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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Craig Paton

Health board chief urged to reveal who put pressure on it to open hospital

Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay has urged the head of the health board to name names (Jane Barlow/PA) - (PA Wire)

The head of Scotland’s biggest health board has been urged by the leader of the Scottish Conservatives to say who put pressure on it to open the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) said in its closing submission to the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry that the facility – which has been linked to infections of patients – was opened “too early”, was “not ready”, and that “pressure” had been applied to open on time.

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