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Scottish Hospitals Inquiry

Public inquiry into construction of the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, and the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, Edinburgh

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Jan 18, 2026
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Queen Elizabeth hospital Glasgow built next to sewage works

The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) in Glasgow was constructed adjacent to the Shieldhall wastewater treatment works — a fact repeatedly cited in reporting and inquiry testimony — and staff...

Dec 14, 2025
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Who chaired the final decision meeting for the new Glasgow hospital site?

The available documents and reporting in the provided search results do not name an individual who "chaired the final decision meeting for the new Glasgow hospital site." The records include minutes a...

Dec 16, 2025
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Scottish Hospitals Inquiry ignores the sewage works

The Scottish Hospitals Inquiry has repeatedly heard staff describe sewage smells, leaks and proximity to Shieldhall wastewater treatment works near the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital campus; witn...

Jan 29, 2026

Did construction workers at queen Elizabeth university hospital deliberately block drainpipes

A claim that construction workers “deliberately sabotaged” the by blocking drainpipes and causing sewage to enter wards was made at the by a former estates manager, but publicly available reporting an...

Jan 29, 2026

Did construction workers at queen Elizabeth university hospital deliberately block waste pipes

There is no evidence in the reporting provided that at the ; coverage to date documents design and construction failings, contaminated wastewater systems and a long-running , but does not allege inten...

Jan 29, 2026

Greater Glasgow health board admitting water supply issue to avoid discussion of hospital next to sewage words

has publicly accepted that, faults in the water system at the and adjoining probably caused bloodstream infections among paediatric haemato‑oncology patients between 2016 and 2018, a concession made i...

Jan 18, 2026

What were the formal dates of Scottish Government approval and Board minutes for the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital business case in 2008?

The documentary trail offered in the reporting indicates the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital outline business case (OBC) was assessed and approved internally by NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde in Marc...

Dec 14, 2025

Were there originally two scottish hospital inquiries

There was not originally two separate public inquiries announced; the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry set up in 2019/2020 has from the start covered both the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital campus in G...