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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Neil Pooran

Freeman tells inquiry Government was ‘naive’ in hospital oversight

The Scottish Government was “naive” in its oversight of a health board at the centre of infection concerns at a flagship hospital, former health secretary Jeane Freeman has admitted.

An inquiry was told Ms Freeman believed leaders at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) took a “nothing to see here” approach when concerns emerged about the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH).

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