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Nick Forbes

Steps to ensure flagship hospital met expected standards branded ‘inadequate’

Measures to ensure the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital was built according to best practice standards were ‘inadequate’, an inquiry has found (Andrew Milligan/PA) - (PA Archive)

Measures taken by the Scottish Government to ensure a flagship Glasgow hospital was built in compliance with expected standards were “inadequate”, according to a note published by the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry.

In the “supplementary note” issued on Monday, lawyers to the inquiry said ministers did not become aware of issues with the water and ventilation systems at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) until 2018 or 2019.

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