secretary Jeane Freeman has called for the leadership of Scotland’s biggest NHS board to be sacked and accused them of wilfully hiding vital details about a troubled £842million superhospital.
Freeman was in the role until she quit as an MSP in 2021 and was in charge when the scandal of the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) unfolded in 2019.
The SNP minister ordered a public inquiry, placed NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) into special measures, appointed a board to oversee its operation, ordered reviews of infections at the QEUH and blocked Edinburgh’s sick kids’ hospital opening due to the concerns with infections at the Glasgow site.