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John Swinney urges the release of all documents on opening of Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Scottish Labour calls for full disclosure of ministerial documents amid claims the hospital opened prematurely, linked to infections and deaths, with a criminal probe requested.
- On Wednesday this week, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar and deputy Dame Jackie Baillie wrote to First Minister John Swinney and Health Secretary Neil Gray urging release of all ministerial communications and a criminal investigation.
- Earlier this week, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde told the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry that pressure was applied and the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital campus opened too soon in April 2015, weeks before the general election, later facing water-linked safety issues.
- Families of patients treated at QEUH told the inquiry that ventilation and water issues 'killed and poisoned our loved ones,' and a lawyer for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said the board accepted 'significant failures.'
- First Minister John Swinney responded in Holyrood that the government provided evidence, offered to release more material subject to redactions, and the Scottish Conservatives urged Nicola Sturgeon to explain her role.
- Sarwar and Baillie said ministerial conduct could have breached a criminal threshold and should be investigated by proper authorities, amid the culture of secrecy in the long-running 31 million public inquiry into QEUH issues.
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