Scottish Hospitals Inquiry | Scottish Parliament debates
I am grateful to the cabinet secretary for giving way. You were asked a question about validation of every section of the hospital. That is not about the inquiry; it is about now. You have a responsibility as cabinet secretary to provide assurance to the public.
Scottish Hospitals Inquiry | Scottish Parliament debates
Would the member take an intervention from me?
Scottish Hospitals Inquiry | Scottish Parliament debates
Thank you. What the cabinet secretary described was not my question. I think that he is misinterpreting it. If he had paid attention to what was going on in the inquiry, he would know that the general rooms in the hospital have not been validated. Would you agree that it is his responsibility that the […]
Scottish Hospitals Inquiry | Scottish Parliament debates
Will the member take an intervention?
Scottish Hospitals Inquiry | Scottish Parliament debates
Will the cabinet secretary give way?
Scottish Hospitals Inquiry | Scottish Parliament debates
Children have died, adults have died and families are grieving. I say to Emma Harper: hard-working staff did come forward and share their concerns, but they were bullied, ignored and let down. This is the worst scandal in the current session of the Scottish Parliament, but it could so easily have been avoided. I take […]
Decision Time | Scottish Parliament debates
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I am afraid that my device would not connect. I would have voted no.
Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (Independent Audit) | Topical Question Time | Scottish Parliament debates
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that then health secretary, Shona Robison, U-turned on a promise to carry out an independent audit of the Queen Elizabeth university hospital before it opened to patients. (S6T-02862)
Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (Independent Audit) | Topical Question Time | Scottish Parliament debates
In the light of the Vale of Leven hospital inquiry, which was chaired by Lord MacLean, I asked Shona Robison at the Health and Sport Committee on 24 February 2015 whether an independent audit of the new hospital had, in fact, been carried out. After some pressing, she said: “If it has not taken place, […]
Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (Independent Audit) | Topical Question Time | Scottish Parliament debates
The cabinet secretary did everything but answer my question. Frankly, I find the response extraordinary. The evidence is there in black and white: there is no getting away from the fact that people died as a result of this Government’s incompetence. Senior Government ministers chose not to have the new hospital inspected, which had deadly […]