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Nick Forbes

Pressure to open flagship hospital ‘came from within’, health board says

Pressure to open the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital ‘came from within’, a health board has said (Andrew Milligan/PA) - (PA Archive)

Pressure to open a flagship hospital at the centre of an infections inquiry “came from within”, a health board has said.

In a statement issued on Saturday evening, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) said the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) in Glasgow was a public sector capital project, and as such the board’s “objective” would have been to deliver it on time and on budget.

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