NHS Glasgow Accused of Deceit and Cowardice After Infection Deaths

NHS Glasgow accused of deceit and cowardice after infection deaths

The families of patients who were harmed or died after catching infections in Scotland’s largest hospital have accused NHS bosses of deceit and cowardice, as a public inquiry draws to a close.

Glasgow hospital infection inquiry – How under Scottish Labour, hospitals were ‘death traps’ of hospital acquired infections and how Nicola Sturgeon sorted it reducing the level to an eighth of the level in England and a third of the level in Europe.

In the midst of the frenzy of ill-informed reporting on the Glasgow hospital infections inquiry, important facts you’ll never hear. From the Journal of Hospital Infections in November 2012: The prevalence of HAI was 4.9%, 2.5%, 6.1% and 1.2% in acute, non-acute, paediatric and independent hospitals respectively [in Scotland in 2006].  https://www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S0195-6701(12)00277-0/abstract From the Scottish Public Healt…